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05/11/2024
The introduction of postal voting for Czechs living abroad is awaiting final approval in the lower house. The voting could take place later this month. The second reading of the bill lasted for two days due to filibustering by the opposition, taking approximately 20 hours.
The coalition government wants the bill passed before the next parliamentary elections in autumn 2025, saying it would strengthen Czech citizens' right to vote by providing them with more options. However, the opposition fears that votes could be manipulated or interfered with if sent by mail.
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05/11/2024
An annual fund-raising run for the Memory of the Nation institute took place at Prague’s Hvězda park on Saturday. The money raised will go towards recording interviews with eye-witnesses to major events in modern Czech history, including those who fought against Nazism and Communism, or fell victim to those regimes.
At the beginning of May, the charity run took place in Pilsen and in the following days it will take place in otehr places, including Olomouc, Brno, Ostrava, Ústí nad Labem and Jihlava. Last year, the event raised CZK 1.6 million.
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05/11/2024
The Prague Zoo has announced that the baby gorilla born in its care roughly a month ago is a female. She was given the name Gaia, which means Mother Earth.
The name of the baby cub was chosen by the British primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall, who spent decades studying chimpanzees. Dr. Goodall baptised the gorilla at a ceremony in Prague Zoo on Saturday in front of hundreds of visitors.
A day earlier, the world-famous ethologist delivered a lecture at the Czech University of Life Sciences.
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05/11/2024
The annual innovation showcase Maker Fair got underway at Prague’s Exhibition Grounds on Saturday with more 200 engineers, scientists, artists, and DIY enthusiasts presenting their works. The event, which is now in its seventh year, features lectures, workshops, and presentations of cutting-edge technologies. Last year it attracted some 10,000 visitors.
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05/11/2024
German band Rammstein will perform two concerts at Prague’s Letňany Airport on Saturday and Sunday launching their European tour. The organizers expect 60,000 people to attend each of the shows. The legendary band last performed in Prague two years ago.
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05/11/2024
The opening day of the Ice Hockey World Championships in Prague and Ostrava saw victories for Switzerland, Sweden, Germany and Czechia. The Czech hosts defeated Finland 1-0 in a shootout at Prague O2 Arena, with Ondřej Kaše scoring the game-winning goal. Lukáš Dostál had 21 saves and four more in the shootout. The Czech ice hockey team will next face Norway on Saturday evening.
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05/10/2024
Czechia fully supports the Montenegrin government in its efforts to make progress in EU accession talks, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said after meeting his counterpart Filip Ivanovic at the Czernin Palace on Friday. According to Mr. Lipavský, Montenegro is a Czech ally in NATO and an important partner in the Western Balkans region.Apart from discussing Montenegro’s EU accession process, the two ministers also spoke about strengthening mutual economic cooperation, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and the political situation in the Western Balkans.
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05/10/2024
Czech police on Friday announced a manhunt for Russian intelligence general Andrei Averyanov, whose unit is suspected of blowing up arms stores in Vrbětice eight years ago, killing two people and causing major material damage, the Czech News Agency has reported.
Two agents believed to have carried out the attack, Anatoly Chepiga and Alexander Mishkin from Russia’s military intelligence service GRU, are still at large. The pair are also believed to have carried out the Novichok attack on Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in the UK.
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05/10/2024
The 2024 Ice Hockey World Championships get underway on Friday in Prague and Ostrava. The tournament, which includes 16 teams, will run over the course of two weeks and is expected to attract over a hundred thousand hockey fans to Czechia.
Teams will play games in two venues, Prague’s O2 Arena and the Ostravar Arena in the Moravian-Silesian capital. Fans can also watch the best of the games on a big screen outside the stadiums. Access to the fan zones is free of charge.
The championships kick off at Prague’s O2 Arena at 4.20pm with a match between Switzerland and Norway. At the same time, Slovakia will face Germany in Ostrava. Czechs will play their first match against Finland at 8.20pm in Prague.
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05/10/2024
Saturday should be sunny to partly cloudy with day temperatures ranging between 18 and 22 degrees Celsius.
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