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12/15/2022
Friday will continue to see below freezing temperatures between -2 and -6 degrees Celsius. More snowfall is expected overnight, starting in the early hours of Friday morning and continuing until the early afternoon.
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12/15/2022
Google has turned off the display of snippets from Czech news websites in its search results, Deník N reported on Thursday. The news site said that according to Google, this is in reaction to the copyright law amendment that the Czech parliament passed recently. The amendment means that tech giants such as Google, Twitter and Facebook have to obtain a licence from media outlets in order to be able to use their articles commercially.
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12/15/2022
Ahead of the European Council summit on Thursday, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala met with the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) parliamentary group, which includes Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and new Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Their discussion was focused on Russia's war in Ukraine and energy issues.
Mr. Fiala, along with other EU leaders, arrived in Brussels on Thursday morning for the European Council meeting, where the issues on the agenda include Russia's war in Ukraine, energy and the economy, and security and defence.
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12/15/2022
Presidential candidates Petr Pavel and Andrej Babiš both set off on Thursday morning on separate trips to Hungary. While Mr. Babiš went to the Hungarian-Serbian border to meet the Hungarian president and the Serbian prime minister, retired army general Pavel said via a Facebook video on his way to Hungary that the purpose of his trip is to show Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's true face and to draw attention to the dangers of populism.
Mr. Pavel met with opposition journalists, academics and representatives of the non-profit sector in Budapest. He described himself as a counterbalance to the political direction represented by Mr. Orbán and Mr. Babiš.
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12/15/2022
Prague Castle's Deer Moat has opened to the public once again after being closed for several years due to construction work and security measures in place at the castle, which were introduced in 2016 in response to the threat of terrorist attacks.
Originally, the opening of the Deer Moat had been slated for next spring, but on Thursday morning, the Office of the President announced that, starting immediately, the Deer Moat would be open every day from 10:00 a.m. until dusk.
The area, which comprises the lower part of the natural ravine below Prague Castle, already opened once this year to visitors exceptionally during one weekend in mid-October.
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12/15/2022
Responding to the shortage of drugs on the market, in particular flu medicine for children, the Health Ministry has arranged for an emergency delivery, part of which should arrive before Christmas. Czech news site Deník N reported that some varieties of Nurofen for children will be available as early as next week.
Pharmacies have been short of medicines containing ibuprofen for weeks, with Nurofen syrup for children, antibiotics and eye drops unavailable or in short supply. Many parents with sick children are trying to buy them on the internet or are even going abroad for them. Health Minister Vlastimil Válek said the ministry was not to blame, pointing out that the shortage of drugs is a global problem.
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12/15/2022
The Czech government has approved a measure capping electricity and gas prices for large firms at the same level as prices for households and small firms that are already in place. Industry Minister Jozef Síkela said the measure was to help large companies survive and stay competitive. The price cap for large companies will be set at 5 crowns per kilowatt hour of electricity and 2.5 crowns per kilowatt hour of natural gas, excluding value-added tax. It will only apply to 80% of past consumption in order to promote savings.
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12/14/2022
Thursday should be partly cloudy to overcast with snow in the eastern parts of the country and day temperatures between 0 and -4 degrees Celsius.
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12/14/2022
Forty-eight percent of people disagree with the government’s decision to scrap electronic sales registers, according to the outcome of a poll conducted by NMS Market Research at the end of November. On the other hand, 32 percent of people support the decision. A fifth of respondents said they have no opinion on the matter. The law on electronic sales registers which was pushed through by the ANO party of Andrej Babiš as an instrument to fight tax evasion. The Senate is expected to approve the bill abolishing electronic sales registers on Wednesday, despite efforts by the opposition to allow them to remain on a voluntary basis.
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12/14/2022
The State Veterinary Administration has imposed a ban on outdoor poultry farming in Czechia as of Wednesday, December 14, due to the growing number of bird flu outbreaks. The decree orders poultry farmers to place their poultry indoors. If this is not possible, they must confine the animals outside and minimize their contact with wild birds. There are already six outbreaks of bird flu in the country. Emergency veterinary measures have been taken in all the affected regions and tens of thousands of birds have been culled. The spread of the disease has accelerated across Europe, with 54 outbreaks reported to date.
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