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04/18/2018
The Defence and Foreign Affairs Committees of the lower house of parliament have both called on the government to make greater efforts regarding the situation in Syria. The heads of the departments, Lubomír Zaorálek and Jana Černochová, made the announcement after the committees’ joint meeting on Wednesday.
According to the committees, the Cabinet should also offer Czech army experts to investigate the chemical attacks in Syria. Mrs Černochová said the Czech Republic had a unique opportunity to affect peace negotiations in the country, being one of the few western countries which still have an embassy in Damascus.
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04/18/2018
The government has approved compensation to the farmers who suffered losses due to last year’s drought, amounting to two billion crowns. Deputy Prime Minister Richard Brabec announced the news at a press conference on Wednesday.
Another 208 million crowns will go to fruit growers, whose harvest was damaged by spring frosts last year. The Ministry of Agriculture will also earmark 141 million crowns for building irrigation systems.
According to Mr Brabec, the compensation represent just a fraction of the overall damage caused by weather conditions last year, which amounted to about 12 billion crowns.
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04/18/2018
The Penta investment group increased its operational profit in 2017 by 19 percent on the previous year to a record 10.1 billion crowns. Revenues increased by 21 percent to 178 billion crowns, Penta co-owner Marek Dospiva announced at a press conference on Wednesday.
The consolidated net profit of the company reached 6.2 billion crowns, which is the highest figure since 2016. Penta is currently planning to enter the Chinese market with its chain of pharmacies Dr.Max.
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04/18/2018
A program enabling physicians, pharmacists and dentists from Ukraine to work in the Czech Republic without taking additional exams will soon be terminated.
The government agreed to end the project on Tuesday due to strong criticism from the associations of doctors, pharmacists and dentists.
Their representatives said the lack of exams did not guarantee quality care and some of these doctors had a problem communicating in Czech. The program will continue for nurses.
More than 200 physicians and dentists and some 130 nurses and other healthcare workers came to the Czech Republic within the program in the past two years.
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04/17/2018
The International Monetary Fund has revised its economic growth forecast for the Czech Republic in 2018 from a projected 2.6 percent in the fall of last year to 3.5 percent of the GDP. The country saw a 4.3 percent growth last year.
In 2019 the IMF predicts a further slowing of the economy to 3 percent growth. This year’s unemployment has been forecast at 3.0 percent up from 2.9 last year with an outlook for 3.2 percent in 2019.
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04/17/2018
Wednesday should see clear skies around the country with day temperatures between 18 and 22 degrees Celsius.
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04/17/2018
Preparations are underway for the return of the remains of Cardinal Josef Beran to his homeland this weekend. The Cardinal’s remains will be flown to the Czech Republic on Friday and will be buried in Prague’s St. Vitus Cathedral, the final resting place of kings and cardinals, the next day. This is in accordance with the cardinal’s last wishes.
Cardinal Josef Beran, a symbol of resistance to the communist regime, was exiled to Rome in 1965, where he died four years later. He was buried in the crypt of St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican because the communist authorities did not approve the return of his body to his homeland.
On Tuesday workers installed a new statue depicting the saints Vojtech, Radim and Radla inside St. Vitus Cathedral. The idea for such a statue to be placed in the cathedral emerged during the time when Cardinal Beran was was still Archbishop of Prague and Primate of Czechoslovakia.
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04/17/2018
The Czech group Media Invest, which is co-owned and run by billionaire Daniel Křetinský, is buying radio assets in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Romania from the French media group Lagardere.
In the Czech Republic they include Frekvence 1 and Evropa 2. Lagardere said the sales price of those radio assets was 73 million euros. The sale still has to be approved by the regulatory bodies in both countries.
Media Invest has so far focussed mainly on press assets, among them four dailies and over a dozen magazines.
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04/17/2018
After five years of growth Czech beer production last year dropped by 0.7 percent to 20.3 million hectolitres.
The drop was caused by lower demand on the domestic market which the Czech Association of Malt Houses and Beer Brewers ascribes to the smoking ban in pubs and restaurants that went into effect in May of 2017.
Czech beer consumption dropped by five litres per head to 138 litres per year. On the other hand beer exports were up by 4.5 percent.
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04/17/2018
The head of the General Inspectorate of the Security Forces, Michal Murín, has announced his resignation from the post at the end of April.
Mr. Murín, who has been under pressure from Prime Minister Andrej Babiš to resign, said that although he had done nothing illegal or unethical his continued presence at the head of the inspectorate would undoubtedly throw a negative light on its work.
Prime Minister Babiš has pushed for Murín’s resignation, saying he had lost faith in the official. Mr. Murín said earlier that the prime minister had told him that if he quit he would avoid being embroiled in a scandal.
Murín said on the inspectorate’s web page that he was leaving the force after 36 years of service and had always performed his duties to the best of his abilities.
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