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05/25/2020
The Supreme Audit Office has issued a report criticizing the Defence Ministry for poor planning and mismanagement of finances relating to maintenance of army equipment.
It says that in 2016 to 2018, the Ministry of Defence invested 2.8 billion crowns in new equipment and another 1.3 billion crowns were spent on repairs, maintenance and spare parts.
Nevertheless, some of the equipment was not operational when needed or was grounded for longer periods. Inspections also revealed a dependence on suppliers or overpriced repairs.
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05/25/2020
The writer and one-time spokesperson for Charter 77 Zdena Tominová has died at the age of 79. Her philosopher husband Julius Tomin organised underground seminars in Prague and the family faced such pressure from the authorities in communist Czechoslovakia that in 1980 they moved to the United Kingdom, where one of Tominová’s activities was working for the BBC.
She drew on her family’s experiences in their native country in the writing of Enemies of the State, a film released in the UK in the early 1980s.
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05/25/2020
A major loosening of restrictions aimed at containing Covid-19 took place in the Czech Republic on Monday. In the final stage of a government roadmap to restart aspects of the economy, hotels and the indoors premises of restaurants and cafés have been allowed to reopen for the first time since mid-March.
Hundreds of thousands of elementary school children have been allowed to return; they will be taught in small groups and attendance is at parents’ discretion.
Face masks are now only required in enclosed spaces or in close proximity to others. Castles and chateaus are launching their summer seasons and swimming pools have also been allowed to reopen.
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05/24/2020
Some restrictions aimed at curbing the coronavirus will remain in place in Karviná in the Moravian Silesian Region on Monday, when they are eased elsewhere. It will not be possible to visit health facilities in the area or to have gatherings of over 100 people, officials said, after over 200 cases of the coronavirus were linked to an outbreak at Darkov mine.
The restrictions are expected to be kept in place in Karviná for at least another two weeks. Over 2,000 people have been tested for Covid-19 in the area since the local outbreak began.
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05/24/2020
The Czech government is not planning to create a mechanism for the compensation of firms over the restrictions imposed to contain Covid-19, the minister of justice, Marie Benešová, said on TV Prima on Sunday. She said that if companies had suffered losses because of the measures they could take the matter to the courts.
The head of the Pirate Party’s deputies group, Jakub Michálek, criticised this stance, saying the government was relying on firms being reluctant to take legal action.
Mrs. Benešová said the cabinet had supported enterprises in a number of ways, including a short-time work scheme (commonly known as kursarbeit) and the deferral of levies.
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05/24/2020
The minister of health, Adam Vojtěch, says the new form of a national smart quarantine programme focused on Covid-19 will cost around CZK 200 million this year. The Ministry of Health is due to take over the project on Monday. The funding will go toward IT and 150 specialised staff deployed around the country, Mr. Vojtěch said on Czech Television on Sunday.
The minister said that “Smart Quarantine 2.0” would be more robust than the current form of the scheme, which was created quickly in response to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the Czech Republic.
The system will be able to track data on 400 infected persons a day but could be expanded to handle as many as 1,000. Involvement will remain voluntary.
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05/24/2020
President Miloš Zeman has criticised an article by the Czech foreign minister, Tomáš Petříček, and two of his predecessors, Lubomír Zaorálek and Karel Schwarzenberg, in which they condemn Israeli plans to annex Jewish settlements on the West Bank of the Jordan. In a piece in the newspaper Právo on Saturday the three said that Israel’s proposal would contravene international law.
Mr. Zeman said that the article undermined relations between the Czech Republic and Israel.
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš also criticized Mr. Petříček and Mr. Lubomír Zaorálek, who is currently Czech arts minister. Mr. Babiš said it was unacceptable for individual cabinet members to make statements on such an important foreign policy issue.
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05/24/2020
The Czech soccer first division got underway again on Saturday evening with a game in which Teplice beat Liberec 2:0 at home. That match was an unplayed round from before the league was forced to halt over the coronavirus epidemic in early March. The next full round will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Saturday’s game was played with no fans in the stadium for public health reasons. Teplice livened up the atmosphere with the sound of fans cheering relayed over their stadium’s PA system.
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05/24/2020
The Czech Republic is gearing up for Monday’s final stage of a government plan to ease restrictions imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Restaurants, cafés and hotels will be able to reopen their entire premises and events attended by up to 300 people will be permissible.
Many elementary school children will be allowed to return, at parents’ discretion and dependent on schools’ ability to serve smaller groups. In addition face masks will only have to be worn in enclosed spaces and in close proximity to others.
It will also be possible to visit most hospitals and care homes and the country’s castles while chateaus will launch their new season, two months later than usual. Hygiene requirements will be in place at all of the referred to facilities. Country gearing up for Monday’s final stage of roadmap to ease restrictions
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05/24/2020
Monday should be cloudy with daytime highs of up to 13 degrees Celsius in the Czech Republic. Most of the week is expected to have similar weather, with temperatures not exceeding 18 degrees Celsius.
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