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06/14/2023
Although seven out of 10 Czechs are saving for retirement, almost two-thirds fear that their standard of living will decrease in their old age and 73 percent of people expect that they will have to reduce their expenses when they retire, according to the results of a Broker Consulting survey which the company revealed at a press conference on Wednesday.
On average, people in Czechia don't start saving for retirement until they hit their fifties, the survey revealed. Some 44 percent of survey respondents said they are going to increase their monthly savings in view of the new government pension system reforms. Almost 30 percent of people neither save nor invest for retirement, mainly due to a lack of funds.
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06/14/2023
Biologists have discovered a critically endangered species of bumblebee, Bombus confusus, in České Budějovice, the Czech News Agency reports. It is thought that the town's policy over the last five years of leaving some areas in parks and grassy areas to grow freely and be mown less often lent the right conditions for the bumblebee to thrive.
There are about 30 species of bumblebee in Czechia, with some species still being commonly found, while others have become endangered or completely extinct. In addition to Czechia, Bombus confusus has been found in the past in some other European countries such as Austria, France, Germany, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Spain.
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06/14/2023
The zoo in Děčín has reopened to visitors, despite seven of the nine-member group of macaques that escaped the premises on Monday evening still not having been recaptured. The zoo was closed on Tuesday due to the missing monkeys, which fled their enclosure after someone damaged the electric fence surrounding it.
The police have arrested a possible suspect, a 42-year-old man whom they located at a nearby restaurant about half an hour after they received the report of the monkey escape. He was subsequently detained, placed in a police cell, and tested for drugs. The test came out positive for THC.
Zoologists urge caution and have asked the public to report any sightings of the monkeys to the zoo.
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06/14/2023
A commemorative event marking the 205th anniversary of the foundation of the Czech National Museum will take place on Wednesday at the historical building on top of Wenceslas Square. The gathering will be attended by President Petr Pavel, Prime Minister Petr Fiala and Culture Minister Martin Baxa.
The event will also mark the 225th anniversary of the birth of the historian František Palacký, one of the leaders of the Czech national revival. The National Museum is the largest institution of its kind in Czechia. Its building opened in May 1891 and has recently undergone a major reconstruction.
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06/14/2023
President Petr Pavel called for the democratic world to present a united front towards Ukraine in his opening speech at the European Values Summit, which got underway in Prague on Wednesday morning. He also appealed for the preservation of the democratic government in Taiwan, which is under pressure from China, stressing that cooperation is the only way to preserve democratic values.
Among the participants at the summit was Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, who is currently on a visit to Czechia and who also delivered a speech focussing on the two countries' shared values and their close partnership. The 9th edition of the summit is hosted by the Czech think-tank European Values Security Centre.
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06/13/2023
President Petr Pavel visited a session of the lower house of Czech Parliament on Tuesday for the first time since his election at the end of January.
In his address to the MPs, the Czech head of state said he was sometimes surprised by the intensity of the political battles in the Chamber of Deputies, which sometimes lead to its paralysis, and called for more tolerance between the coalition and the opposition.
Mr. Pavel also said the government and the opposition should agree on strategic priorities such as education, security and a value-added economy.
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06/13/2023
Thursday will be mostly cloudy with occasional rain showers and day temperatures ranging between 18 and 22 degrees Celsius.
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06/13/2023
An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle landed at the Mošnov international airport in Ostrava on Tuesday as part of the largest ever deployment exercise of NATO forces hosted by Germany. It is reportedly the first such landing of this military drone at a European civilian airport.
Some 25 nations, including Czechia, are taking part in the two-week exercise, along with around 10,000 personnel and 250 aircraft.
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06/13/2023
The Society for the Slav Epic in Prague has called on the city’s mayor, Bohuslav Svoboda, not to place the famous cycle of Alfons Mucha’s paintings in the Savarin Palace near Wenceslas Square, which is being renovated.
The city is negotiating placing the cycle in the building with the painter's heir John Mucha, with a view to ending a dispute over its ownership.
One of the founders of the association, the painter’s granddaughter Jarmila Mucha Plocková, said earlier that she would challenge the decision in court.
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06/13/2023
A troop of macaques escaped from the zoo in Děčín on Monday evening after an intruder damaged an electric fence at one of the enclosures. Two of the seven monkeys have already been captured by the zoo keepers, but the rest are still on the loose.
According to the zoo spokeswoman, it is possible that the escaped monkeys will return to the compound on their own, therefore the zoo has been temporarily closed to visitors.
She has also warned the public not to approach or attempt to capture the monkeys, as they could be dangerous, especially when under stress.
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