• Czech government not planning to raise tax on companies, says Finance Minister
    04/24/2022

    The Czech government is not planning to raise taxes for companies due to the effects of the war in Ukraine and inflation, Finance Minister Zbyněk Stanjura said on Sunday. However, he did say that such an option would come into consideration if the war on Ukraine would be seen as impacting everyone and there are no signals to make that conclusion yet.

    Adjustments are instead being made to the government’s spending programme and to the pensions system, the minister said.
    Author: Thomas McEnchroe

  • Finance Minister: Czech Republic has frozen Russian assets worth close to CZK 1 billion
    04/24/2022

    Thus far, the Czech Republic has frozen Russian assets worth close to CZK 1 billion, Finance Minister Zbyněk Stanjura told Czech Television on Sunday. If this frozen wealth is designated as possibly supporting alleged Russian war crimes then, according to the minister, there can be talk of a possible future confiscation.

    EU states have frozen Russian assets worth a total of around EUR 37 billion. According to Commissioner Věra Jourová, the European Union is planing to strengthen the mandate of the Eurojust EU justice agency in order to invest war crimes in Ukraine.
    Author: Thomas McEnchroe

  • Cases of chickenpox and viral intestinal infections rising among Czech children
    04/24/2022

    Cases of chickenpox and viral intestinal infections have risen among Czech children, according to a newly published statistic published by the State Health Institute. Cases of common infectious diseases are also growing, caused by the removal of mass coronavirus measures, the report states.

    Compared with the period running from January to March of 2021, there are now four times as many patients with chickenpox and ten times as many suffering from viral intestinal infections.

    Correction: The word was originally mistranslated as smallpox from Czech "Plané neštovice".
    Author: Thomas McEnchroe

  • Czech Post constructing new sorting centre in Mošnov
    04/24/2022

    The Czech Post is changing its European package logistics system constructing a new sorting center in Mošnov, which will take off pressure from the company’s sorting branches in Olomouc and Ostrava, Czech Television reported on Sunday. The new logistics centre should begin operating from September and will connect the company’s air, rail and road logistics systems.

    The newer and larger sorting capacities will enable a faster package delivery system, the director of the north Moravian logistics branch, Radka Kolínská, told Czech Television.
    Author: Thomas McEnchroe

  • Weather
    04/23/2022

    Sunday will see temperatures drop to an average of 13 degrees Celsius, with overcast skies and high likelihood of rainfall. Storms are expected in the south-eastern part of the country.

  • Czechia’s public debt rises to CZK 2.59 billion
    04/23/2022

    The Czech Republic’s public debt has risen by CZK 128 billion over the past quarter to a total of CZK 2.59 trillion, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in its quarterly report on Friday. This converts to roughly CZK 247,000 per Czech citizen.

    The main reason behind the public debt rise is the standard emission of state bonds issued to pre-finance debt payments. The Ministry sold bonds worth CZK 134.2 billion crowns which have to be repaid within one year in the first quarter. This should cover 92 percent of the public debt repayments in this year.
    Author: Thomas McEnchroe

  • Czech Republic hoping to replace Russia in UN Human Rights Council
    04/23/2022

    The Czech Republic would like to replace Russia as a member of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations. The country’s Foreign Ministry announced on Twitter on Friday that an official candidature request has already been sent.

    A total of 47 states sit on the UN’s Human Rights Council, which focuses on the promotion of Human Rights around the world. Russia was kicked out of the Council at the beginning of April after a vote by the General Assembly.
    Author: Thomas McEnchroe

  • Friday’s coronavirus infections at their lowest since October
    04/23/2022

    A total of 2,117 people tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday, the lowest number since October 15 last year. Hospitalisations have fallen below 1,000, according to data published by the Ministry of Health. 47 patients are currently in intensive care units.

    However, the incidence number - the average number of cases detected over the past seven days per 100,000 people, has increased to an average of 131 infections.

    The coronavirus epidemic has been receding in the Czech Republic since February.
    Author: Thomas McEnchroe

  • Defence Ministry wants to spend nearly CZK 3 billion on new purchases
    04/23/2022

    Defence Minister Jana Černochová has requested that her ministry receive an extra CZK 1.4 billion from the state budget in order to make urgent military equipment purchases, the Czech News Agency reports. Prime Minister Petr Fiala told the agency that he will support the request.

    At the same time, the Defence Ministry is allocating another CZK 1.4 billion for equipment purchases from its current budget. Most of the money will be spent to buy Tatra trucks, the Czech News Agency writes.
    Author: Thomas McEnchroe

  • Marian Jurečka re-elected as leader of Christian Democrats
    04/23/2022

    Labour and Social Affairs Minister Marian Jurečka was re-elected into the position of Chairman of the Christian Democrats by the party’s Saturday congress. He was the only person running for the leadership position.  Mr Jurečka has led the party since January 2020.

    Jan Bartošek was elected First Deputy Chairman. Deputy Mayor of Brno Petr Hladík, deputy Tom Phillipp and the Deputy Regional Governor of Moravia-Silesia Lukáš Curylo were all elected Deputy Chairmen.
    Author: Thomas McEnchroe

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