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09/01/2020
Wednesday should be partly cloudy, especially in the north of the Czech Republic. Rain is likely in mountain regions. Average highs should range from 15 to 19 degrees Celsius.
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09/01/2020
The Czech Republic has the lowest unemployment rate of any EU member state, at 2.7 percent, according to July data from Eurostat, the statistical arm of the European Union. The EU average stood at 7.2 percent while in Spain it reached 15.8 percent.
Among people under the age of 25, the unemployment rate on average was 17 percent. Germany had the lowest rate in the age group, at 5.7 percent. In the Czech Republic, as well as in Bulgaria, Malta and Poland, it was under 10 percent. In Spain, it exceed 40 percent.
Eurostat unemployment data are based on the International Labour Organization (ILO) standards. It counts among the unemployed those who have been actively looking for work in the previous four weeks and are able to start work in the next two weeks.
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09/01/2020
A monumental biography of the Hussite military leader Jan Žižka by historian Petr Čornej was named ‘Book of the Year’ at the Magnesia Litera awards, the country’s most publicised annual literary event.
The Magnesia Litera awards cover nine categories in total. The award for best prose went to Jiří Kratochvil (The Fox in the Lady), for poetry to Ewald Murrer (Night Reading), for children's book to David Böhm (A as in Antarctica) and for best Czech translation to Ladislav Nagy (for the Patrick Melrose series by Edward St Aubyn).
Last year, the top prize went to veteran author Radka Denemarková (for her novel Hours of Lead), while the award for best prose went to Pavla Horáková (for her novel A Theory of Strangeness).
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09/01/2020
The Moravian Theatre in the city of Olomouc is celebrating its 100th anniversary as a permanent theatre stage. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, several large-scale events have been postponed, including a planned regional tour. A programme at this year's Long Night of Theatres on November 21 will be the highlight.
Since 1 September 2020, ballet, operas, operettas, musicals, drama and fairy tales had alternated on the Moravian Theatre stage nearly every day, thanks to its three ensembles and house orchestra. Since 2008, the theatre has also performed at Czech Radio Olomouc.
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09/01/2020
The Czech economy shrank by 11 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2020. Compared to the first quarter, GDP fell by 8.7 percent, according to revised data of the Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ).
The ČSÚ announced on Tuesday that it was the worst quarterly result since 1993, when the Czech Republic and Slovakia became independent countries. A sharp decline in demand for Czech exports had the greatest negative impact.
The reduction or closure of domestic operations in the industry, trade, transport, hospitality and accommodation sectors – due to emergency measures to contain the coronavirus – also had a significant impact, the ČSÚ said.
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09/01/2020
The president of the Taiwanese parliament, Yu Shyi-kun, has presented the speaker of the Czech Senate, Miloš Vystrčil, with a medal for his services to parliamentary democracy. Mr. Vystrčil ended his acceptance speech at the Legislative Yuan on Tuesday with the words “I am a Taiwanese”, in a deliberate echo of John F. Kennedy’s defiance of communism in Berlin in 1963.
China’s foreign minister had earlier said that the Czech Senate chairman would “pay a high price” for visiting Taiwan in breach of Beijing’s One China policy.
Mr. Vystrčil, who is is leading a delegation of 90 in Taiwan, said the comment represented interference in Czech domestic affairs.
The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Chinese ambassador to Prague to explain the statement.
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09/01/2020
From Tuesday face masks are again compulsory in some places in the Czech Republic. In a move designed to coincide with the new school year, it is now obligatory to cover one’s mouth and nose on public transport, on private coaches and in taxis as well as at civil service buildings and at medical and social facilities.
Face masks must also be worn at all indoor events attended by over 100 people and will be required at polling stations during elections next month.
In another change, the quarantine and isolation period for those who have caught Covid-19 or been in contact with somebody who has the virus has been reduced from 14 to 10 days.
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08/31/2020
Czechs who had already booked a stay in Hungary before it declared a month-long bar on foreigners entering the country can still go, if they have a negative Covid-19 test, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said on Monday. He made the comment after talks with his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orban. The two leaders are in Slovenia for the Bled Strategic Forum. Mr. Babiš said Hungary would confirm the exemption on Tuesday, when the restrictions come into force.
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08/31/2020
The authorities in Prague say they will not make facemasks compulsory in the city’s schools, which are due to reopen on Tuesday. However, passengers will be required to cover their mouths and noses not only in the Metro itself but also in the vestibules of the system’s stations, officials said.
Prague was on Friday placed in the amber category on a national “traffic light” map, signifying that community transmission of Covid-19 is starting to occur in the city.
Chief hygiene officer Zdeňka Jágrová said if two more instances of many infections being traced to one night club occurred such establishments would be closed down.
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08/31/2020
The entire choir of the Opera of the Czech National Theatre has entered quarantine. The ensemble’s 62 members were ordered to stay home after the detection of some cases of Covid-19 among them. The situation has forced the National Theatre’s Opera to make small changes to its programme.
The National Theatre was forced to cancel 400 performances between March and July because of the coronavirus situation and expects to lose around CZK 250 million this year.
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