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06/05/2018
The Czech Social Democrats appear to be making a comeback according to the latest poll by the agency CVVM in May.
The poll puts support for the Social Democrats at 13 percent, in joint second place with the Civic Democrats (ODS) by still trailing the ANO party of current prime minister Andrej Babiš.
The latest poll is the best result for the Social Democrats since they scored just 7.2 percent support in October’s general elections to the lower house of parliament.
The Pirates slip in the poll to 11 percent. TOP 09 and the party of mayors and independents, STAN, would not pas the 5 percent threshold to get into parliament, the poll suggests.
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06/04/2018
Increased use of and exposure to pornography are increasingly damaging normal relations and even the health of young men, according to a study released Monday by Brno’s University Hospital.
It said many young men were simply not prepared for normal relationships because of the myths created by the pornography they were watching. Many men turned on by pornography could not physically get stimulated in a relationship, the study added. Psychological and even medical treatment was required, the report said.
It also came up with a statistic that men in stable relationships were almost as often likely to resort to masturbation as sex with the ratio at 43 percent to 53 percent.
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06/04/2018
Prime minister Andrej Babiš has said current transport minister Dan Ťok could continue in the post in a new government he is seeking to put together.
Babiš added on Monday that the minister had his support over the question of introducing new motorway and main road tolls after 2019.
Ťok said mid-May that he was considering not being part of a new government and cited lack of support for the new tolls from his party ANO.
A new toll company formed by Czech Toll and Sky Toll was chosen to operate the new toll system, replacing the current incumbent Kapsch. But the choice has been challenged by the Czech competition office.
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06/04/2018
Large Czech companies overwhelmingly benefit from funds earmarked from the EU’s countryside development programme according to a critical report released Monday by spending watchdog, the National Audit Office.
It pointed out in its report that 2.8 billion crowns out of a total 3.8 billion crowns allocated was to one sole programme aimed at supporting the processing of foodstuffs. Most of these funds were directed to large companies, it added.
The report also highlighted delays in paying out subsidies by the Ministry of Agriculture with only 187 million crowns dispatched by the end of 2017, the watchdog said.
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06/04/2018
The Czech construction sector should grow by around 5.1 percent this year, according to figures released on Monday by the company CEEC Research.
The growth is 0.8 percentage point higher than companies predicted at the start of the year. However, many firms say they are still being held back by a shortage of workers.
Growth in 2019 is expected to slow to 3.7 percent.
The Czech construction sector was one of the last to emerge out of recession with its performance in recent years often lagging the rest of the economy.
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06/04/2018
Tuesday will be sunny with cloudy intervals. Heavy showers are expected in the east of the country. Top daytime temperatures will range between 26 and 29 Celsius.
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06/04/2018
Czech and Slovak government ministers are due in Bratislava Monday to debate current problems and perspectives for nuclear energy.
The annual two-day European Nuclear Energy Forum alternates between Czech and Slovak capitals and was created by the two nuclear states as a forum for the industry against the backdrop of increasing pressure to close reactors.
This year’s two main themes are safeguarding European nuclear know-how and the prospects for small modular nuclear reactors. Czech industry minister Tomáš Hüner is due to attend.
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06/04/2018
Czech average wages rose by 8.6 percent in the first quarter to 30,265 crowns. After taking off the impact of inflation, the real rise comes to 6.6 percent .
The median wage, the most frequently paid which cancels out the impact of very high wages on the average, rose by 8.3 percent to 25,674 crowns according to the Czech Statistical Office.
Czech wages are rising faster than in most neighbouring countries with the average wage breaking the 30,000 crown mark for the first time at the end of 2017.
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06/03/2018
Barbora Strýcová has been knocked out in the third round of tennis’s French Open. The 32-year-old, who has only reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament once in her career, lost 4-6 3-6 to Yulia Putintseva of Russia on Sunday afternoon.
Strýcová’s exit means that no Czech players remain in the French Open in Paris as it enters its second week.
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06/03/2018
The head of the Communists’ deputies group, Pavel Kováčik, says the party will only support a mooted ANO-Social Democrats minority coalition if financial compensation paid to churches for property seized during the communist era is taxed. The Communists are currently discussing a deal with ANO under which the former would support a government helmed by them in key lower house votes.
Speaking on a TV debate show on Sunday, Mr. Kováčik said disagreements over foreign policy were one reason the Communists were not entering coalition with ANO but would only support such a government.
ANO, the Social Democrats and Freedom and Direct Democracy have previously given their backing to a Communist bill that would tax compensation paid to churches under a major restitution bill approved in 2012.
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