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07/01/2020
The Czech president, Miloš Zeman, says the slogan Black Lives Matter is racist. Speaking at an event at the US Ambassador’s Residence in Prague marking America’s Independence Day, Mr. Zeman said that the slogan was racist because all lives mattered.
The head of state said the independence of citizens in the Czech Republic and the US was currently under threat. This danger cannot be ignored but must be withstood, he said. Mr. Zeman also criticised the unrest seen on streets in some American cities following the police killing of George Floyd.
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07/01/2020
From Wednesday, people in most parts of the Czech Republic do not have to wear facemasks on public transport or inside public buildings, in the latest easing of coronavirus restrictions. There are exceptions in the Moravian-Silesian Region and in Prague, where it is still compulsory to cover one’s mouth and nose in some places.
In addition bars and restaurants in most parts of the country are now allowed to open past 11 pm. Consuming food is once again permitted in cinema halls.
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06/30/2020
The government will on Wednesday add eight non-EU states to its list of countries from which people can travel freely to the Czech Republic. The countries are Montenegro, Serbia, Thailand, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea. As of now, Czechs can only freely enter Montenegro and Serbia among the states on the list.
The Czech list is around half as long as one approved by European Union member states, including the Czech Republic. The Prague government selected its own national list on the basis of the countries’ Covid-19 situation, degree of mutual tourism and the possibility of reciprocity.
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06/30/2020
Strict measures were imposed on Tuesday in the areas of Karviná and in Frýdek-Místek in the Moravian-Silesian Region, which have seen local outbreaks of Covid-19 in recent days. There is a fresh ban on visiting hospitals or social care facilities, the maximum attendance at public events is 100 and restaurants and bars must again close at 11 pm.
People in Karviná and Frýdek-Místek must also continue wearing facemasks in enclosed spaces and on public transport.
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06/30/2020
From Wednesday the Czech Ministry of Health will publish a daily updated map of the country showing the relative risk of Covid-19 in each district. The map will take into account rises in newly detected coronavirus cases, hospitalisation and other trends over the previous day and week.
National health statistics chief Ladislav Dušek said that a “risk score” would rate districts from zero to 10. Districts with no known occurrence of Covid-19 will get a zero rating on the map while those rated nine or 10 will be considered highest risk.
In addition, the number of freshly discovered cases will only be published once daily.
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06/30/2020
Twenty percent of Czech adults have had to watch their spending in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, while 400,000 people – or around 5 percent of the population – have been left with serious financial problems, suggests a study conducted by the STEM polling agency and consultants KPMG. The regular index of the financial situation of households is now at the same level as it was in 2017, its authors said on Tuesday.
Mojmír Hampl of KPMG said many people had accumulated savings, major redundancies have not yet arrived and there had been no obligation to repay deferred liabilities. He said this was a kind of calm before unfavourable data that will hit at a later date.
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06/30/2020
The minister of education, Robert Plaga, says if the coronavirus situation in the Czech Republic does not deteriorate, children should be able to return to school in September without facemasks, the news site iDnes.cz reported. He made the comments while handing out end-of-year marks to pupils at an elementary school in Prague’s Karlín district.
Mr. Plaga said that the country’s education system had handled the coronavirus situation wonderfully. During the summer Ministry of Education officials will prepare special instructions on how schoolchildren can prevent the spread of Covid-19, he said.
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06/30/2020
It should be largely overcast in the Czech Republic on Wednesday, with temperatures of up to 24 degrees Celsius. Further cloudy weather is expected over the following week.
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06/30/2020
Czech auto makers and parts manufacturers expect a fall of at least CZK 215 billion in revenues this year, representatives of the Automotive Industry Association said on Tuesday. While 1.4 million cars were produced in the Czech Republic last year, the figure for 2020 is expected to be 300,000 lower. This is because of an interruption in production and a fall in demand stemming from the coronavirus crisis.
The downturn caused by the pandemic has already caused CZK 150 billion in losses and these are expected to further deepen.
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06/30/2020
The government has proposed allowing self-employed persons with an annual income of up to CZK 800,000 to pay a flat tax as of next year of CZK 5,740 crowns per month.
The flat-rate tax includes health insurance premiums of CZK 2,514, income tax in the symbolic amount of 100 crowns and a 15 percent higher minimum social insurance premium (CZK 3,126 as of 2020).
Finance Minister Alena Schillerová said the aim is to reduce bureaucracy, both in terms of administration and eliminating most reasons for tax office inspections.
The higher social insurance premium aims to help self-employed people save more for their retirement, as most now pay only the bare minimum. In opting for the flat tax, self-employed people would no longer be able to apply any other tax rebates and discounts, such as for dependent children.
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