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12/21/2022
Icy roads continue to cause traffic problems and delays across Czechia. A heightened number of accidents are reported from all parts of the country with many bus connections, especially in the Central Bohemian region, delayed or cancelled.
Emergency wards in hospitals have been struggling to deal with a growing number of pedestrians, who slipped and injured themselves on the ice.
With rising temperatures, conditions are expected to improve during the day in most parts of Czechia, with the exception of Moravia and Silesia, where they are likely to prevail until Thursday.
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12/20/2022
Wednesday should be partly cloudy to overcast with occasional rain showers and day temperatures ranging between 2 and 6 degrees Celsius.
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12/20/2022
The Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union has been a great success, according to Vice-President of the European Commission Věra Jourová.
Speaking to the journalists in Prague on Tuesday, Mrs. Jourová said that Czech politicians and diplomats had demonstrated, among other things, their ability to broker a compromise between EU member states.
She also said the Czech presidency was a great investment for the future, noting that Czechia should maintain a strong voice within the alliance even after the presidency ends.
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12/20/2022
The last ministerial meeting held under the Czech EU Presidency will take place in Brussels on Tuesday. The meeting of EU environment ministers, to be chaired by Czech Deputy Prime Minister Marian Jurečka, will focus on the restoration of natural ecosystems.
Jurečka will symbolically hand over the presidency to Sweden, after Czechia’s six month stint at the helm of the EU during which time it completed negotiations on a number of proposals from the EU climate package.
Among other things, MEPs have agreed on a major restriction on the sale of new cars with conventional combustion engines from 2035 and a reform of the emissions trading market.
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12/20/2022
Icy roads have been causing traffic problems and delays around Czechia since Monday evening. The D6 highway to Karlovy Vary was closed in both directions for several hours during the night following several pile-ups, in which 40 people were injured.
A heightened number of accidents are reported from all parts of the country with many bus connections delayed or cancelled. Ambulances in Prague have responded to calls from dozens of pedestrians who slipped and injured themselves on the ice.
Meteorologists have warned that Wednesday is expected to bring similar conditions, and have urged drivers and pedestrians to exercise extreme caution.
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12/20/2022
Demolition work on a former pig farm at Lety in South Bohemia, built on the site of a concentration camp for Romanies during World War II, has been completed.
The news was announced on Tuesday by the Museum of Romany Culture, which is planning to build a memorial to the Romanies and Sinti who lost their lives there.
The Czech state purchased the pig farm in 2018 following years of discussion on the subject.
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12/20/2022
The Czech army is due to receive the first of 15 older Leopard 2A4 tanks from Germany on Tuesday, to make up for those which Czechia sent to Ukraine to boost the country’s defense capability. According to the Czech Defense Ministry the remaining 14 tanks should arrive in Czechia next year. German assistance in replacing the equipment donated to Ukraine was agreed in early May by Prime Minister Petr Fiala and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The two countries are also negotiating the purchase of up to 50 more state-of-the-art Leopard tanks, which the Czech Republic would acquire in the coming years.
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12/20/2022
European Union energy ministers on Monday agreed a gas price cap, after weeks of talks on the emergency measure that has split opinion across the bloc. The cap is the EU's latest attempt to protect consumers from soaring energy bills after Russia cut off most of its gas deliveries to Europe.
Ministers agreed to trigger a cap if prices exceed 180 euros per megawatt hour for three days on the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF) gas hub's front-month contract, which serves as the European benchmark for natural gas prices; and the price is 35 euros higher than a reference price for liquid natural gas on global markets for the same period. The measure will apply from Feb. 15. When applied, it will set a “dynamic bidding limit” on natural gas futures transactions for 20 working days.
The agreement received backing from all EU member states, with only Austria and the Netherlands abstaining, and Hungary voting against. According to Czech Industry Minister Jozef Sikela, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, the agreement was the hardest to negotiate to date.
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12/19/2022
Tuesday should be partly cloudy to overcast with day temperatures between 2 and -3 degrees Celsius.
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12/19/2022
Racehorse trainer Arslangirey Shavuev, who was manager of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov's racehorses in Czechia, returned to Russia shortly after the country invaded Ukraine, leaving behind a company with a debt of 200,000 crowns, Czech Radio reported on Monday. The four horses that Shavuev had been in charge of for almost ten years have been subject to anti-Russian sanctions since 2014. Kadyrov made an unsuccessful attempt to get the horses out of Czechia just before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to Czech Radio the horses are now with other breeders in different parts of the country.
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