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08/15/2020
Around 20 historic planes were supposed to arrive at Prague’s Ruzyně airport this Saturday, as part of celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the return of Czechoslovak pilots from the United Kingdom to their home country after the end of World War Two. However, organisers were forced to cancel the planned landing due to bad weather, the Czech News Agency reports.
Among the planes were also many Czechoslovak aircraft, such as the Sokol M-1D, Aero Ae 145 and the L-200 Morava. Other aircraft were of American design, such as the T-6 Texan and the DHC-2 Beaver.
Czechoslovak pilots who had been fighting on the allied side during the conflict were gradually returning home in 1945, but on August 13 of that year 54 pilots returned at home once with their spitfires and enthusiasts have chosen to launch the commemorative events at around this time.
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08/15/2020
Cardinal and Archbishop of Prague Dominik Duka blessed the Marian Column on Old Town Square on Saturday, as hundreds of people from the ranks of supporters and opponents of the historic replica gathered on the the square. The majority of those gathered took part in a public prayer, while others held signs opposing the column nearby. Police were present at the location. Duka’s blessing was preceeded by a service held in the nearby Church of Our Lady before Týn.
The Marian column is considered an important Baroque work of art by its proponents, but opponents see it as a symbol of Habsburg rule and forced catholicization of the country after the 30 Years War. The column was destroyed by a mob 102 years ago, after Czechoslovakia gained independence from the Habsburg Empire, but was reinstated earlier this year.
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08/14/2020
The turnover of the Czech Republic’s 100 largest companies last year reached nearly CZK 3.5 trillion, according to the Association Top 100. Car maker Škoda Auto again won the annual contest for the best-rated 100 companies in the Czech Republic, which made the highest profits, with over CZK 459 billion.
Daniel Křetínský’s energy holding EPH came second, followed by the energy giant ČEZ. Other companies in the top-five include Agrofert and Foxconn CZ.
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08/14/2020
Czech Republic will remove Spain, with the exception of the Canary Islands, from the list of safe countries that do not pose a coronavirus risk, the Czech Ministry of Health announced on Friday.
As of August 24, Czech tourists returning from Spain will have to produce a negative test for Covid-19 or go into two-week quarantine. The same rules will apply to foreign citizens arriving in the Czech Republic from Spain.
Spain, along with Romania, are the only EU countries currently excluded from the list of safe states.
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08/14/2020
Saturday is expected to be partly cloudy to overcast with occasional rain showers and thunder storms. Daytime temperatures will range between 23 and 27 degrees Celsius.
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08/14/2020
The coal mining company OKD is renewing operation in all its mines on Friday, which were closed down for six weeks due to the spread of coronavirus infection among the miners.
The infection was first registered at the mines in mid-May. Altogether, some 1,700 miners, their relatives and other contacts tested positive for Covid-19.
According to the company’s spokeswoman, more than 900 employees have already returned to work. To avoid a new wave of contamination, the company will be carrying out preventive testing for the disease.
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08/14/2020
Dozens of artefacts discovered by Czech archaeologists in Egypt’s Abusir have been transported under strict security measures to the National Museum in Prague.
The items, loaned from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and several other institutions, will be part of an exhibition called Kings of the Sun, which opens on August 31.
The most valuable item on display will be a basalt statue of King Raneferef, made around the year 2460 B.C.
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08/14/2020
Thursday saw 330 freshly detected cases of Covid-19 in the Czech Republic, which was the highest one-day rise since April 3, according to Czech Health Ministry statistics. It is also the third highest figure since the outbreak of coronavirus in the country at the start of March.
The total number of known cases of the virus since the start of March stood at 19,401 on Friday morning. To date 391 people have died with Covid-19 and 13,574 have recovered from the disease.
At present Frýdek-Místek in the east of the country has the highest incidence, followed by Prague.
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08/14/2020
Police in Prague last month arrested a Russian diplomat over the purchase of illegal ammunition, iRozhlas.cz reported on Friday. Sources in the Czech secret services told the news site that he was employed in the military section of the Russian Embassy in Prague.
Following his detention in Říčany for buying illegal ammunition for sniper rifles and other kinds of ammunition he was released in view of his diplomatic immunity. He then immediately left the country for Russia, iRozhlas.cz said.
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08/14/2020
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has made an urgent call on European Union leaders to hold a video conference on the situation in Belarus. He made the appeal after reaching agreement on the matter with his Polish counterpart, Mateusz Morawiecki.
Mr. Babiš called on the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to send a clear signal over sanctions on Belarus, where there has been a brutal crackdown on protesters questioning the results of presidential elections held last Sunday.
The Czech PM said Europe’s leaders must insist on fresh elections taking place.
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