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01/25/2023
Czech MPs have backed in the first reading a bill that would do away with over 10,000 laws, regulations and decrees that are formally in place but are no longer used. The minister of the interior, Vít Rakušan, said that this move would lead to more transparency in the country’s legal system.
The amendment will next go before the lower house’s Constitutional and Legal Committee.
Most of the laws are now obsolete but are still on the statute books. The remainder were cancelled under general decrees in the past but continue to appear in the legal system.
Examples of laws to be struck off include one from 1919 doing away with compulsory celibacy for female teachers and another relating to the fourth Communist five-year plan in 1966.
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01/25/2023
The two candidates for Czech president, Petr Pavel and Andrej Babiš, faced off in the latest in a series of debates on Wednesday. The discussion for new site Novinky.cz had been postponed from Monday as Mr. Pavel was unwell.
Mr. Babiš reiterated his assertion that he is running a positive campaign. He said his press conference after the first round, in which he compared Mr. Pavel to Vladimir Putin, had not gone well as he was over emotional. He also said it had been a mistake to say that Czechia should not help Poland or the Baltics if they were invaded.
Mr. Pavel said his opponent had frequently lied during his campaign and described him as a chaotic micro-manager.
Mr. Babiš also said his ANO party would not consider the anti-EU Freedom and Direct Democracy as a coalition partner.
Voters will decide between the two in a runoff on Friday and Saturday, with the results due on Saturday afternoon.
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01/25/2023
Over 100,000 new companies were set up in Czechia in 2022, the highest number recorded since 1994, according to the company Imper, which runs an online database of firms. Prague saw the most freshly established businesses, while the Karlovy Vary Region had the fewest. The number of companies that ceased to do business also reached nearly 100,000. Three-quarters of those were self-employed individuals.
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01/25/2023
Karolína Plíšková has failed to reach the semi-finals of tennis’s Australian Open. The Czech, who was ranked 30th in Melbourne, was beaten 6-3 7-6 by Magda Linette of Poland in Wednesday’s quarter-finals.
By contrast Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková did make it to the semi-finals in the doubles. The Czechs overcame the US-Dutch pairing of Desirae Krawczyk and Demi Schuurs 6-3 6-2.
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01/25/2023
It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Thursday, with an average high temperature of 1 degree Celsius. The following days are also expected to see grey skies, but slightly lower temperatures.
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01/25/2023
If there were a war between NATO and Russia on the alliance’s eastern flank the professional army of Czechia would not be sufficient and selective mobilisation would have to be employed, says the head of the army, Karel Řehka. He made the comment in an interview with the Czech News Agency published on Wednesday. The chief of the general staff said the lesson of the war in Ukraine was that it was necessary for the whole of society to be involved in the defence of the country, not just the army.
Major General Řehka said that aid to Ukraine was extremely important for Czechia, not only for moral reasons but also for the country’s own security.
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01/25/2023
Czech politicians have condemned the aggression accompanying the presidential election campaign directed primarily against candidate Andrej Babiš while pointing out that he has significantly contributed to the growing tension in society. Mr. Babiš said on Tuesday he had received a death threat and would no longer run a contact campaign for fear of his and his family’s safety. Prime Minister Petr Fiala said that while threats and violence had no place in civilized society, politicians had to learn to deal with them and try to diffuse the tension. He said Mr. Babiš was partly to blame for leading a divisive and aggressive campaign.
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01/25/2023
Outgoing Czech President Miloš Zeman and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda met in the town of Nachod, close to the Polish-Czech border on Tuesday to discuss economic cooperation, global security issues and military assistance to Ukraine. The Czech president likewise brought up a highly controversial statement made by presidential candidate Andrej Babiš who said in a live debate on Sunday night that if elected he would refuse to send troops to defend NATO allies Poland and the Baltics in case they were attacked. President Zeman assured his Polish counterpart that Czechia would naturally honour its commitments in NATO and said he attributed the unfortunate remark to the tense pre-election atmosphere in Czechia.
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01/24/2023
Presidential candidate Andrej Babiš cancelled his planned trip to Hradec Králové on Tuesday and announced that he would not make any more public appearances until the elections runoff after having received an anonymous death threat. He said he had reported the matter to the police. Last week Mr. Babiš said his wife has received an envelope with a bullet and an anonymous note full of insults.
His rival, General Petr Pavel, had to cancel Tuesday's planned meeting with voters in Příbram due to a bad viral infection. Voters will go to the polls on Friday to elect a successor to Miloš Zeman whose second term in office ends on March 8.
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01/24/2023
Wednesday should be cloudy to overcast with snow or drizzle in places and daytime highs between – 1 and 3 degrees Celsius.
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