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03/31/2023
Health officials report that the number of children in the capital Prague suffering from scarlet fever is currently four times higher than usual. From January to March alone, doctors diagnosed 141 cases of scarlet fever as well as a large number of tonsillitis cases. There has also been a marked increase in respiratory infections, which is being attributed to their absence during the Covid lock-downs.
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03/31/2023
Czech Post has published a list of 300 branches that it plans to close down in July of this year within extensive cost-cutting measures. The cuts are necessitated by a sharp decline in demand for postal services. According to newly approved regulations every municipality of over 2,500 people must have a post office within a distance of three kilometers, not two which was the previous norm. This will allow Czech Post to close down 300 of its current 3,200 post offices. The move has raised concern among elderly people living in small villages whose branch is due to close.
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03/31/2023
The Czech economy contracted by 0.4 percent quarter-on-quarter in the fourth quarter of last year, falling into a technical recession, according to data published by the Czech Statistics Office. Gross Domestic Product grew by 0.3 percent year-on-year and by 2.5 percent for the whole of last year. According to economists high inflation, at 16.2 percent in February, is hurting long-term economic growth. Real incomes have been falling and household spending is also down.
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03/31/2023
The justice ministry is preparing draft legislation according to which trans people would no longer have to undergo castration because of their sex change. According to the ministry the draft proposal will now be reviewed by the ruling parties and then presented to the government for approval. Czechia is one of the last countries in Europe that still requires trans people to undergo mandatory castration. It is still compulsory in Turkey and Serbia. Neighboring Slovakia recently abandoned the practice.
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03/31/2023
The film Apolonia, Apolonia by Danish director Lea Glob won the main prize at the human rights documentary film festival One World. The film follows the life of French painter Apolonia Sokol over a span of 13 years. The Audience Award went to the detective thriller Kuciak: The Murder of a Journalist directed by Matt Sarnecki, while The Václav Havel Jury Award went to Strangers to Peace, about former fighters in the Colombian FARC guerrilla army. The festival, organized by the non-profit organization People in Need, took place in 28 Czech cities this year. The awards were handed out at a gala ceremony in Prague on Thursday night.
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03/31/2023
The large-scale renovation of Karlštejn Castle near Prague which began in 2020 has ended, with the ceremonial opening planned for April 21, the Czech News Agency reported on Friday. The Czech Minister of Culture, Martin Baxa, is expected to attend. The renovations included the restoration of the Imperial Palace and the addition of a new modern visitor centre.
The Gothic Karlštejn Castle was built by order of King Charles IV in 1348 as a place to store royal treasures, mainly collections of holy relics and the imperial crown jewels. It is one of the most visited historical sites in the country.
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03/30/2023
Friday is expected to be overcast with more rain predicted. Day temperatures should range between 8 and 12 degrees Celsius.
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03/30/2023
The Czech Republic is expected to face a mild recession this year, with GDP falling by 0.1 percent, according to the latest OECD report, which was presented on Thursday by Prime Minister Petr Fiala and OECD Secretary General Mathias Cormann at a press conference in Prague. The country will also continue to struggle with high inflation, which is expected to be at 13 percent.
In order to combat inflation, the OECD recommends that Czechia maintains a strict monetary policy until inflation is down to near two percent. The report states that the relaxed macroeconomic policy of 2020 and 2021 contributed to high inflation and that it will be necessary for government support measures to be targeted, not blanket.
The report also draws attention to the high public finance deficit in recent years, and recommends that Czechia raise the retirement age and increase progressive tax rates in order to achieve medium-term fiscal sustainability.
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03/30/2023
On Thursday the Senate approved sending up to 15 Czech military police officers to Ukraine as part of a multinational team investigating war crimes in the country for the International Criminal Court (ICC). They could also be deployed in The Hague, the Netherlands, where the ICC is based.
The mission is still subject to the approval of the lower house, which should decide on the government's proposal next week at the earliest.
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03/30/2023
People in the Czech Republic wishing to have their gender reassigned will no longer have to undergo sterilisation, the Ministry of Justice along with the Government Commissioner for Human Rights, Klára Šimáčková Laurenčíková, announced on Thursday. The Czech Republic is one of the last EU countries in which the controversial practice of mandatory sterilisation persists.
A new law will make a personal statement and a medical recommendation sufficient for a person to be able to officially change their gender, meaning that they will be able to do so before they undergo gender reassignment surgery, as opposed to the other way around as it is at present.
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