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07/21/2020
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has welcomed the EU recovery fund compromise reached in Brussels, which downsized the grants part of the rescue package in favour of loans. Mr. Babiš said the outcome of the deal was favourable for the Czech Republic and particularly highlighted the fact that the country would be able to have a greater say in how the funds distributed will be used.
Under the agreement reached the Czech Republic should receive 35.7 billion euros (over 960 billion crowns) from the EU budget in the course of the next seven years. It will be able to borrow another 15.4 billion euros under favourable terms.
During the four-day marathon talks the Czech prime minister argued in favour of a fair distribution of funds, saying taxpayers in fiscally disciplined countries should not be put on the hook to repay loans that would benefit countries with little or no fiscal prudence, which had been deep in trouble even before the pandemic hit. On the other hand, the prime minister stressed that revitalizing the European economy is vital for Czech Republic’s own prosperity.
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07/20/2020
During a break in the marathon negotiations on the EU economic recovery fund, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said he understood the concerns of Austria, The Netherlands and the Scandinavian states regarding the size of the grants package distributed and welcomed the proposal to see it cut to 390 billion euros from the original 500 billion. He said this would inevitably reduce the end contribution to all states, including the Czech Republic.
The Czech prime minister has argued in favour of a fair distribution of funds, saying taxpayers in fiscally disciplined countries should not be put on the hook to repay loans that would benefit countries with little or no fiscal prudence, which had been deep in trouble even before the pandemic hit. On the other hand the prime minister stressed that revitalizing the European economy was vital for Czech Republic’s own prosperity.
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07/20/2020
Prague City Council is considering increasing the cost of city transport to make up for the negative impacts of the coronavirus crisis which are likely to reach 2 billion crowns, the news site E15 reported. According to the proposal currently being discussed the annual pass for Prague City Transport would be raised from the present 3,600 crowns to 5,500 crowns. The cost of parking would also go up. The opposition parties are against the idea.
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07/20/2020
Tuesday should be partly cloudy to overcast with rain predominantly in the eastern parts of the country and day temperatures between 20 and 24 degrees Celsius.
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07/20/2020
The Prague Appellate Court has ruled that the head of state, President Miloš Zeman, must reconsider his decision not to appoint physicist Ivan Ošťádal professor. The court upheld an appeal by the academic and Charles University against the president’s decision, arguing that he had violated the rules governing the appointment of professors and principles of academic freedom. Historian Jiří Fajt whom the president likewise refused to appoint professor in 2015 has also taken his case to court.
In Mr. Ošťádal’s case, the president cited the physicist’s alleged ties to the communist –era secret police; in Mr Fajt’s case, his decision related to a compensation plan at the National Gallery.
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07/20/2020
The Ministry of Culture will help the Jan and Meda Mladek Foundation to restore the art works damaged by a fire at the Kampa Muzeum last week. After making a visit to the premises, Culture Minister Lubomír Zaorálek said the state would make a financial contribution to the tune of several million crowns.
None of the art works on display were completely destroyed, but they were damaged by the smoke that filled the premises after a fire broke out in one of the technical rooms of the museum. The damage to the premises has been estimated at around 10 million crowns, the damage to the art works at two to three million. Part of the damage will be covered by insurance.
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07/20/2020
Health Minister Adam Vojtěch has said the head of the regional hygiene office in Ostrava should consider resigning over the manner in which the office ordered renewed coronavirus restrictions in the Moravia-Silesia region on Friday, effective immediately. Minister Vojtěch told CNN Prima News that the decision had not been communicated properly and well in advance, sparking friction in the region. Members of the opposition called on the health minister himself to resign over the matter. He refused to do so, putting the blame squarely on the regional hygiene office which alone has the right to order the said restrictions.
Dozens of police officers were called to deal with a disturbance of the peace in one part of Ostrava on Saturday night after a group of people drinking in a local pub refused to leave the premises in line with a regulation that says all pubs, bars and restaurants must close by 11pm.
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07/20/2020
The Czech government has confirmed Czech participation at Expo 2021 in Dubai. The postponement of the expo by a year due to the coronavirus crisis will increase the cost of Czech participation by an estimated 25.2 million crowns, according to government sources. Originally the cost was estimated at between 260 and 310 million crowns depending on the degree of involvement of the private sector.
The Czech Republic is reported to be one of the few countries which have almost completed their pavilion for the expo in Dubai which was originally scheduled to take place this year.
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07/20/2020
On Sunday, 90 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in the Czech Republic, after a five-day stretch with daily totals rising by over 100. The Moravian-Silesian Region accounted for most of the new cases.
The districts of Karviná, and to a lesser extent Frýdek-Místek and partly Ostrava, account for the bulk of cases in the region, which has had to reinstate measures to contain the spread of Covid-19.
Outbreaks have appeared, for example, in the Ostrava Municipal Hospital, at a children's camp in Štramberk and at various companies in the Ostrava, Novojičín and Frýdek-Místek regions. Another local focus is in Vlčnov, in the Uherské Hradiště region.
Since March, when the novel coronavirus was first recorded in the Czech Republic, hygienists have confirmed 13,945 cases. Of that number, 8,760 people have recovered from the disease and 359 died with it.
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07/20/2020
The planned introduction of a fourth mobile operator onto the Czech market faces further delays, with a new licence unlikely to be issued before spring 2021, Denik N reports.
The main reason for the delay is the announcement of new auction conditions for the eventual new operator, the daily says. It notes interest now for several new domestic contenders, including Czech lottery company Sazka and power company ČEZ.
The Czech Telecommunication Office originally planned a deadline at the turn of 2019 and 2020, with the allocation of frequencies to take place before the spring.
Czechs are currently served by Vodafone, T-Mobile and O2, and pay more for data service than in most EU countries.
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