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09/25/2018
Czechs spend on average 719 crowns (around 28 euros) a year for books and audio-books, suggests a survey carried out by Kanzelsberger bookstore released on Tuesday.
The average price of books sold in the Czech Republic last year increased to 261 crowns, according to the data of the country’s booksellers’ and publishers’ association.
Some 15,500 titles were published in the Czech Republic in 2017 and overall, Czechs spent 7.8 billion crowns on books, which is around four percent more than in the previous year.
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09/25/2018
Czech director Irena Pavlásková has started filming an adaptation of The Prague Orgy by the late U.S. author Philip Roth. The book, based on Roth’s own experience, is set in the mid-1970s Czechoslovakia and follows the journey of his alter ego Nathan Zuckermann to Prague. The project, a Czech-Slovak-Canadian coproduction with an international cast, will be shot in English. Starring in the lead roles are Canadian actor Jonas Chernick and Russian actress Ksenia Rappaport. The premiere is scheduled to take place in the fall of 2019.
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09/25/2018
The Czech Republic has placed 30th on the Economic Freedom of the World Index published by the Canadian Fraser institute, up by seven spots compared to last year.
The index compares data from 162 countries, assessing a number of indicators, including the size of the public score, the quality of legislation, foreign trade and overall regulation. Monetary issues and inflation are also taken into consideration.
Hong Kong has traditionally placed top of the ladder, followed by Singapore and New Zealand.
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09/25/2018
The Agriculture Ministry and the State Veterinary Authority have said that in view of the spread of African swine fever they are considering setting down more stringent requirements for pork products imported to the country.
This would primarily concern imports from Poland and Belgium where the virus was detected.
The bulk of the country’s pork imports come from Germany, Spain, Poland and Belgium.
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09/25/2018
The Supreme Court has ruled that a court order allowing the police to tap journalist Janek Kroupa’s phone in connection with an investigation of a suspect purchase of hardware for the Czech military was illegal.
The court said such an order should only be made in exceptional cases in which the court would properly justify why it was violating the given journalist‘s right to privacy and right to protect his/her source.
Czech Radio‘s investigative journalist Janek Kroupa filed a complaint against the fact that his phone was tapped in 2012, saying that he had moreover not been informed about it afterwards.
According to Czech law the police have a duty to inform people that they had been tapped in connection with an investigation.
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09/24/2018
The coalition parties ANO and the Social Democrats agreed on Monday that the first three days of sick leave will be financially compensated as of July next year.
Under the present legislation, employees are not entitled to any wage compensation in the first three days of sick leave.
This practice, referred to as ‘karenční doba’ was introduced in 2008 by Mirek Topolánek’s government within broader measures to stabilise public funds.
The Social Democrats have been pushing to change the practice for years.
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09/24/2018
The Social Democratic Party has said it would be willing to raise the minimal wage by 1,200 crowns a month next year, instead of the 1,500 it had been pushing for.
Labour and Social Affairs Minister Jana Maláčová said after Monday’s coalition talks she considered this a fair compromise and a realistic option.
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is in favour of a 1,000 crown hike, on the grounds that the hike should not excessively burden small and medium-size employers.
The minimal wage is currently 12, 200 crowns a month.
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09/24/2018
Tuesday should bring partly cloudy to overcast skies with day temperatures between 9 and 13 degrees Celsius. This year’s first snowfall was reported in the Krkonoše Mountains on Monday.
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09/24/2018
Secondary schools across the Czech Republic are holding mock local elections on Monday a fortnight before the actual elections take place.
The event, which is being held for the 10th time in succession, is organized by the NGO People in Need.
Its aim is to interest children aged over-15 in politics and local affairs and let them experience what voting in elections involves.
The results of the vote will be announced next Tuesday. Local elections and elections to a third of seats in the Senate are due to be held on October 5-6.
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09/24/2018
The regional court in Plzen on Monday heard the testimony of a 42-year-old man who is on trial for holding unregistered weapons and trading in weapons without a license.
According to the state attorney in the years between 2010 and 2015 the man bought and resold 225 weapons, mostly machine guns and a few dozen pistols, which were slated to be destroyed or modified for use with blank cartridges only.
In Slovakia these guns do not require registration, but in the Czech Republic, which has tougher norms they do, since according to experts the modification process can easily be reversed.
If convicted, the man could face up to 8 years in prison.
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