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06/21/2023
A Czech company that supplies military equipment to Ukraine says its turnover increased more than five times last year, the Czech News Agency reported on Wednesday. The firm Zbrojovka Excalibur Army, which is based in the Olomouc Region, said it had taken in CZK 13.5 billion in 2022, compared to CZK 2.5 billion in 2021.
The company produces, modernizes and repairs military equipment, including tanks.
Zbrojovka Excalibur Army is currently working on a contract to modernise hundreds of T-72 tanks for Ukraine, financed by the US and the Netherlands. It also prepared T-72 tanks for Ukraine last year.
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06/20/2023
The Czech prime minister, Petr Fiala, says that in the last year Russia has shown through its aggression toward Ukraine that it is ready to cross all limits, including humanity. Speaking at a security conference at Prague Castle on Tuesday he said that the list of war crimes committed by the Russians was growing, with the cruelty of such acts intensifying.
The minister of foreign affairs, Jan Lipavský, told delegates that Czechia needed not just to boost its defence but also its diplomacy, in order to limit the influence of Russia and China.
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06/20/2023
The United States is to donate USD 8.2 million to support refugees from Ukraine and organisations that help them in Czechia, the country’s embassy in Prague said on Tuesday.
The amount is part of over USD 107 million that the US is giving to European countries to provide assistance to people who have fled Ukraine since it was attacked by Russia.
The largest part of the money in Czechia will go to UNICEF, the United Nations children’s fund, which will receive USD 3.3 million. Significant amounts will go to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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06/20/2023
It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Wednesday, with an average high temperature of 28 degrees Celsius. Cloudy weather is expected for much of the week.
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06/20/2023
President Petr Pavel had a meeting on Tuesday with the incoming minister of agriculture, Marek Výborný, who he is due to appoint on June 29. Mr. Výborný said he had discussed his priorities for the ministry with the head of state, adding that he regarded communication as key.
The former leader of the Christian Democrats will replace party colleague Zdeněk Nekula, who is stepping down, saying he did not feel the support of the grouping’s leadership.
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06/20/2023
It would have taken on average 16.6 years for people to earn enough money to buy a new apartment in Prague with an area of 70 square metres in the first quarter of this year, according to developers Central Group.
In the third quarter of last year it would have taken 16.4 years, going by the company’s CG-Index.
The company said the deterioration in housing affordability since last autumn was due to slow planning permission procedures, high building costs and expensive financing.
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06/20/2023
Hollywood star Robin Wright will attend the closing ceremony of this year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the organisers said on Tuesday. The US actress, known for such works as Forrest Gump, The Princess Bride and House of Cards, will receive the festival’s President’s Award.
Karlovy Vary will also honour top US independent producer Christine Vachon.
It was previously announced that stars Russell Crowe, Alicia Vikander and Ewan McGregor would be attending the region’s biggest cinema showcase, which begins on Friday next week.
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06/20/2023
The Pirate Party have voted to approve a statement saying the minister of justice, Pavel Blažek, is a threat to trust in the judiciary and the rule of law, as well as the fulfilment of the government’s policy programme. The Pirates are in government alongside Mr. Blažek’s Civic Democrats and three other parties.
The move comes in response to the minister’s potential conflict of interest in relation to the investigation of a Brno public housing affair and controversial actions of his, the Pirates said.
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06/20/2023
When Miloš Zeman was president his head of office, Vratislav Mynář, removed jewellery and other valuable items from Prague Castle’s store of gifts worth roughly half a million crowns, Seznam Zprávy reported on Tuesday. There is no documentation showing where the items subsequently ended up, the news site said.
Mr. Mynář’s subordinates bought more than CZK 23 million worth of items from public funds for the collection of gifts, which was almost empty when Petr Pavel took office, Seznam Zprávy said.
Unlike gifts handed out by President Zeman himself, there is no record of the recipients of items issued to Mr. Mynář, it added.
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06/19/2023
The Czech minister of the environment, Petr Hladík, will propose a lower VAT rate on products made from recycled material at a meeting of the EU’s Environment Council in Luxembourg on Tuesday. Mr. Hladík said he would push for the change in response to an EU directive barring individual member states from cutting VAT on recycled goods.
He told reporters that the Czech cabinet backed the idea, which he said would encourage end customers to use recycled materials.
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