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12/10/2022
Czechia, which holds the rotating EU Presidency, is trying to bring the long-divided member states to a consensus on gas price caps ahead of a meeting of energy ministers due to be held on Tuesday. Prague sent out a compromise proposal on the parameters of the price caps to the other 26 EU countries on Friday which strives to meet the demands of several dissatisfied countries. Although some diplomats say it is significantly more acceptable than the European Commission's original proposal, its approval by ministers is uncertain. The proposal would need to win support from a qualified majority of member states.
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12/10/2022
A team of scientists from the BioRescue consortium led by experts from the Dvůr Králové Safari Park have created primordial germ cells from stem cells of the northern white rhinoceros. This has never been achieved in large mammals before and is a big step in the international effort to save the breed. Now the team will need to produce artificial rhino gametes (eggs and sperm) from preserved tissue. If successful, this would boost the availability and genetic diversity of embryos and become a cornerstone for saving the northern white rhinoceros. Experts from the Dvůr Králové Safari Park are spearheading the effort. The last male northern white rhino in the world died in 2018 leaving only two females left to save the species from extinction.
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12/10/2022
Meteorologists have warned of heavy snowfall on Sunday and the days to follow. More than half a metre of snow may fall in the eastern parts of the country over the weekend. Up to 15 centimeters of snow are expected to fall in the lower altitudes around the country, and up to 25 centimeters in the north-east in the Jeseníky and Beskydy mountains. Drivers have been warned about icy conditions and snow drifts.
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12/10/2022
The entire Prague Castle Deer Moat will open to the public on Sunday, the Office of the President announced on its web page. The upper part of the natural ravine below Prague Castle is accessible to visitors even now, but the lower part has been closed for reconstruction. Security checks to the Deer Moat and the Prague Castle Gardens are being scrapped at Prague Castle’s request. During Advent, there will also be special attractions for children in the Castle gardens, including an ice rink, a live nativity scene and a First Republic carousel. The grounds will be open to visitors daily from 10 am to 8 pm.
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12/10/2022
Speed skater Martina Sáblíková will miss the World Cup races in Calgary due to injury. The three-time Olympic champion cut her right leg with her skate during a training session on Thursday and doctors had to suture the wound above her ankle with five stitches. Sáblíková was scheduled to compete in the 3000 metres on Friday and in the 1500 and 1000 metres races on Saturday and Sunday.
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12/09/2022
Economist Danuše Nerudová would win the first round of Czechia’s presidential elections with 28 percent of the vote, according to a Median poll published carried out in November and published on Friday. It is an improvement by 13 percent on the October poll.
Nerudová was followed by former Prime Minister and ANO Party leader Andrej Babiš, who won 26.5 percent of the hypothetical vote. Polling in the third place was the retired general and former chairman of the NATO Military Committee Petr Pavel with 23.5 percent.
Both Nerudová and Pavel would beat Mr Babiš if the two faced each other off in a second round of the elections.
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12/09/2022
Saturday is expected to be mostly overcast with snow showers and day temperatures ranging between -1 and 3 degrees Celsius.
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12/09/2022
The Czech humanitarian organisation People in Need has provided more than one billion crowns worth of aid to Ukraine since the Russian invasion of the country began in February of this year.
Over the past nine months, more than half a million people have received assistance from the organisation, People in Need announced in a press release on Friday.
The organisation has over 270 colleagues in Ukraine, who continue to repair damaged houses, water systems and energy sources in cooperation with local partners. They also distribute food and other products to families all over the country.
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12/09/2022
The Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the United Nations in Geneva, Václav Bálek, has been elected President of the UN Human Rights Council.
Mr. Bálek will take up this prestigious post at the beginning of January. It is the first time a Czech representative will chair the UN's main intergovernmental body in the field of human rights.
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said Bálek’s election was the result of Czechia’s long-standing interest in human rights, its active involvement in the Human Rights Council and the emphasis placed on the protection and promotion of human rights by the current government.
The Council, which consists of 47 members, elected by UN Member States for a three-year term, aims to strengthen and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms around the world.
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12/09/2022
Lány chateau, the summer residence of Czech presidents, has opened its door to the public for the upcoming two Advent weekends.
The early Baroque chateau, located in the middle of the Křivoklát forests in Central Bohemia, was bought by the Czechoslovak state in July 1921.
It was rebuilt into a summer residence for Czechoslovakia’s first president Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, who moved there permanently after his abdication in 1935 and is buried in the local cemetery.
Lány chateau is rarely open to the public. The last time people had a chance to see it was in September 2018 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia.
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