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12/14/2022
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala on Tuesday inaugurated a Václav Havel Street in Luxembourg, named after the world-renowned dissident, playwright and former Czechoslovak president. An interactive work by Czech artist Jiří David highlighting Havel's famous quote “Truth and Love Must Prevail over Lies and Hatred” stands at one end of the street, in the Kirchberg district. There is a small pillar from which the authentic voice of Václav Havel can be heard at the press of a button, as well as a QR code that translates his words into other languages. The ceremony marked the symbolic end of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU, which Sweden will take over from January 1.
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12/14/2022
The US Senate has approved the nomination of investor Bijan Sabet for the post of US ambassador to Czechia. When he appeared before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sabet said his priorities as US ambassador to Prague would be to follow Václav Havel's legacy of protecting human rights and media freedoms and to develop US-Czech security cooperation, including supporting negotiations on the Czech purchase of US F-35 fighter jets. Sabet is co-founder and general partner of Spark Capital, a venture capital firm. Previously, he worked as an executive at a number of Silicon Valley technology startups in California and Massachusetts. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Boston College, where he received his undergraduate degree. The post of US ambassador in Czechia has been vacant for two years now.
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12/14/2022
EU states again failed to reach agreement on gas price caps in talks lasting over eight hours on Tuesday. However, the Czech industry minister, Jozef Síkela, said their positions had become closer and there was a chance of agreement being struck at another meeting next Monday.
Mr. Síkela chaired Tuesday’s meeting in Brussels as Czechia currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union.
Ministers are hoping to prevent a repeat of this year’s record gas price increases.
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12/14/2022
The Chamber of Deputies has approved an amendment allowing for Ukrainian refugees to extend their temporary protection visas in Czechia until the end of March 2024. The bill was passed in a fast-track process on Tuesday evening, with MPs from ANO and Freedom and Direct Democracy abstaining. The legislation must now be passed by the Senate.
At present temporary protection visas are valid until the end of March next year. However, Czech officials say the current situation in Ukraine does not suggest they will be able to return by that date.
There are over 350,000 Ukrainian refugees in Czechia at present. More applied for temporary protection but some have since returned to their home country.
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12/13/2022
The State Veterinary Administration has barred the outdoor breeding of poultry in Czechia due to the current high incidence of avian flu. The measure will come into effect from Wednesday.
Breeders must move their birds into buildings; where this is not possible, contact with wild birds must be kept to an absolute minimum. Such measures were last imposed at the end of November.
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12/13/2022
The Czech foreign minister, Jan Lipavský, says that the country adheres to a UN Security Council resolution as well as the unified position of the EU when it comes to the possible relocation of its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The EU is opposed to such moves and does not recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
On Sunday Czech President Miloš Zeman said he expected the government to approve such a relocation, which he favours, soon. A spokesperson for the prime minister, Petr Fiala, said he was inclined toward moving the embassy but was currently focused on the Czech EU presidency and the war in Ukraine.
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12/13/2022
It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Wednesday, with an average high temperature of -2 degrees Celsius. Similar weather is expected on the following days.
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12/13/2022
Prosecutors on Monday charged the Czech former MP Dominik Feri on two counts of rape and one of attempted rape, Seznam Zprávy reported. According to previous reports, the 26-year-old former politician could face up to 10 years in prison if found guilty as one of the alleged victims was 17.
Mr. Feri – then a high-profile member of the TOP 09 party – resigned last year after media outlets carried a series of allegations of sexual impropriety against him.
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12/13/2022
Karel Diviš may now stand in January’s Czech presidential elections. The Supreme Administrative Court on Tuesday upheld a complaint he made against the Ministry of the Interior after it said he had submitted too few legitimate signatures in his application.
However, the court rejected a similar petition from Karel Janeček.
Meanwhile, judges excluded Denisa Rohanová, who had previously been accepted as a candidate for president; she based her application on the signatures of former legislators.
Nine people will contest the elections, with the first round set to start on January 13.
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12/13/2022
The Czech minister of industry says the EU should prevent a repeat of this year’s record gas price hikes, but it depends on whether members are willing to agree on the conditions of such caps. Jozef Síkela made the comment ahead of an extraordinary meeting of EU industry ministers in Brussels on Tuesday.
The current Czech presidency of the EU has prepared a draft gas price cap taking into accounts the positions of all states, Mr. Síkela said. If no agreement is reached on Tuesday, ministers could do so at another meeting on Monday, he added.
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