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01/09/2024
Czech psychiatrists have taken a strong stand against the proposed introduction of mandatory mental tests for weapons holders. The proposal was floated by MPs in the lower house when it emerged that the gunman who shot 14 people and injured 25 at the Prague Faculty of Arts had been treated for mental problems. The Association of Czech Psychiatrists said the country does not have enough psychiatrists to provide such as service and moreover voiced the opinion that mandatory mental tests for weapons holders would not prevent similar tragedies in the future.
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01/09/2024
Prime Minister Petr Fiala has left on a working visit to India aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and tapping new opportunities in business and trade. Ahead of his departure the prime minister said cooperation in innovation and applied research offered considerable potential, adding that the two sides would be signing an agreement on a strategic partnership in innovation and trade.
In the course of the next two days, Mr. Fiala will meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, deliver a speech at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit economic forum, as well as visit Jaipur University and hold talks with representatives of the local government and the business community. Prime Ministrer Fiala said India is a rapidly developing market and presents great opportunities for Czechia.
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01/09/2024
Aleš Loprais, Jaroslav Valtr Jr., and Jiří Stross won the third stage of the Dakar Rally coming in by four minutes ahead of Martin Macík Jr. and over 16 minutes ahead of Janus van Kasteren in third position. The Dutch crew, who was victorious last year, dropped to second place in the overall standings, with Loprais taking the lead.
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01/09/2024
Prime Minister Petr Fiala has thrown his weight behind the embattled Labour Minister Marian Jurečka who has come under pressure to resign because he did not cancel a Christmas party held at the ministry on the night of tragic shooting at Charles University and himself attended it until the late night hours. “Mr. Jurečka made an error in judgement, but he regrets the mistake and has since apologized,” Prime Minister Fiala said at a press briefing on Tuesday before departing for a working visit to India. The prime minister added that he thinks this was the right way to handle things and thus considers the matter closed. The Christian Democratic Party is to meet on Tuesday evening to take a stand on the matter.
In answer to a question from a journalist about whether the labour minister would receive a "yellow card" for his actions, as Justice Minister Pavel Blažek did for his meeting with controversial political lobbyist Martin Nejedlý last year, Mr. Fiala responded that that was an error "of a different magnitude".
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01/09/2024
A Czech-Slovak archaeological team has discovered an almost 3,000-year-old Mayan city in northern Guatemala, a press release by the Neuron Foundation, which financially supported the expedition, revealed on Tuesday. Among the things the team found during the seven-week expedition were remains of palaces, statues, and astronomical observatories. The city, named Yax Balam (First Jaguar) by the archaeologists, was spread over an area of more than seven square kilometers and was the centre of the region for about a thousand years, flourishing between 850 BC and 150 AD.
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01/08/2024
Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský has awarded a Medal of Merit in Diplomacy to the outgoing French ambassador Alexis Dutertre for his "extraordinary contribution" to Czech-French relations and his role in shaping the French position towards events in Ukraine, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on social media site X on Monday.
At the beginning of his career at the French Foreign Ministry, Alexis Dutertre led negotiations on the accession of central and eastern European countries, including the Czech Republic, to the European Union. He took up his post in Prague in October 2020 and is now leaving to serve as an advisor to French President Emmanuel Macron.
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01/08/2024
Two out of ten Czechs have used hard drugs at some point in their lives, according to a survey conducted for a new addiction prevention campaign, most often for recreation or as an escape from reality. Eighty percent of those surveyed said they understood why someone would try taking drugs, and a third said they approved of their recreational use.
The prevention campaign has been organised by the Czech police together with the Czech Association of Insurance Companies and includes television and social media advertisements as well as a series and documentary film co-produced by Czech Television.
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01/08/2024
Tuesday is expected to be sunny and bright but extremely cold, with temperatures well below zero throughout the day and night. The highest daytime temperature is predicted to be minus 2 degrees Celsius, dropping to a low of minus 9 at night. No precipitation is expected.
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01/08/2024
The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute has slightly amended its warning for extreme cold weather, strong winds, snowdrifts and floods, which was issued on Sunday.
Strong winds of over 65 km/h are expected on Monday in Moravia and Silesia, which may cause snowdrifts in certain areas. From Monday evening to Thursday morning, temperatures at night and early in the morning could fall below -12 degrees Celsius. On Monday and Tuesday night this applies to most of the country, except for parts of central and western Bohemia. On Wednesday night it will only apply to certain areas, mostly in south Bohemia, Vysočina, and the Olomouc and Moravia-Silesia regions.
Water levels in the lower reaches of the Elbe river are continuing to fall, with the flood alert dropping below the second level in Ústí nad Labem on Monday morning and the same expected to happen in Děčín in the evening.
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01/08/2024
Labour and Social Affairs Minister and head of the Christian Democrats Marian Jurečka has said that he himself will not propose his own departure from his ministerial post at the Christian Democrat Party leadership meeting on Tuesday evening, nor does he expect any of his party's coalition partners to suggest it. The deputy head of the party, Šárka Jelínková, said that the party leadership will support Mr. Jurečka in remaining in his post.
Mr. Jurečka is under fire for attending a ministry Christmas party at the time of the shooting at Charles University's Faculty of Arts on 21 December last year, with some calling for his resignation as labour minister. The Christian Democrat Party leadership, which consists of 39 people, moved its meeting from the end of January to Tuesday evening in order to discuss the matter.
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