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09/06/2024
Czechia's Permanent Representation to the European Union, one of the country's key diplomatic missions abroad, has had to relocate due to the renovation of the building in which it is based.
Some 130 officials and diplomats, including ambassadors, have moved just a few minutes' walk away, to an office building on Rue du Trone. The renovation of the building on Rue Caroly, dating back to the 1980s, is expected to take 15 months.
Czechia’s Permanent Representation to the EU includes experts in many fields, from energy and transport to health care, foreign relations and finance.
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09/06/2024
Ninety people died in traffic accidents on Czech roads over the course of the summer holidays, which is four more victims than in the previous year and the third lowest number of road deaths since 1990, according to newly released police statistics. Another 320 people sustained serious injuries.
The highest number of fatalities during the holiday season, 31, was among car drivers. The number of motorcycle drivers killed on roads between July and August was 29, which is 12 more than last year.
The most tragic day on roads this summer was Thursday, 22 August, which saw six people die in accidents.
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09/06/2024
Bluetongue disease has been registered in Czechia for the first time in 15 years, Agriculture Minister Marek Výborný said on Friday. An animal infected with the virus which affects sheep, goats and cattle, has died at a farm in Jindřichovice in west Bohemia.
The disease, which is spread by biting insects, causes a fever and swelling of the mouth in infected animals and can be fatal in the most severe cases. It does not affect people or food safety. According to Mr. Výborný, measures will be taken to prevent the disease from spreading further.
Cases of bluetongue disease have recently also been reported in other European countries, including Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark.
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09/06/2024
The third annual Dvořák Prague Festival gets underway in Prague on Friday with a performance of the composer’s Cello Concerto in B minor and the New World Symphony at the city’s Rudolfinum. The opening concert featured soloist Julian Steckel and the Bamberg Symphony, conducted by Jakub Hrůša.
Hrůša, chief conductor of the Bamberg Symphony and artist in residence at this year's Dvořák Prague, will perform four times throughout the festival. The last time will be on 11 September at the Prague Exhibition Grounds for the open air concert Connected by Mahler.
In celebration of the Year of Czech Music, the festival will honor not only Dvořák but also Bedřich Smetana and other prominent Czech composers.
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09/06/2024
Karolína Muchová has been knocked out in the semi-finals of tennis’s US Open for the second consecutive year. The Czech World No. 52 lost to No. 6 seed Jessica Pegula of the US, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2, despite taking the first set and leading 2-0 in the second.
Muchová, who is 28, reached the US Open semi-final after missing nearly ten months due to a wrist injury.
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09/06/2024
The state plans to intensify inspections of the technical condition of vehicles on Czech roads in order to boost road safety, Transport Minister Martin Kupka announced on Thursday. Although vehicles must undergo roadworthiness tests every two years, road checks have revealed that many vehicles fail to meet the required standards. According to Deputy Police President Tomáš Lerch out of 363 vehicles selected at random on the road 77 percent were found lacking in some respect.
The Transport Ministry is planning to establish a new road inspection authority, which will be entitled to carry out technical inspections of vehicles and check up on technical inspection stations and emission measurement stations. It will be able to stop vehicles, impose fines on the spot or even confiscate licenses.
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09/06/2024
Police officers and members of other security forces are planning to protest in front of the Office of the Government over low pay. The protests should last for at least a week, starting on Monday September 16, the chairman of the Union of Security Forces Aleš Lehký told the CTK news agency. He said the aim was to highlight the drain of officers from the police force because of low salaries and problems with finding new recruits for the same reason.
Interior Minister Vít Rakušan said on Wednesday that police officers and firefighters' would get a five percent salary hike as of January 1st. The unions originally pushed for a 10 percent increase in wages.
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09/05/2024
The Regional Court in Hradec Králové on Thursday handed out prison sentences to all 14 foreigners accused of people smuggling from Turkey to the Czech Republic and other EU countries. The highest penalty was a sentence of 5.5 years in prison and a hefty fine, the rest received 3-year sentences. According to the judge, the accused acted as an international organized criminal group operating in multiple countries and facilitated the illegal crossing of at least 2,000 migrants, mostly Turkish Kurds, to Europe.
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09/05/2024
Friday should be clear to partly cloudy with daytime highs between 26 and 30 degrees Celsius.
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09/05/2024
More than 490 schools around Czechia received bomb threats on Thursday, for the third day in a row, police said on the X network. Police consider the danger to be very low, but many schools have opted to close or take classes outside as a precaution. The police are investigating the targeted attack in collaboration with the Slovak authorities, where hundreds of schools received similar threats. A task force of representatives from the ministries of education, interior, and police has been formed to address safety concerns.
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