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05/10/2018
Czech unemployment fell to 3.2 percent in April from March’s 3.5 percent, according to figures released from the national labour office. It said that seasonal work was now in full swing and the jobless total could increase in coming months.
The office added it had almost 243,000 job seekers on its books. That’s the lowest figure since August 1997. In April 2017, the jobless rate was 4.4 percent.
The number of vacancies, at just over 267,000. once again exceeded the jobless total in the country. Most job offers are in Prague, central Bohemia, the Plzeň and Pardubice regions.
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05/10/2018
ČEZ says it sees no obstacle in the Temelín nuclear power plant operating for 60 years. The state-controlled power company said a technical and economic investigation found no fundamental safety or technical reason why the first reactor could not operate until 2060 and the second unit until 2062. The plant in South Bohemia, around 45 kilometres from the Austrian border, is the biggest single electricity producer in the Czech Republic.
The head of the Czech nuclear regulator, Dana Drábová, warned earlier this year that while there might not be technical problems with a 60-year operating life span for Temelín, stricter EU rules pushed by non-nuclear member states might make this impossible.
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05/10/2018
Czech electricity giant ČEZ saw its first quarter net profit drop to 7.3 billion crowns. Earnings before interest, depreciation, and taxes dropped by 1.5 billion crowns to 17.5 billion crowns compared with the same period in 2017. CEZ kept its full year net profit target unchanged at between 12 billion and 14 billion crowns.
The utility, which is around 70 percent state owned, said that its earnings were hit by lower production from its coal-fired power plants and previous fixed prices for electricity.
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05/10/2018
Cardinal Dominik Duka is set to continue as head of the Czech Roman Catholic Church at the request of Pope Francis. In keeping with church rules, the prelate formally resigned two weeks ago when he reached the age of 75. However, on Wednesday the Prague Archbishopric published a letter from the Apostolic Nunciature in response to his resignation asking him to stay on.
Supporters including President Miloš Zeman had called for Cardinal Duka to be allowed to continue in the post but some Czech Catholics had been in favour of him being replaced.
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05/10/2018
Negotiators from ANO and the Social Democrats have agreed on the policy programme of their planned coalition government, an ANO representative said on Wednesday evening. Both groupings will put the document to their own party organisations on Friday.
ANO deputy chairman Jaroslav Faltýnek said there would be no changes to a previously agreed division of portfolios between the two parties, who are set to form a minority cabinet supported by the Communists in important lower house votes.
Social Democrats leader Jan Hamáček called on journalists and the public to have patience until Friday, when the final coalition deal and policy programme would be published.
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05/09/2018
The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Prague will continue to back an international nuclear agreement with Iran, despite US President Donald Trump’s announcement that the US will pull out of the deal. The Czech Foreign Minister, Martin Stropnický, says the country does not wish to split from the European Union’s regretful position on Mr. Trump’s move.
Mr. Stropnický said, however, that a statement on the matter from EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini should have specified that Tehran was developing ballistic missiles. He said it was not possible to completely overlook the arguments of the US and Israel, who contend that Iran has breached the treaty.
The deal agreed under previous US president Barack Obama curbed Iran’s nuclear activities in return for the lifting of sanctions that had been imposed by the United Nations, the US and the EU.
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05/09/2018
ANO deputy leader Richard Brabec has not ruled out some changes concerning ministries being made within talks with the Social Democrats on forming a coalition government. His comment came in response to reports that the Social Democrats want the defence portfolio instead of agriculture. However, Mr. Brabec said that would be a decision for ANO chief Andrej Babiš and would need to be approved by party bodies.
ANO and the Social Democrats have reached a deal on the text of a coalition agreement and Mr. Babiš has said talks could be wrapped up by Friday.
Under the agreement taking shape, the two parties would be supported by the Communists in crucial votes in the lower house. The latter grouping have never been that involved in government since 1989.
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05/09/2018
The captain of Sparta Prague football club, David Lafata, has announced that he is retiring at the end of this season, the club said in a statement on its website. The striker, who is 36, is currently the top scorer in the Czech top flight with 198 goals.
Lafata said he would like to say goodbye to fans at Sparta’s last home game of the season against Olomouc on May 19. The veteran player picked up 41 caps for the Czech national team, finding the net nine times.
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05/09/2018
This year’s April was the second warmest in Prague since 1775, when a weather station at the city centre Clementinum first began keeping records. The average temperature in the fourth month of the year was 15.6 degrees Celsius. This was over 6 degrees Celsius warmer than the long-term average for April.
The jump in average temperature from March to April was 11.7 degrees Celsius. That was the third highest change between months since 1775.
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05/09/2018
Thursday should see some clear spells but also the chance of rain and storms in the Czech Republic. Daytime highs are expected to reach up to 24 degrees Celsius. More wet weather is likely for much of the following week.
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