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09/13/2023
Czech historical landmarks welcomed 3.3 million tourists in the first eight months of this year, officials from the National Heritage Institute said on Wednesday. That figure was 8 percent higher than for the same period last year but is still one-fifth down on the number recorded in 2019, the year before the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country.
The National Heritage Institute said numbers had fallen most markedly at its most popular sites, such as Český Krumlov, Hluboká and Karlštejn. This is in part due to a decline in foreign visitors, especially from Asia and Russia.
Admission fees for facilities operated by the National Heritage Institute were not increased in 2023, but next year they should rise by around 10 percent.
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09/13/2023
Prague’s Municipal Court has ordered a review of expert opinions in the case of killings centred on a cult based in Kutná Hora, Central Bohemia, iRozhlas.cz reported. The head of the judges panel said on Wednesday that it was not possible to decide whether two women accused of killing the cult’s leader and another person were of unsound mind at the time.
The results of the review should be ready by next March at the latest.
Last week court appointed experts gave differing opinions with regard to the sanity of the women, who say that they carried out the killings last year at the leader’s request.
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09/13/2023
Police in Nový Jičín uncovered a four-member Polish gang stealing railway cables in Czechia. The group are accused of taking seven kilometres of copper electricity cables on the line from Ostrava to Prague since 2019, causing CZK 2.5 million in damage to operators.
The stolen materials, which are used to power electric trains, were sold for scrap in Poland. The four were charged in late June and are still in custody, the police said. A spokesperson for the railways administration said such large-scale theft of overhead lines was rare.
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09/13/2023
It should be mainly sunny in Czechia on Thursday, with an average high temperature of 21 degrees Celsius. Cloudy weather is expected from Saturday.
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09/13/2023
Eight percent of children in Czechia are not registered with any GP, according to data from the Institute of Health Information and Statistics quoted by the Czech News Agency. In the Central Bohemia Region the figure is as high as 17 percent.
At a round table attended by Ministry of Health officials, insurers and GPs a number of solutions were proposed. These include using the potential of existing surgeries, doctors from hospital children’s wards and doctors on maternity leave, as well as changes to how doctors are trained.
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09/13/2023
Temperature records for September 13 fell at around 20 of the 160 monitoring stations around Czechia on Tuesday. The highest temperature for that day was registered in Doskany in the Litoměřice region, where it reached 32.9 degrees Celsius. Temperatures over 32 degrees were also recorded at Prague’s Karlov.
According to meteorologists, Tuesday was the last tropical day of this year. Temperatures are expected to gradually fall in the second part of the work week.
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09/13/2023
Ivan Kroupa was named Czech Architect of the Year at a ceremony in the Centre for Architecture and Urban Planning in Prague on Tuesday evening. Mr. Kroupa is known for projects including Prague’s DOX art centre or the new UMPRUM technology centre in Prague’s Mikulandská Street.
Architect Jiří Zhoř, who focused mostly on interior design, received an honorary mention in memoriam. The Architect of the Municipality 2023 award went to the municipal architect of Dolní Břežany, Anna Šlapetová.
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09/12/2023
Czech universities have called on the government to increase spending on university education and science, arguing that the amount of money spent on universities is lower than the average for EU countries. They also want to agree with the government on a medium-term funding outlook.
According to Milena Králíčková, president of the Czech Conference of Rectors, without meeting these basic requirements, universities will not be able to ensure the quality of education and competitiveness.
Representatives of universities, trade unions and professional associations gathered at the University of Applied Arts on Tuesday to discuss the situation with Education Minister Mikuláš Bek and Minister for Science, Research and Innovation Helena Langšádlová.
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09/12/2023
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala and his South Korean counterpart Han Duck-soo have expressed concern over North Korea's provocations. Speaking at a press conference following their meeting in Prague on Tuesday, the two politicians said they believed a strong response from the international community was needed.
The Czech and South Koran heads of government also discussed nuclear energy, academia and the situation in Ukraine, where both countries want to work towards ending the conflict and establishing peace.
The Republic of Korea is currently one of Czechia’s largest non-European trading partners, ranking third after China and the United States. According to the Czech Statistics Office, imports from the Republic of Korea to Czechia reached CZK 105.9 billion in 2022, while exports to the country amounted to CZK 12.9 billion.
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09/12/2023
Tuesday will be mostly cloudy with occasional rain showers and day temperatures ranging between 24 and 29 degrees Celsius.
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