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02/10/2023
The district authorities at Prague 3 are considering raising council housing rent by 20 percent, Czech Television reported on Friday. Social housing costs would remain the same. Similar plans are being brought up in several other Prague districts as well as in many cities across Czechia. Rising maintenance, repair and reconstruction costs are cited as reasons for the move.
Prague 3 currently has 1,200 council flats. Rents have not changed in the district since 2019. Market rates are currently around twice as high.
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02/10/2023
The Czech ice hockey team beat Sweden 2:1 in overtime in their opening game at the Beijer Hockey Games in Malmo. Team captain Jan Kovář opened up the score in the 18th minute, but Sweden’s Lucas Wallmark equalised at the beginning of the third period. Defender Lukáš Klok then sealed the game with a one timer that landed in the home team’s net just 35 seconds into overtime.
The win means Czechia now trails leaders Sweden by just one point in the Euro Hockey Tour league, of which the Beijer Hockey Games are a part of.
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02/10/2023
The Czech currency, the Czech crown or koruna (Kč / CZK) is the strongest it has been compared to the euro in the last 14 and a half years. On Thursday when trading closed, it was valued at a rate of 23.69 CZK/EUR, the best exchange rate since July 2008.
A strong domestic currency is good news for domestic consumers and importers, according to the Czech News Agency, because it helps dampen inflation by making imported goods cheaper, including energy and raw materials. It is also a bonus for Czech tourists, because it makes their stays abroad cheaper. Conversely, it can be a problem for domestic exporters, as it reduces their competitiveness.
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02/10/2023
The Czech Urban Search and Rescue team that has been deployed in the Turkish city of Adiyaman following Monday's earthquake found two people alive on Friday morning and managed to free them from the rubble. The two were handed over on stretchers to local paramedics. The news was announced on the Czech fire rescue corps' Twitter page.
They also reported that colleagues from another team had rescued a woman from the rubble in the early hours of the morning. She was found by one of the teams' search and rescue dogs.
The firefighters have so far also found twenty bodies, 11 of whom were children, Czech news site irozhlas.cz reports. On Thursday it was reported that they had found eight victims, four of whom were children. A further 12 were found overnight and reported early on Friday morning.
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02/09/2023
The Czech Republic welcomed 19.5 million tourists last year, an increase of 71 percent compared to 2021, which was still heavily affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. However, this is 2.5 million fewer tourists than visited the country in 2019, the year before the pandemic broke out, according to data published on Thursday by the Czech Statistical Office. There were 50.6 million overnight stays in the country last year, while in 2019, there were 57 million.
According to the analysis, the number of Czech tourists in terms of arrivals and overnight stays has already surpassed 2019 by nine percent, but foreign tourist numbers are still down by about a third.
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02/09/2023
Friday should bring overcast skies but no rain or snow is predicted. Daytime temperatures are expected to range between minus 2 and plus 4 degrees Celsius.
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02/09/2023
Czech Radio is celebrating its centenary this year. May 18, 2023, will mark exactly 100 years since the start of regular broadcasting. Several events are planned to commemorate the occasion, including an exhibition at the National Technical Museum, concerts, and a film screening. The celebrations kick off on March 10 with a ball in Prague's Municipal House.
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02/09/2023
A fake video of Petr Pavel that was widely shared in the run-up to the second round of the presidential elections originated from a Telegram account belonging to the Kremlin-controlled media outlet Sputnik, according to the latest analysis by the Centre Against Hybrid Threats.
The video, which first appeared on a Telegram account called neČT24, had been misleadingly edited to make it appear to show Mr Pavel declaring that Czechia must wage war against Russia. The report thus concludes that Russia was trying to prevent Petr Pavel's election through disinformation activity.
The neČT24 Telegram account is the new account of Russian propaganda outlet Sputnik, which is on the EU sanctions list.
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02/09/2023
Czech energy giant ČEZ has launched legal proceedings against Russia's Gazprom for its cutting of natural gas supplies to Czechia last year, the Czech News Agency reported on Thursday. ČEZ is seeking compensation for damages worth around CZK 1 billion. The outcome will be decided by a three-member legal tribunal.
The Kremlin-controlled Gazprom has the world's largest natural gas reserves and a monopoly on exporting gas from Russia through a network of pipelines. Gapzrom started cutting supplies to ČEZ, as well as to other companies in Europe, after EU countries imposed sanctions on Russia last year over the war in Ukraine.
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02/09/2023
A Czech citizen with permanent residence in Turkey is the first confirmed Czech victim of the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday, Daniel Drake, the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Thursday. The ministry has said it will not provide further details out of respect for the victim's family.
The Czech ambassador to Turkey, Pavel Vacek, also confirmed the news, and said no other Czechs are currently known to be missing or injured. The Czech embassy in Ankara is in contact with the woman's family and with the Turkish authorities.
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