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12/08/2023
A survey by the CzechTourism agency indicates that 52 percent of Czechs will not take a winter holiday this year, with 36 percent of respondents citing financial reasons. According to the head of CzechTourism František Reismüller this points to a new trend, with people only taking one proper holiday a year. On the other hand, 43 percent of respondents said they were planning to take a second holiday in the winter.
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12/08/2023
More ski resorts are due to open their doors to visitors this weekend, among them the popular resorts Rokytnice nad Jizerou and Pec pod Sněžkou in the Krkonoše mountains, Klínovec in the Krušné hory mountains or Červehohorské sedlo in the Jeseníky mountains. Lifts are being set in operation and cross-country trails are ready for skiers. The conditions for skiing are said to be ideal with 30 to 80 centimeters of natural and technical snow on the slopes. Many resorts say they are fully booked for Christmas and New Year's Eve.
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12/08/2023
Germany has announced that it will extend controls at its borders with Czechia, Poland and Switzerland for at least another two months after December 15 when they were due to end. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said the controls were proving successful both in curbing the number of illegal entries into the country and detaining people smugglers. Since Germany introduced the checks on October 16, federal police have reportedly detained around 120 smugglers on its borders with the said countries and detected 9,200 illegal crossings.
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12/08/2023
Government officials and doctors’ unions have signed an agreement that will end the partial strike in Czech hospitals. The agreement confirms a 9.8 billion crown pay increase for hospital staff next year, with doctors receiving an additional 5,000 and 15,000 crowns a month to their salaries and other employees receiving a five percent wage increase. Hospitals around the country have been operating in crisis mode since December 1, after 6,000 doctors refused to sign contracts on overtime in protest against low pay and overwork.
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12/08/2023
Over 6, 600 people have come to pay their respects to the late Karel Schwarzenberg, a member of the Czech nobility and one of the country’s most prominent post-1989 politicians, whose coffin is on display for the public at the Church of the Knights of Malta of Our Lady Beneath the Chain in central Prague. Members of the public will have one more chance to bid the former head of Czech diplomacy a last farewell between midday and 10 pm on Friday before his coffin is moved to St. Vitus for a funeral mass on Saturday.
The funeral mass will be followed by a private funeral for family and friends at Orlík nad Vltavou Castle, after which Schwarzenberg’s remains will be placed to rest in the family tomb in the castle park.
Mr. Schwarzenberg passed away on November 12 in Vienna at the age of 85.
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12/08/2023
Prime Minister Petr Fiala on Thursday awarded the Karel Kramář medal to 14 personalities for their outstanding contribution to promoting human rights and freedoms, building a free and democratic society, independent journalism and scientific and cultural development. Among the laureates were senator and former speaker of the Czech Chamber of Deputies, Miroslava Němcová, former spokesperson for Charter 77 and former head of the counterintelligence service (BIS) Stanislav Devátý, and sculptor and painter Jaroslav Róna.
The Karel Kramář medal is awarded by the prime minister for outstanding services to democracy and human rights. It was created in honour of the first Czechoslovak prime minister Karel Kramář.
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12/07/2023
Friday should be mostly cloudy to overcast with day temperatures between -3 and 1 degrees Celsius.
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12/07/2023
Czechia is counting on sending an ambassador to Russia at some point in the future, President Petr Pavel said told reporters after Thursday’s meeting of top constitutional officials on foreign policy issues. The president said the first step would probably be to fill the post of deputy ambassador. The current ambassador to Russia, Vítězslav Pivoňka, was recalled home as relations worsened and has already been in Prague for several months. Diplomat Jiří Čistecký is now the country’s top representative in Moscow.
Earlier, President Pavel was more reserved on the issue of sending a new ambassador to Moscow, while Foreign Minister Lipavský argued the need to maintain dialogue with Russia even in difficult times. Now the president said the issue was not "if but when". The country’s top officials also agreed on the need to continue supporting Ukraine in the war with Russia.
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12/07/2023
The Czech Republic will not accept an offer from the American company Axiom to fly Czech astronaut Ales Svoboda into space, Václav Kobera, head of the Space Activities and Research Department at the Transport Ministry, told reporters. He said the reason is a lack of finances. The mission would cost around $60 million (CZK 1.35 billion) which the country can ill afford at the present time.
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12/07/2023
A Prague court has upheld the decision of a Prague elementary school to fire teacher Martina Bednářová for questioning Russian war crimes in class. Her dismissal was thus definitively confirmed by the Prague City Court. The teacher also faces charges of genocide denial for her statements in class about the war in Ukraine. A district court initially acquitted her on the grounds of freedom of speech, but the appeals chamber asked for the case to be reviewed in October.
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