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03/03/2023
The Czech economy grew by 2.4 percent year-on-year in 2022, according to a revised estimate released by the Czech Statistics Office on Friday. A previous estimate issued in January put the expansion of gross domestic product at 2.5 percent.
In the last quarter of 2022, gross domestic product grew by 0.2 percent year-on-year, and fell by 0.4 percent compared to the third quarter, according to the revised estimate of the Czech Statistics Office.
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03/03/2023
The ban on outdoor poultry farming, which was imposed by the State Veterinary Administration in mid-December due to the spread of bird flu, was lifted on Friday.
Veterinarians say the situation in Czechia as well as elsewhere in Europe has improved. At the same time, they have advised breeders to prevent contact with wild birds and observe other preventive measures.
The ban on outdoor poultry farming was issued following the largest outbreak of bird flu in the country to date, confirmed at a chicken farm in West Bohemia in December, which resulted in the culling of nearly 750,000 laying hens.
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03/03/2023
Hungarian President Katalin Novák, who arrived in Prague on Friday, was received with military honours at Prague Castle by outgoing president Miloš Zeman.
The Hungarian head of state presented her Czech counterpart with the Hungarian Cross of Merit as "an expression of respect of the Hungarian nation".
Katalin Novák is also due to meet with Miloš Zeman’s successor Petr Pavel.
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03/03/2023
Health Minister Vlastimil Valek wants to increase fees for emergency care, saying that the service is abused by patients on weekends and out of work hours. Valek says that hospitals are overburdened as a result of this practice and is in favour of significantly raising the fee for emergency care to curb the abuse. The proposal is to be put to the government’s National Economic Council for consideration. At present the fee for emergency medical and dental care is 90 crowns.
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03/03/2023
A parliament debate on a government proposal to lower the indexation of old age pensions in order to save public finances in the years to come has gone into its fourth day in the lower house. The opposition has been filibustering since Tuesday in an effort to delay the bill, but a vote on the controversial proposal is expected on Friday or Saturday.
Opposition parties are accusing the government of hurting the most vulnerable group of society and threaten to challenge the bill in the Constitutional Court if it is approved.
According to existing legislation a mandatory indexing of old-age pensions takes effect according to the given level of inflation, but inflation is now so high that the ruling parties say state coffers can no longer afford the burden. The ruling coalition needs to get the bill approved by both houses and signed into law by the president by March 22 for it to be able to take effect this year.
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03/02/2023
Friday should be bright and sunny around the country with day temperatures between 4 and 8 degrees Celsius.
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03/02/2023
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen was received with military honours by outgoing President Milos Zeman at Prague Castle on Thursday. In their last one-on-one talks the two heads of state discussed bilateral relations, infrastructure and energy issues as well as the war in Ukraine and aid to the war-torn country. President Zeman leaves office on March 8. The Austrian president is also due to meet with Prime Minister Petr Fiala and representatives of the lower house and the Senate.
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03/02/2023
According to the Supreme Audit Office the chancellor to the outgoing president, Vratislav Mynář, hunted game in the Lány game park, in violation of existing rules. Hunting game in the area is a prerogative of the president and his guests. Mynář repeatedly hunted in the area at the invitation of the then head of the Lány Forest Administration, Miloš Balák. According to the Supreme Audit Office between 2019 and 2021 Mynář hunted game worth more than a quarter of a million crowns in total. Mynář has not commented on the matter.
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03/02/2023
Almost two-thirds of Czechs believe that Petr Pavel will make a good president, according to a survey conducted by the Median agency for Czech Radio. Close to 60 percent of respondents said they were happy with the election result, and over 50 percent said they trusted Pavel to unify the country following a highly polarized election campaign. Over 70 percent of respondents said they were confident that he would represent the country well abroad. Over 55 percent said they approved of his choice of associates in building a new presidential team at Prague Castle.
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03/02/2023
The Fiala government has revised its policy program after about 14 months in office. Prime Minister Petr Fiala justified the need for the revision citing major unexpected expenditures in connection with the war in Ukraine. The most important changes were made with regard to commitments concerning finances, energy and education. The prime minister said that since it was only a revision of the original program the government would not seek approval for it in the lower house. The move has been severely criticized by the opposition ANO and Freedom and Direct Democracy parties who say it is a sign of incompetence and chaos.
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