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12/22/2022
Following a period of sub-zero temperatures a thaw has arrived in Czechia, with snow now disappearing in low-lying areas and melting in the mountains.
It is due to rain in most of the country on December 24, the day when Czechs celebrate Christmas, with an average high temperature of 11 degrees Celsius expected. Daytime highs should begin to fall again in the middle of next week.
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12/22/2022
Ester Ledecká has been named Czech Sportsperson of the Year for the second time in her career. Ledecká took gold in snowboarding’s parallel giant slalom at the Winter Olympics in Beijing in February.
In a poll of over 200 journalists the 27-year-old finished ahead of tennis doubles pair Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková in second place and ice hockey star David Pastrňák in third.
Ester Ledecká was also crowned Sportsperson of the Year in 2018, when she won an unprecedented double of snowboard and skiing Olympic gold medals.
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12/21/2022
Checks on the Czech-Slovak border are being extended by another 30 days, so will be in place until at least January 25. However, the controls are to be toned down and will now be carried out on a random basis, the Czech minister of the interior, Vít Rakušan, said after a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
Mr. Rakušan said the checks, which were introduced in September, had demonstrably been effective in reducing the flow of migrants.
Some migrants, particularly from Syria, use Czechia as a transit country.
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12/21/2022
An opinion poll by the Median agency published on Wednesday suggests that the second round in Czech presidential elections in January will be between Petr Pavel and Danuše Nerudová. The survey indicates he has 28 percent support, while she enjoys 27.5 percent backing.
Some 24.5 percent of respondents said they would vote for Andrej Babiš, meaning he would not make it into the run-off.
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12/21/2022
Entrepreneur Karel Janeček has filed a petition at the Czech Constitutional Court after the Ministry of the Interior he excluded him from the race for president. Officials said Mr. Janeček had failed to reach the threshold of 50,000 valid signatures.
Another court has already rejected an appeal from Mr. Janeček. He wrote on Twitter that his latest legal move was for justice and all citizens of the country.
Nine candidates are in the running for head of state, with elections due to start on January 13.
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12/21/2022
The Czech government has reached a deal with the country’s biggest energy companies on a compensation system for a cap on electricity and gas prices, the prime minister, Petr Fiala, said on Wednesday. The cabinet will approve the agreed compensation mechanism at the start of next month, he said.
The government has set price caps for next year at CZK 6,000 for one megawatt hour of electricity, including VAT, and CZK 3,000 for one megawatt of gas.
According to earlier government declarations a maximum of CZK 170 billion is being earmarked to cover government power price caps for households, firms and public institutions.
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12/21/2022
The Czech Army has taken possession of the first Leopard tank which Czechia is receiving from Germany in return for military help that the country has given to Ukraine. Czechia is due to get 14 previously decommissioned Leopard 2A4 tanks and one recovery vehicle.
The Czech minister of defence, Jana Černochová, symbolically received the key to the first vehicle from a German deputy defence minister at the Czech Army’s base in Přáslavice in the Olomouc Region on Wednesday.
The donation is part of a swap deal that the Prague and Berlin governments agreed to earlier this year, with the tanks compensating Czechia for Soviet-made tanks it has been sending to Ukraine since it was invaded by Russia.
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12/21/2022
It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Thursday, with an average high temperature of 6 degrees Celsius. More cloudy weather is expected in the following week.
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12/21/2022
The Czech government has signed a non-binding memorandum with Sweden and the company BAE Systems to purchase CV90 tracked combat vehicles. The move was announced by the minister of defence, Jana Černochová, on Wednesday. The Czech government decided to launch negotiations on acquiring CV90s via intergovernmental treaty in July. The Czech Army is seeking 210 vehicles.
Minister Černochová was speaking at the ceremonial handover of Leopard tanks donated to Czechia by Germany at an army centre in the Olomouc Region.
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12/21/2022
Actors Danny Glover and Brian Cox will be among the main guests at the fourth edition of the Comic-Con Prague, a convention for fans of comic book culture, which will take place in the Czech capital in mid-April, the organizers announced on Tuesday.
US actor Danny Glover is known for his role of Detective Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon series, while the Scottish actor Brian Cox, a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, recently won a Golden Globe for his role as media mogul Logan Roy in HBO’s Succession.
Another VIP guest will be comics author James Aaron, who is best known for his work for Marvel Publishing.
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