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09/04/2024
A new campaign, "Je to OK!", led by former national anti-drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil, highlights the preventive and financial benefits of a regulated cannabis market. The campaign focuses on patient protection, decriminalization, and child safety, with videos distributed mainly on social media. Health Minister Vlastimil Válek (TOP 09) expressed support for a regulated market but emphasized the importance of ensuring access to medical cannabis for patients. Vobořil has proposed legislation for legal cannabis cultivation and sale. The government aims to align substance regulations with their harm levels, though opposition remains from some parties.
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09/04/2024
A farmer in Bohušov, North Moravia, unearthed an unexploded World War II artillery mine and alerted the police. When bomb disposal experts arrived, they found an additional 20 mines in a nearby forest. The site was secured without the need for evacuation due to its remote location. The Bruntál, Opava, and Ostrava areas frequently experience similar discoveries due to the historical significance of battles fought there during WWII, particularly during the Ostrava-Opava operation in 1945.
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09/04/2024
Despite economic stabilization after high inflation, two-thirds of Czechs still perceive the situation as an economic crisis. This is the main result of a survey by Ipsos for Generali Investments CEE. Rising housing costs and energy prices are the top concerns, along with lingering fears of inflation. Nearly on-fifth cited housing costs as their biggest financial worry, followed by energy prices and inflation. The survey, conducted in August also showed that 60% of Czechs are reducing energy and water consumption, and a significant portion has adjusted their savings strategies.
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09/04/2024
Thursday will be mostly clear or partly cloudy, with isolated showers possible in some areas and temperatures reaching 28 to 32°C.
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09/04/2024
The Czech Constitutional Court has ruled that authorities can no longer deduct unpaid fines from social benefits, responding to a petition by 17 senators. The court deemed the practice, which affected entire households, as collective punishment and unconstitutional. The law had allowed deductions from benefits like living allowances and housing supplements for unpaid fines, including public order violations. The court emphasized that this could lower people’s living standards below the subsistence level and violate the principle of individual responsibility. The senators who initiated the petition stressed the need for prevention and support, rather than punitive measures, to address such issues.
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09/04/2024
The Supreme Court rejected the appeals of former Prime Minister Petr Nečas and former Deputy Minister of Agriculture Roman Boček. The case, which led to the fall of the government in 2013 and caused a political earthquake, has been in and out of courts for years. It involved offering positions in exchange for dissenting MPs stepping down from parliament in order to pass a tax bill. Both Nečas and Boček received suspended sentences and financial penalties. Nečas was sentenced to 2.5 years and fined CZK 1 million, while Boček received a two-year sentence and a CZK 300,000 fine. Their last legal option is to file a constitutional complaint.
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09/04/2024
Prague has a street named after Nicholas Winton. It is dedicated to pedestrians and cyclists, and was ceremonially opened by city representatives on Tuesday to honor Winton’s efforts during World War II, when the British stockbroker and humanitarian organized the rescue of nearly 700 children, mostly Jewish, from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. The opening date commemorated the start of the war and the last Winton train from Prague on September 1, 1939. This new street symbolizes both the tragic history of Jewish transports from the nearby Bubny station and and the heroism of Winton.
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09/04/2024
Some schools in the Czech Republic have once again received threatening emails today, similar to those sent on Tuesday. Police announced that they will take measures that minimally disrupt classes. According to police spokesperson Ondřej Moravčík, the current threat targets various types of schools, not just elementary schools. On Tuesday, hundreds of schools across the country received messages claiming the buildings were rigged with explosives, leading some to end lessons early. Authorities are working with the National Centre for Combating Terrorism, Extremism, and Cybercrime, and collaborating with Slovak counterparts, who faced a similar threat.
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09/04/2024
The 2024 International Documentary Film Festival Elbe Dock gets underway in Ústí nad Labem on Wednesday with presenting the annual Pavel Koutecký Award for the most distinctive Czech documentary film of the year.
The event, which is now in its seventh year, is a competitive showcase of the best short films from Central Europe and Scandinavia. One of its main goals to connect Czech and German culture. The festival will run in the north Bohemian city until September 7, before moving on to Dresden.
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09/04/2024
Czech Constitutional Court will rule on deductions from social benefits for unpaid fines. It will announce Wednesday its decision on a proposal by a group of senators to abolish certain provisions in the Law on Assistance in Material Need and the Law on Certain Misdemeanors. These provisions allow authorities to deduct unpaid fines for selected misdemeanors from social benefits. Senators argue that such deductions affect not only the offender but also other household members, constituting an impermissible collective punishment. The law enables deductions from social benefits, such as the subsistence allowance and housing supplement, to cover unpaid fines for offenses like disturbing public order or neglecting compulsory school attendance. However, the law ensures that if there are dependent children in the household, the benefit cannot fall below their minimum subsistence level.
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