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02/28/2024
The Czech lower house has returned to a debate on same-sex marriage. The proposed draft agreement has raised controversy and in a previous debate the authors of the bill expressed readiness to make a concession and to call the same-sex union a “partnership” instead of “marriage”. However, they insist that same-sex couples should have the same rights as heterosexual married couples. Under the law, registered couples do not have joint property and are not entitled to a widow's or widower's pension after the loss of their partner. Registered couples are also not allowed to adopt children.
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02/28/2024
European Commission Vice-President Věra Jourová has called on member states to do more to counter Russian propaganda ahead of the upcoming European Parliament elections and warned against individuals in the EU who act in Moscow's interests. In this context, she mentioned, for example, the far right AfD party in Germany. Jourova told Politico that the 'We want peace' argument is a case in point. "We all want peace. But it must not be a concession. This 'we want peace' coming from the Kremlin means 'stop supporting Ukraine'," she added. Jourová is on a tour of European states to talk to the public about disinformation ahead of the June European elections.
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02/28/2024
The Czech Anti-Trust Office has approved the sale of the Czech liquor company Jan Becher - Karlovarská Becherovka to the Polish group Maspex. The famous brand is being sold by Pernod Ricard, a French company that has owned it since 2001. The companies announced the transaction at the end of last year and expect it to be completed by June of this year. They have not disclosed the sale price.
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02/28/2024
Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský, who is on a tour of the Indo-Pacific, has held talks in Canberra and Sydney. The head of Czech diplomacy met with the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia David Hurley and the Minister for Home Affairs and Cyber Security Clare O'Neil. He also discussed security issues with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles.
Mr. Lipavský also met with Czech expats at the embassy in Canberra, where he opened an exhibition of artworks by young Czech artists and spoke to representatives of the Sokol sports organization in Sydney whom he presented with gifts from the Bohemians Praha football club. Among the issues discussed were efforts to push through a postal vote in time for the next general elections and a proposed amendment to the Citizenship Act, which should simplify the process of acquiring citizenship on the grounds of Czech ancestors.
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02/28/2024
Police have charged ten people in the wake of Tuesday’s raid on the headquarters of the Czech Tennis Federation, Czech Radio reported. According to the prosecutor on the case they charged five individuals and five legal entities with subsidy fraud. According to Czech Radio’s flagship news channel Radiožurnál one of the people accused is Vojtěch Flégl, a member of the supervisory board and a close associate of the federation's president Ivo Kaderka. Police officers also raided the offices of the Czech Ski Association and the National Sports Agency. A spokesman for the Ski Association said no one had been charged.
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02/28/2024
The 18th Prague Short Film Festival, organised by the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival team, gets underway in Prague on Wednesday with the screening of Pedro Almodóvar’s most recent short film Strange Way of Life starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal.
The festival will present dozens of Czech and international films, including titles that have won awards in Cannes, Berlin, and Locarno. The event will run until March 3 at Prague’s cinemas Bio Oko, Atlas, Světozor and Kino Pilotů.
Selected films from the Pragueshorts program will be also available on the KVIFF.TV online streaming platform until March 17.
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02/28/2024
Record temperatures for February 28 were seen at 28 out of 166 stations around Czechia keeping records for 30 years or more on Tuesday.
The highest temperature, 18.7 degrees Celsius, was registered in Karviná in north Moravia. According to meteorologists, the unusually warm weather is expected to last for the rest of the week.
According to Czech Hydro-meteorological Institute, the first two decades of this February were the warmest in Czechia in more than a century. The average temperature reached 6.7 degrees Celsius, surpassing the previous highs by more than two degrees.
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02/27/2024
Wednesday is expected to be mostly overcast. Day temperatures will ranging between 5 and 10 degrees Celsius in most parts of the country, with the exception of the east, where they can reach up to 15 degrees Celsius.
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02/27/2024
Škoda Auto is set to launch production of a compact sports utility vehicle (SUV) in India, the company said in a press release on Tuesday.
The new compact SUV is expected to hit the roads in the first half of 2024. Its name will come from a survey among customers and fans of the brand on the local market.
The Czech carmaker, which already produces the Slavia and Kushaq models in India, aims to increase its market share in the country to five percent by 2030.
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02/27/2024
Coal production in Czechia recorded a significant drop in 2023. A total of 30.04 million tonnes of lignite and hard coal were mined last year, which is a 15 percent drop on 2022.
Traditionally, production has been driven mainly by lignite mining, which accounted for 95 percent of the total amount extracted. The production of coke has also declined, according to newly released data by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
The decline in mining is linked to the government's plan to move away from burning coal in power and heating plants by 2033.
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