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06/09/2023
The government’s plans to slow down the indexation of pensions and tighten conditions for early retirement remain on track following a heated 13-hour marathon debate in the lower house on Thursday. Deputies argued late into the night, but the opposition parties failed to block the proposal in the first reading as planned. The amendment will now be debated by the Social Affairs Committee in the Chamber of Deputies. The opposition parties are vehemently opposed to the proposed amendment claiming that the government’s cost-cutting measures will hurt the weakest groups in the society.
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06/09/2023
Karolína Muchová has sensationally reached the final of tennis’s French Open. The Czech, who is 26, overcame world number two Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 7-6 6-7 7-5 on Thursday to become one of the lowest ranked players ever to reach the final of the Grand Slam tournament.
Muchová, who is ranked 43rd in the world, will face Polish top seed Iga Swiatek in Saturday’s final.
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06/08/2023
Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem will be performed at the Vladislav Hall of Prague Castle on September 3, the organisers of the Prague Sounds festival said on Thursday. The monumental piece will be performed by members of a number of Czech ensembles and the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra.
Prague Sounds founder Marek Brabec said it would be an exceptional piece at an exceptional concert at an exceptional time, adding that the event would be enhanced by the unique setting.
The Vladislav Hall is linked to important events in the history of the Czech nation.
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06/08/2023
Czech police made 23 arrests in connection with the final of football’s Conference League in Prague on Wednesday, a spokesperson said. As of Thursday early afternoon three were still in custody: one is suspected of violence against an official and two are accused of disorderly conduct.
The others who were arrested were released after being fined. Seventeen of them had been detained after fans of Fiorentina attacked supporters of West Ham in a city centre bar on Tuesday.
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06/08/2023
The Prague street Koněvova, which is named after Red Army commander Ivan Konev, may have its name changed, Aktuálně.cz reported. The news site said that the Prague city council would decide on the matter in the coming weeks.
Konev took part in the liberation of part of the Czech lands at the end of the war but was also involved in the brutal suppression of the Hungarian Uprising in 1956.
Councillors in Prague 3, where Koněvova is located, have already voted to rename it after Karel Hartig, a Habsburg Empire period Czech patriot and local mayor.
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06/08/2023
Jan Krkoška of ANO has been elected governor of the Moravian-Silesian Region. He replaces Ivo Vondrák, who stood down. Mr. Vondrák was in the post from 2016. He quit the party this year after supporting Petr Pavel for president, rather than ANO boss Andrej Babiš.
Mr. Krkoška previously served as deputy governor for regional development and tourism.
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06/08/2023
Unemployment in Czechia fell by one percentage point month-on-month to 3.5 percent in May, according to data released by the national Office of Labour on Thursday.
At the end of last month almost 254,000 people in the country were out of work. The number of vacant positions rose slightly, reaching over 285,000.
The jobless rate in Czechia in May last year was 3.2 percent.
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06/08/2023
It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Friday, with an average high temperature of 21 degrees Celsius. The following days are expected to be sunny.
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06/08/2023
West Ham fans celebrating their victory over Fiorentina clashed with police in the centre of Prague in the night hours, the ctk news agency reported. A scuffle broke out after police officers tried to prevent fans setting off flares in the historic Old Town Square. When the police moved to confiscate a lit flare fans responding by pelting the officers with bottles and missiles.
Thousands of West Ham fans filled the centre of Prague to watch the game on screens or in pubs, having failed to get tickets and celebrated their victory boisterously in the night hours.
Three Fiorentina fans were injured and 16 people detained even before the game started. The incident happened in a bar on Rytířská Street in the centre of Prague where Fiorentina fans reportedly attacked West Ham fans. Fiorentina supporters also attacked a police officer, a police spokesperson told the ctk news agency.
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06/08/2023
Czechia will provide Ukraine with tankers for the distribution of drinking water, life vests and water pumps to help the rescue effort in the wake of the Khakovka dam flooding, Prime Minister Petr Fiala announced following a cabinet session on Wednesday. The Defense Ministry will dispatch the emergency aid immediately and the prime minister said he would ascertain Ukraine’s immediate needs and coordinate further assistance from other ministries. Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said on Tuesday his ministry would send 10 million crowns in aid to Ukraine to assist the humanitarian effort.
Meanwhile the NGO People in Need has said it will provide 120,000 litres of bottled drinking water, water tanks and 1,000 hygiene kits in the coming days.
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