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08/15/2023
Experts are investigating the cause of the fire that destroyed large parts of an industrial hall in Žebrák in the Beroun region on Monday. Most of the 25 units who fought to contain the blaze have returned to base, but local units are still on the site looking out for possible hidden outbreaks. The fire was the worst in the town’s history with over 150 firefighters fighting to contain it. Paramedics treated 15 firefighters on Monday, three of them were taken to hospital for further treatment. According to preliminary estimates, the fire caused 1.8 billion crowns in damages, with firefighters saving assets to the tune of 100 million crowns.
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08/15/2023
President Pavel’s advisory board has offered to resign over its failure to properly screen one of the president’s nominees for Constitutional Court judge. Robert Fremr rejected the nomination on Monday after allegations surfaced that he may have knowingly issued guilty verdicts in over 100 communist-rigged trials and lied about his pre-1989 past in Senate hearings.
President Pavel said he would not accept the board’s resignation. Jan Kysela, the country’s leading expert in constitutional law, who heads the board, said that in making future nominations the board would avoid criminal judges in the given age group in that area of expertise.
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08/15/2023
The Prague municipal government is planning to end free access to the paternoster lift on the ground floor of the New Town Hall and to instate an entrance fee for using it. The paternoster has been used by increasing numbers of tourists in recent years after appearing in a Prague Honest Guide video a few years ago.
The local authorities temporarily closed the elevator in April, saying that the large number of tourists coming to ride the old lift did not abide by safety regulations, blocked the normal operation of the town hall and that the excessive load had damaged the paternoster.
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08/15/2023
The Prague city coalition government has announced that it wants to cancel or postponse Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko's concert, which is scheduled for October 16 in the Smetana Hall of the Municipal House. However, the coalition's resolution is only advisory as the Municipal House is a joint-stock company and ultimately the final decision will be up to the company's management.
Netrebko, who lives in and is also a naturalised citizen of Austria, is on the Ukrainian sanctions list as in the past she has helped Russian President Vladimir Putin win the presidential election, had herself photographed with the flag and representatives of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, and donated money to the separatist leader Oleg Tsarev. Mr Pospíšil said that at a time when the war was still going on, it would be insensitive for such a person to perform in Prague and that the authorities feared that the concert would damage relations with Ukraine if it were to take place.
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08/14/2023
Tennis players Jiří Lehečka, Tomáš Macháč, Adam Pavlásek and Jakub Menšík will be making up the Czech team for the Davis Cup Finals Group Stage in September, the team's captain Jaroslav Navrátil announced on Monday. The Czechs will be facing Spain, Serbia and South Korea in Group C in Valencia. The tournament will take place from September 12 to 17.
Czechia has made it to the group stage finals after winning 3:1 in February's qualifiers in Portugal, following two years of failing to qualify. The Czech Republic last won the premier international men's tennis team event in 2013.
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08/14/2023
Robert Fremr has decided not to accept the position of judge at the Constitutional Court, he announced at a press conference on Monday afternoon. He told reporters that public trust is a key prerequisite for being a constitutional judge and that he did not want to jeopardise the credibility of the Constitutional Court.
Fremr was nominated for the positional of constitutional judge by President Petr Pavel and was approved by the Senate, but his appointment was subsequently postponed as allegations surfaced that he may have knowingly issued guilty verdicts in over 100 communist-rigged trials and lied about his pre-1989 past in Senate hearings.
The vice president of the Prague High Court said last week that he was considering giving up his candidacy for the Constitutional Court, but, like the president, he wanted to wait for the results of his background check so that his stepping down would not be interpreted as a confession of guilt.
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08/14/2023
The large fire that broke out in an industrial hall in Žebrák in the Beroun region on Monday has been contained and is no longer spreading, the Czech News Agency reports. Firefighters are continuing to work on extinguishing the fire, assisted by a Blackhawk helicopter with a helibucket. It has now been revealed that the hall belongs to Novares CZ Zebrak, which produces plastic parts for cars.
Traffic on the D5 motorway, which was closed in both directions between kilometres 34 and 41 for about three hours due to the fire, has now been resumed with a reduced speed limit.
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08/14/2023
Tuesday is expected to be another hot day with more sunshine than cloud and temperatures of up to 30 degrees Celsius. However, there is a chance of showers in some parts of the country during the afternoon.
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08/14/2023
Firefighters are responding to a large fire that has broken out in an industrial hall for the production of plastics in Žebrák in the Beroun region. The highest out of four levels of alarm has been raised, with 25 firefighting units being dispatched to the scene. The hall has partially collapsed and according to a spokesperson for the Central Bohemian Rescue Service, it cannot be saved. Three firefighters have suffered minor injuries.
The fire department is currently trying to prevent the further spread of the fire to the surrounding area and the police have closed the D5 motorway in both directions between kilometres 34 and 41.
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08/14/2023
Opposition to the state budget cuts introduced by Petr Fiala's government in May has decreased, a survey by the STEM/MARK agency has found. The number of people who say they disagree with the cuts has fallen by 11 percent compared to last month. The researchers believe that the reasons for this may be that the public has become more familiarised with the details of the package or has realised the necessity of the cuts.
The survey also asked respondents where they thought state money should be directed to. Between 90 and 96 percent of people said they thought a greater flow of money should go into healthcare, education and transport infrastructure. People were most sceptical about investments in military equipment, with only 48 percent of those surveyed saying they supported it.
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