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05/18/2024
A campaign aimed at recruiting more foster parents in Prague has produced results, but has not still not covered the city’s needs, Deputy Mayor Alexandra Udženija told the Czech Press Agency. She said the child welfare authorities were struggling with a lack of short-term foster parents who would look after a child for several months only. While there are more than 1,200 long-term foster parents on the Prague register, there are only 86 foster couples willing to take in a child on a short-term basis. There is also a sever lack of foster parents ready to take in siblings, children over the age of three or children with health disabilities," Alexandra Udženija said. Prague is now organizing Fostering Days events for those interested in fostering which should run until 20 June.
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05/18/2024
Czech farmers have postponed a protest that was due to take place in Prague next Wednesday. Jan Doležal, President of the Agrarian Chamber of the Czech Republic, said the decision was made in view of the assassination attempt on the prime minister in neighbouring Slovakia and the need to diffuse tension in the society. The protest action against government policy and restrictions linked to the Green Deal has been rescheduled to June 4. Agriculture Minister Marek Výborný welcomed the decision to call off Wednesday's protest.
The umbrella trade union organization of Bohemia and Moravia has also called off a planned protest against the government's pension reform and changes to the Labour Code, saying it would return to the negotiating table with government representatives.
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05/18/2024
Czechia defeated Austria 4:0 at the World Hockey Championship in Prague and moved to the top of Group A with 12 points from five games, securing a place in the quarter-finals. Forwards Dominik Kubalík and David Tomášek contributed with two points, for a goal and an assist. The Czechs’ next game is on Saturday against Great Britain at 8.20 pm CET.
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05/17/2024
Saturday is expected to be overcast and rainy with day temperatures between 18 and 22 degrees Celsius.
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05/17/2024
Police have proposed filing charges of fraud against six people and two companies in the case of a CZK 160 million contract for the purchase of linear accelerators for Prague’s Bulovka University Hospital. Among those charged are former Civic Democratic Party MP Marek Šnajdr and the hospital’s former director Andrea Vrbovská. Investigators suspect Šnajdr of accepting a bribe to ensure that a particular company wins the tender for the linear accelerators.
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05/17/2024
The environment group Children of the Earth have won a legal battle over the construction permit for the Hulín-Fryšták section of the D49 highway in the Zlín Region. The Supreme Administrative Court on Friday overturned a 2022 ruling of the Municipal Court in Prague, which confirmed the legal validity of the building permit. According to the director of the Road and Motorway Directorate, Radek Mátl, the ruling will threaten the planned opening of this section of the highway this year. The Ministry of Transport must now deal with the objections of Children of the Earth, including a noise assessment study, which they say is underrated. Transport Minister Martin Kupka described the situation as unfortunate.
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05/17/2024
The government is putting Štiřín chateau near Prague, up for sale, the government’s office announced on its website on Friday. The sale will take place through an electronic auction starting on September 11. The starting price is CZK 3.3 billion.
Štiřín chateau was built in the mid- 8th century. It acquired its present appearance around 1900 after modifications designed by architect Jiří Stibral. Between 1985 and 1993, the chateau was renovated so that it could be used as a hotel. In 1945 it was purchased by the state and is used for government meetings with foreign dignitaries.
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05/17/2024
The umbrella trade union organization of Bohemia and Moravia has called off a planned protest against the government's pension reform and changes to the Labour Code. Representatives of the union said they did not want to raise tensions in the country, considering Wednesday's assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. The union said it had cancelled the demonstration after consultations with its Slovak colleagues. At the same time, the union called on Prime Minister Petr Fiala to address the problems that the protest aimed to highlight. The prime minister has welcomed the move saying the government is ready to return to the negotiating table.
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05/17/2024
The Prague Zoo has announced that the baby orangutan born in its care at the start of May is a male. The sex was determined by a DNA test. As of Friday, the public can send in suggestions for his name. It will be announced on the baby's one-month birthday on June 20.
The mother of the orangutan cub is 11-year-old Diri, who was also born in Troja. Prague Zoo has been breeding orangutans almost continuously since 1961. Previously, the last baby to be born here was the male Pustakawan, who will be four this November.
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05/17/2024
A pupil at a school in Hradec Králové collapsed after eating candies containing muscimol, a narcotic and hallucinogenic compound found in Amanita muscaria and related species of mushroom, Czech Radio reported on Thursday.
The jelly sweets containing this substance can be purchased without restriction on the Internet, simply by conforming that the buyer is over 18 years of age.
The Czech government recently imposed a ban on the sale of the psychoactive substances HHC, HHC-O and THCP in response to a number of children and adolescents ending up in hospital after overdosing on products containing them.
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