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03/26/2022
Thousands of people came out on Saturday for the official start of Prague Zoo's 91st season. Among other things, visitors will have a chance to see a pair of pangolins from the Taipei Zoo, which are set to arrive within just a few weeks’ time. The critically endangered animals will become part of the Indonesian Jungle exhibit.
Later this year, the zoo is also set to open a new gorilla pavilion and it is also preparing to build a new pavilion for polar bears. Saturday’s opening ceremony was attended by the zoo’s director Miroslav Bobek, Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřib and his deputy Petr Hlubuček.
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03/26/2022
The Czech Ministry of the Interior has granted over 230,000 special visas to refugees fleeing Russia’s war on Ukraine, according to newly released data by the Interior Ministry. However, the number of new residence permits issued per day is falling, with just under 3,600 granted on Friday.
According to Interior Minister Vít Rakušan, the overall number of Ukrainian refugees in the Czech Republic is estimated to be more than 300,000. Almost 50 percent of them are children, and 80 percent of the adults are women.
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03/26/2022
Russians living in the Czech Republic gathered in the centre of Prague on Saturday afternoon to protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and against President Vladimir Putin. According to the police, an estimated 3,000 people took part in the protest.
The crowd marched from Náměstí Míru square to the Old Town Square, carrying blue and yellow Ukrainian flags and signs condemning Moscow’s aggression. The event was organised by the Prague Russian Anti-War Committee under the name Russians Against Putin.
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03/26/2022
Prague’s assistance centre for Ukrainian refugees on Friday processed some 1,153 people who had fled to the Czech Republic to escape the Russian invasion. That is almost a thousand fewer than on the same day a week ago.
Since the outbreak of war in Ukraine more than a week ago, the centre has registered more than 56,600 war refugees. By mid-April, it is set to move from its current location at the city’s Congress Centre to a former Komerční banka building in the Vysočany district.
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03/26/2022
Czech tennis teenage sensation Linda Fruhvirtová has advanced to the third round of the Miami Open in her debut WTA 1000 event. The 16-year-old wildcard, who is ranked WorldNo. 279, defeated World No. 24 Elise Mertens of Belgium 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 on Friday. She will face Belorussian Victoria Azarenka in the next round.
Another Czech player, Petra Kvitová, is also through to the third round after defeating Clara Burel of France 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
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03/26/2022
The coronavirus epidemic in the Czech Republic continues to slow down. On Friday, laboratories registered 7,630 new cases of Covid-19, which is 1,083 fewer than on the same day last week, according to the Ministry of Health data. The number of suspected reinfections has dropped to 1,394 cases.
Some 1,958 people are currently hospitalized with Covid, the lowest figure in the past two months. The weekly incidence number has also dropped and currently stands at 471 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
Over 3.7 million people in the Czech Republic contracted the virus since the pandemic hit the country in March 2020 and 35,527 of them died of Covid related complications.
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03/25/2022
The Czech, Polish and Slovenian prime ministers have prepared a list of 10 steps that they say EU must take if it really wants to end the war in Ukraine. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki made the announcement in a column on the website Politico on Friday.
Among the proposed measures are tougher sanctions against Russian banks, businesses linked to oligarchs and President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party, a halt to Russian propaganda in Europe, blocking transport between Russia and Europe and suspending visas for Russians.
The three prime ministers also propose banning the export of all European technologies that can be used for war purposes and excluding Russia from all international organisations.
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03/25/2022
Saturday will be mostly sunny with occasional clouds in the evening and day temperatures ranging between 15 and 19 degrees Celsius.
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03/25/2022
The EU and the United States are convinced that the sanctions they have so far imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine are working, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala told reporters in Brussels on Friday, the second day of the EC summit, adding that their impact on Moscow was not expected to be immediate.
Mr Fiala also said the European Commission was preparing another, already fifth package of sanctions, which would expand and refine the current measures. Prior to the summit, some EU member states called for a significant tightening of the current measures against Russia, including an embargo on Russian gas and oil supplies to the EU.
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03/25/2022
The opposition’s claims that the government is forgetting about Czech citizens because of its aid to migrants is an attempt to turn Czech society against the refugees, Prime Minister Petr Fiala told journalists in Brussels on Friday, the second day of the European Council meeting. According to Mr. Fiala, by helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion, the government is also indirectly helping Czech citizens.
When assessing the first 100 days of Mr. Fiala’s coalition cabinet, former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and leader of the opposition ANO party said the cabinet must not forget its own citizens over the aid to Ukrainians. He also said that Czechs were sinking into poverty due to the current government’s lack of action.
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