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One in 10 young adults in Czechia display signs of severe depression, while 16 percent have moderate symptoms, according to research presented on Tuesday by the Psychiatric Clinic of the 1st Medical Faculty of Charles University and Prague’s General University Hospital.

Representatives of the institutions said that politicians should devote more attention to the issue. They said both prevention and specialised services in this area were currently lacking in Czechia.

The head of the research team said steps should be taken by the ministries of education and health, as well as health insurance companies.

The Czech minister of foreign affairs, Jan Lipavský, says that up to EUR 3 billion from Russia’s central bank frozen by the EU can go to Ukraine this year alone. Some 90 percent of the money will go to Ukraine’s military in its efforts to defend the country against the Russians, he said, adding that the Kremlin had to pay for its war damages.

EU states on Tuesday confirmed an agreement under which proceeds from Russian assets frozen in Europe will be used to buy weapons for Ukraine and to reconstruct the country.

The European Commission submitted this plan in March.

The world premiere of the musical composition Pianofonia by Michal Rataj and Jan Trojan took place in the unusual venue of the National Technical Museum in Prague on Monday evening. The piece is performed using part of pianos and two complete instruments and was created in cooperation with the Czech piano maker Petrof.

The event was part of the 79th Prague Spring International Music Festival, which runs until June 3.

The Ice Hockey World Championship, currently underway in Prague and Ostrava, is on track to break its own spectator record set in 2015, when over 741,000 spectators attended the games. During the first nine days of this year's tournament, the organizers reported over half a million visitors. If this trend continues, the championship could attract over 800,000 spectators. The capacity of both arenas has increased since the last tournament. Prague’s O2 arena can now accommodate 17, 400 spectators, the Ostrava arena just over 9,000. The first six of the eight games played in Ostrava were completely sold out.