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09/15/2020
China’s telecom and technology giant Huawei has yet to obtain a security clearance from the Czech National Security Authority (NBÚ) needed to compete in state tenders and is now seeking a review at a lower level, Deník N reports.
In 2018, the National Office for Cyber and Information Security (NÚKIB) warned against using Huawei software and hardware in government computers and phones. In January, the European Commission advised EU member states not to permit firms considered a security risk to build sensitive parts of 5G mobile networks. However, Huawei does not need a clearance to cooperate with Czech operators.
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09/15/2020
A Czech family has been arrested in Austria after customs officers found some 665 kilograms of gold and silver in their car. According to the Austrian daily Heute, the family had tried to avoid paying customs duties and now face a heavy fine.
The family was arrested at a border crossing between Austria and Switzerland. Customs officials found 707 silver bars and 74 gold bars in the luggage of a girl whose parents had only declared 4,000 euros, withdrawn in Lichtenstein. The precious metal is worth an estimated 700,000 euros.
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09/15/2020
Wednesday should start out sunny but grow increasingly cloudy over the day, with light rain expected in the late evening. Daytime highs should range from 24 to 28 degrees Celsius.
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09/15/2020
The Netherlands, like Belgium and Germany in recent days, has placed Prague on its list of risky travel regions to due to an uptick in Covid-19 cases in the Czech capital.
The decision, which took effect on Tuesday, means anyone who has been in Prague must self-isolate for 10 days upon entering the Netherlands, even if they test negative for Covid-19. The Dutch measure does not apply to other Czech regions.
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09/15/2020
Prague Castle, the seat of the Czech Presidency, has made public the salaries of seven top officials following a court ruling stemming from a 2018 lawsuit by watchdog Platy Úředníků (Income of officials).
The Presidential Office had initially refused to provide any information about the incomes of Prague Castle staff although they are employed by the state.
The newly published data show the head of the office, Vratislav Mynář, netted around 1.6 million crowns in 2016 and 2017 including bonuses. Two other senior officials earned over 1 million crowns a year, about three times the Czech national average.
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09/15/2020
Palacký University in Olomouc will offer semester-long scholarships to Belarusian students and research stays for academics from Belarusian State University in Minsk and Yanka Kupala State University in Grodno.
The Czech university has made similar offers before through its involvement with Scholars at Risk, a US-based international network of institutions that supports and defends academic freedom and the human rights of scholars.
Palacký University rector Jaroslav Miller said the freedom and rights of Belarusian students and academics are currently at risk. He said the first students and fellows should arrive in February.
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09/15/2020
Archaeologists working in the Písek region have found a treasure trove of some 800 silver coins dating back to the 13th century, when Přemysl Otakar II was king of Bohemia. It is one of the largest such finds in the Czech Republic, archaeologists from the Prácheň Museum said.
The thin, one-sided silver coins are exceptionally well preserved and all of the same type, leading archaeologists to believe they did not enter circulation after having been minted.
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09/15/2020
Celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church get underway on Tuesday in Prague’s Dejvice neighbourhood.
The event was to take place on June 1 at the National House in Smíchov, where 100 years earlier Reform Catholics founded the new church. Due to Covid-19, it was postponed until September 15 – the date the Czechoslovak state officially recognized the church.
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09/15/2020
Slovakia has declared Czechia a Covid-19 high-risk area effective as of Friday. This means anyone seeking to enter Slovakia must present a negative test result no older than 72 hours or go into quarantine for 5 days upon arrival and then be tested. There are some exceptions for commuting employees.
Slovakia is the third country in recent days to declare the Czech Republic a risk area, after Denmark and Switzerland, while Germany and Belgium have put the capital Prague on their “red lists” of risky travel destinations.
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09/15/2020
On average each person with Covid-19 in the Czech Republic now infects 1.59 others, according to the Institute of Health Information and Statistics (ÚZIS). Although the reproduction number differs by region, throughout the country it is above 1. In March, before restrictions measures came into effect, it was above 2.
More than 8,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases were recorded in the Czech Republic last week, roughly the same as in all of August. Increased testing accounts in part for the rise, as last month on average 10,000 tests were administered daily, compared to 15,000 to 19,000 per day last week.
Meanwhile, although the percentage of people with Covid-19 admitted to hospital remains low (at 2.18 percent as of Saturday), the number of patients is up by two-thirds since the start of September. Health Minister Adam Vojtěch said Monday there is sufficient capacity to handle far more patients, including serious cases. As of last count, there were 305 patients with new Covid-19 in hospital of whom 51 need intensive care.
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