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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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09/12/2023
Resuming permanent border controls with Czechia and Poland should be prevented, because it would largely impact local inhabitants, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Tuesday.
She said that together with her Polish and Czech counterparts, she has taken a number of measures to strengthen random checks and so-called "hidden searches" in the border area due to migration.
The conservative opposition, as well as the governments of Saxony and Brandenburg, are calling for permanent checks, following the example of the German-Austrian border, which have been in place since 2015.
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09/12/2023
The Czech Ministry of Defence has launched a virtual recruitment centre, which is primarily intended to simplify the process for recruitment applicants. It was presented on Tuesday at a press conference by Defence Minister Jana Černochová and Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Army Karel Řehka.
According to Mrs. Černochová, the centre is not intended to serve only for the recruitment process, but also aims to bring the army closer to the people. Its primary target group are people who are considering joining the army but lack enough relevant information to make a decision.
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09/12/2023
The Soviet Union's decision to send tanks to Hungary and Czechoslovakia to crush mass protests during the Cold War was a mistake, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, while attending an economic forum in Vladivostok.
When asked about perceptions of Russia as a colonial power due to Moscow's decision to send tanks to Budapest in 1956 and to Prague in 1968, the Russian head of state replied “it was a mistake”, adding that it was not right to do anything in foreign policy that harms the interests of other nations.
The Kremlin chief, whose decision to send tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in 2022 unleashed the biggest war in Europe since WWII, also said that Russia had provided aid to other countries but had never been a coloniser.
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09/12/2023
President Petr Pavel and his wife Eva are planning to move into the Lumbe Villa, the official residence of the Czech president located near Prague Castle, after returning from a trip to the United States next week, the Czech News Agency reported on Tuesday.
President Pavel previously told CNN Prima News in a June interview that he and his wife plan to live there during the work week. Mr. Pavel is currently commuting to Prague from his permanent home in the village of Černouček in central Bohemia.
The Lumbe Villa, which dates back to the mid-19th century, is the former residence of ex-presidents Miloš Zeman and Václav Klaus.
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09/12/2023
The Czech Film and Television Academy has decided to enter Tomáš Mašín's film Brothers, a dramatic retelling of the Cold War story of the controversial Mašín brothers, as the Czech candidate in the Best International Film category (formerly Best Foreign Language Film) at the 2024 Academy Awards. The film, which premieres in Czech cinemas on October 26, was selected from 12 feature and documentary films in the running to become the Czech Oscar nominee.
A shortlist of 15 films selected by the Academy for the Best International Film category will be announced on December 21, while the final five nominees will be announced on January 23, 2024. The 96th Academy Awards ceremony is planned for March 10, 2024.
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09/11/2023
The 1960s-era Czech pop singer Yvonne Přenosilová has died at the age of 76. According to a neighbour, she had been suffering from long-term health problems.
Přenosilová was a signatory of the 2000 Words Manifesto, the primary document underpinning the Prague Spring which called for democracy and free speech in communist Czechoslovakia. She emigrated after the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia and eventually settled in Munich.
From 1987, she started working with Radio Free Europe, collaborating, for example, with the singer-songwriter Karel Kryl. Přenosilová returned to Prague permanently in 1994, after the fall of communism.
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09/11/2023
Health Minister Vlastimil Válek has recommended that vulnerable population groups be vaccinated against covid-19 and flu this autumn. Vulnerable groups include people such as the elderly and people who are chronically ill or immunocompromised. The latest vaccine is available and will continue to be free for anyone interested in getting it.
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