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09/17/2023
Monday is expected to be somewhat overcast, with a chance of rain in the evening and overnight. Daytime temperatures are expected to range between 20 and 27 degrees Celsius.
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09/17/2023
Before leaving for their flight to New York for the UN General Assembly, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský and President Petr Pavel told journalists that they want to lobby for Czechia's candidacy as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in nine years' time. President Pavel said that he has been pushing for Czechia's candidacy since he took office in March. Mr. Lipavský emphasised that these efforts are only just beginning.
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09/17/2023
President Petr Pavel departed for the USA on Sunday, where he will lead the Czech delegation during the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Along with the president, the delegation will also include Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský, who will deliver a speech regarding the upcoming Summit of the Future. The main topics at the assembly are expected to be the war in Ukraine and climate change.
The President's program will begin on Monday when he is due to give a speech at a summit about the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. He will also speak the following two days, as part of the General Debate of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday and during an open debate at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine on Wednesday. A tense atmosphere is expected at the latter event as Russian and Ukrainian representatives will likely both be there. It has been announced that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will also attend the General Assembly; however, it is not yet certain whether he will participate in the Security Council meeting.
Pavel also has about a dozen bilateral meetings planned on the sidelines of the assembly, including with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, and Liechtenstein's Grand Duke Hans Adam II. He will also meet with members of the American Jewish community and with General John Allen.
A gala dinner will be held on Wednesday on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the creation of the independent Czech and Slovak Republics, at which Pavel and Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová are due to give short speeches. The president will end his trip with a tour of the American branch of the Czech arms holding company Colt CZ Group in Hartford, formerly the well-known American arms manufacturer Colt, which was bought in 2021 by Česká zbrojovka Group SE.
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09/17/2023
The second and final day of NATO Days, the biggest air, military and security show in Central Europe, was kicked off with an airshow by the Polish aerobatic group Zelazny at Ostrava’s Mošnov Airport on Sunday. Unlike on Saturday, when several-kilometre-long queues of cars formed around the airport, especially in the morning as crowds flocked to the event and again in the afternoon and evening when they were leaving, traffic flowed mostly smoothly. Approximately 100,000 people are reported to have attended the first day of the event.
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09/16/2023
Sunday should continue to be warm, dry, and sunny, particularly in the afternoon. The morning and evening may see more clouds. Temperatures are expected to range between 18 and 26 degrees Celsius.
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09/16/2023
Officers from the extremism and terrorism department of the Prague police have arrested a man on suspicion of endorsing genocide, which is a criminal offence in Czechia. The man was arrested during the anti-government demonstration which took place in Wenceslas Square on Saturday afternoon, but the police have not confirmed whether he was participating in the protest.
The police wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that the man had a symbol of support for the Russian aggression on his shirt. In the accompanying photo that was posted of the offending T-shirt, a symbol of the Russian mercenary group Wagner is visible.
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09/16/2023
Thousands of people gathered in Prague's Wenceslas Square for an anti-government protest on Saturday afternoon. As with previous such demonstrations, it was organised by Jindřich Rajchl, head of the PRO (Právo Respekt Odbornost) party, who stated that public dissatisfaction with Petr Fiala's government is enormous. He criticised the government's handling of inflation, tax and pension overhauls, as well as its military spending and aid to Ukraine, saying that the Czech social security and health system was at the point of collapse thanks to "the influx of economic migrants from Ukraine".
The Czech News Agency estimated that there were approximately 10,000 protestors, with about half the square filled. Banners were visible in the crowd with slogans such as "Down with the USA's henchmen" and "No to NATO". Some people were also collecting signatures against the EU ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, which is due to enter into force in 2035.
The demonstration started at 2 p.m. After around two hours of speeches, the protestors left Wenceslas Square to march to the Interior Ministry headquarters in Letná.
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09/16/2023
Czechia is not a freeloader that only relies on the help of its NATO allies without giving anything back, but on the contrary, it is a responsible state that takes its security seriously and helps where needed, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said in a speech at the two-day NATO Days event taking place at Ostrava’s Mošnov Airport this weekend. He cited the war in Ukraine, defending the sky over Eastern Europe, peacekeeping missions, and sending rescuers to places affected by disasters, such as after the recent wildfires in Greece, as examples of where the country had pulled its weight and proven itself as a strong NATO ally.
The prime minister underscored the importance of Czechia's NATO membership, which provides it with security guarantees that the country did not have in the past.
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09/16/2023
Marcel Kolaja has been chosen by fellow members of the Pirate Party to head their candidate list for the European Parliament elections on June 7 and 8 next year. Mr. Kolaja is the current first vice-chairman of the Pirate Party and an MEP. He was also the Pirates' lead candidate in the last Euro elections in 2019 and until the beginning of last year, he was vice-president of the European Parliament.
Mr. Kolaja said after his election that he wants to continue to strive for a modern, united Europe that respects human rights, for every citizen to have more control over their privacy online and offline, and for a responsible climate policy and sustainable economy.
In the last European elections, the Pirates won almost 14 percent of the vote and three mandates.
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09/16/2023
On the occasion of World Cleanup Day, volunteers from all over the country are participating in the Let's Clean Up Czechia campaign, which invites people to help pick litter in natural areas, cities and villages in order to draw attention to and combat the growing global solid waste problem. Schools, children's homes, youth and sports groups, environmental organisations, volunteer firefighters and some private companies are all getting involved.
The event has been organized by the non-profit Ukliďme Česko (Let's Clean Up Czechia) regularly since 2014. At the beginning of April this year, the campaign attracted a record number of people. According to Miroslav Kubásek from the association, the organisers gave out 130,000 garbage bags and 160,000 pairs of gloves.
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