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08/21/2024
Eighty foreign experts on drugs and other addictions have called on the Czech government to maintain the course set by the outgoing national drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil. In an open letter to the Czech government, experts and representatives of organisations and institutions from 27 countries, wrote that the Czech Republic has become a model of sensitive drug policy in recent years, mainly thanks to Vobořil. Vobořil decided to step down as coordinator at the end of August. Prime Minister Petr Fiala earlier announced that he would continue to act as his advisor.
Vobořil has long advocated the introduction of a regulated cannabis market in Czechia and has supported the possibility of using psychedelics in the treatment of mental illnesses, based on scientific research. At the same time he pointed to the danger of excessive consumption of alcohol in Czechia.
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08/21/2024
The Senate’s Committee on Security has urged the government to address the potential threat of Orthodox churches in the Czech Republic being used for Russian influence operations. In addition, the Committee says Culture Minister Martin Baxa should examine whether the Russian Orthodox Church in the Czech Republic and the Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands are operating in accordance with the law and the conditions of registration. The request comes in the wake of the news that Ukraine’s Parliament has banned the activities of religious groups tied to the Russian Orthodox Church or any other faith group supporting Russia’s invasion of the country.
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08/21/2024
Czechs are marking the 56th anniversary of the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Soviet-led Warsaw Pact troops on August 21, 1968. Commemorative ceremonies, film screenings, lectures and debates are taking place in Prague, Liberec, Brno and other cities.
A traditional memorial ceremony was held at the Czech Radio building on Prague’s Vinohradská St., which was the site of some of the most intense violence at the start of what became an occupation lasting over two decades.
The third edition of the NeverMore 68 festival at the Prague Exhibition Grounds has organized a series of events highlighting the role of women in dissent. The anniversary of the invasion will also be commemorated by the unveiling of a bronze monument by sculptor Jiří Sozanský on the embankment by the Kampa Museum, with guitarist Michal Pavlíček accompanying the event.
On the eve of the anniversary on Tuesday night, several hundred people gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Prague holding lit sparklers to send a symbolic silent message of protest to the employees of the fenced-off complex and the Putin regime. The gathering was addressed by two former dissidents who stressed the importance of continued support for Ukraine.
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08/20/2024
President Petr Pavel and his wife Eva will attend the opening ceremony of the Země živitelka agricultural exhibition in České Budějovice on Thursday. The exhibition, now held for the 50th time, showcases the goods of regional food producers, agricultural machinery, forestry and water management technology, farm animals and modern trends in agriculture. The presidential couple will also meet with award-winning researchers. Prime Minister Petr Fiala is also expected to make an appearance at the exhibition on Thursday. The exhibition runs from August 22 until August 27.
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08/20/2024
Doctors report a rise in venereal diseases such as gonorrhea, syphilis and HIV. According to data from the National Institute of Health, the number of syphilis cases has increased almost fivefold since 1990 and the increase in HIV positive cases looks set to be the highest in 30 years. In the first half of this year, doctors registered 149 HIV positive cases, compared to 253 in the whole of last year. According to data from Motol hospital, the largest hospital in Czechia, there is an increase of 20 to 25 percent in the basic STDs in the summer months.
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08/20/2024
Wednesday should be partly cloudy to overcast with some rain and daytime highs between 21 and 25 degrees Celsius.
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08/20/2024
The majority of Czechs support a gradual closure of coal-fired power plants, with almost 60 percent of people considering ten years or more to be a reasonable time horizon for moving away from coal, according to the results of a STEM/MARK survey. On the other hand, 30 percent of people have a negative perception of coal as an energy source. The government envisages a shift away from coal-fired plants after 2030. Over 80 percent of respondents said that the Czech Republic should remain self-sufficient in energy production. Purchasing electricity from abroad is seen as financially demanding by 75 percent of respondents, and about 70 percent fear that it could weaken the competitiveness of the Czech economy.
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08/20/2024
Around 60 percent of Czechs feel that they can influence developments and the solution of problems in their town or city and get their voice heard, according to the outcome of a CVVM poll. When it comes to problems at the national level, however, more than three-quarters of Czechs believe that they are powerless to influence developments.
As regards freedom of speech, 44 percent of people surveyed described the present state of affairs as good, 33 percent had no opinion on the matter, and only 22 percent of respondents consider it bad. Over 50 percent of people said they have to be careful what they say in public to avoid getting into trouble with the police, their employer or people on social media.
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08/20/2024
President Petr Pavel and the First Lady on Tuesday met with close to a hundred representatives of Czech start-ups and innovative companies at Lány Chateau. The president said after the meeting that support for such companies in the Czech Republic is not as well established as in other countries. He said it was important to have greater faith in innovative companies and offer them more support in order for Czechia to “play the first league” as it used to.
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08/20/2024
Part of the revenue from frozen Russian assets in the European Union will be spent on the purchase of ammunition for Ukraine, within the Czech shells-for Ukraine initiative, Defence Minister Jana Černochová announced on the X network on Tuesday. She said this would make it possible to buy hundreds of thousands of shells more, but did not specify the exact amount that Czechia would have at its disposal. The total amount of funds from frozen Russian assets in the EU is around 1.4 billion euros.
Czechia presented the proposal to purchase artillery ammunition for Ukraine from non-EU countries in February of this year. The idea won broad support and 18 EU and NATO member states have contributed funds to the initiative. The first shipment of around 50,000 pieces of ammunition arrived in Ukraine in late June.
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