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09/29/2020
Wednesday should be cloudy to overcast with rain in the eastern parts of the country and day temperatures between 13 and 17 degrees Celsius.
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09/29/2020
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has called for the resignation of European Commission Vice President Věra Jourová after she told Der Spiegel that Hungary had an “ill democracy.” In addition, Mr. Orban claims that the Vice President insulted EU citizens of Hungarian nationality by saying that they are not in a position to form an independent opinion.
In the Spiegel interview, Ms. Jourova expressed concern for the fate of democracy in some EU member states, particularly Hungary and Poland, where, she said, the principles of rule of law are often “bent” to an alarming degree.
Věra Jourová, who is Czech, has been the Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency since 1 December 2019 and previously served as the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers, and Gender Equality from 2014 to 2019.
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09/29/2020
The lower house of Parliament is set to debate the rules for the government-approved kurzarbeit scheme, due to go into effect in November.
The bill will be debated on Wednesday in a state of legislative emergency, which opens the way for fast-track approval within the course of a single day.
The new rules should allow shorter working hours with a part of the wage being paid by the state. Sectors to be supported by the scheme will be selected by the government.
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09/29/2020
The country’s top officials are to meet with President Miloš Zeman at Lany Chateau on Tuesday for their quarterly session aimed at coordinating their stand on foreign policy issues.
They are expected to discuss the course of the Brexit talks, the EU’s new plan to deal with migration, relations with China and Russia and the situation in the Middle East.
The meetings are traditionally attended by the prime minister, the heads of both chambers of Parliament and the ministers of foreign affairs, interior and defence.
This time the president failed to invite the speaker of the Senate, Miloš Vystrčil, on the argument that his trip to Taiwan had violated the country’s foreign policy line.
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09/29/2020
The number of newly-registered Covid-19 cases reached 1287 on Monday, according to data released by the Czech Health Ministry.
Over the three-day weekend the daily increases remained below 2,000, however health officials ascribe this to the lower number of tests on weekends and public holidays. The health minister said he wants to increase the country’s testing capacity to 50,000 tests a day.
Over 33,000 people are currently fighting the infection, of which 820 are hospitalized and close to 200 of them are in serious condition.
Health Minister Roman Prymula warned last week that if the infection continues to spread at the present rate the country could soon be short of ventilators.
Hospitals are also said to be running short of the drug Remdesivir, with fresh deliveries expected by the end of this week.
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09/29/2020
No.7 seed Petra Kvitová advanced to the second round of the French Open on Monday afternoon with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over France's Oceane Dodin.
After missing last year's tournament due to an arm injury, Kvitová gave a confident performance dispatching the 23-year-old home favourite in 77 minutes.
She will next play either Italian Jasmine Paolini or Aliona Bolsova of Spain.
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09/29/2020
Health Minister Roman Prymula will ask the government to declare a state of emergency in connection with the worsening coronavirus epidemic in the country, Respekt.cz reported on Moday.
The matter is to be debated at the government’s next session on Wednesday, together with further measures to curb the spread of Covid-19.
Mr. Prymula said earlier they would restrict the number of people who can meet to 10 or 20 at the most and secondary schools are likely to be ordered to introduce distance learning for at least a month.
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09/28/2020
Tuesday should be overcast and rainy around the country with day temperatures between 11 and 15 degrees Celsius.
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09/28/2020
President Miloš Zeman has confirmed that the traditional celebrations of Czechoslovak In dependence Day, on October 28, will take place despite the coronavirus crisis.
The president said that to cancel the event would indicate a lack of respect for the country‘s history and traditions.
He said the ceremony in the Spanish Hall of Prague Castle would be organized so as to meet the recommended safety measures and the reception traditionally following the event might not take place this year.
At the ceremony the head of state traditionally hands out high state distinctions and medals of bravery to selected members of the public.
Among the recipients this year will be epidemiologist Roman Prymula, for his handling of the first wave of the coronavirus crisis, and pop idol Karel Gott who died a year ago.
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09/28/2020
The first wave of the coronavirus pandemic negatively affected the income of close to a third of Czech households, according to the results of a survey conducted by the agency Perfect Crowd.
Eight percent of respondents said they had lost their jobs as a result of the lockdown, twenty percent had a lower income. 43 percent of respondents said they had to dip into their savings to make ends meet, 4 percent had to take a loan.
The crisis hit low-income groups, people with a lower education and the inhabitants of smaller towns and villages the hardest.
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