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11/23/2022
Eight historical buildings, mainly châteaus, castles and monasteries, have been added to Czechia's list of national cultural monuments. The government approved their status on Wednesday. Among the new national cultural monuments is the Augustinian monastery in Brno where Gregor Mendel discovered the laws of inheritance by cross-breeding pea plants. Two other Augustinian monasteries and five castles and châteaus around the country were also awarded the status.
Currently there are over 300 national cultural monuments registered in the country, including famous sights such as Charles Bridge, Villa Tugendhat in Brno and the archaeological site of Dolní Věstonice. National cultural monuments receive more protection than cultural monuments, of which there are many more. Proposals for national cultural monuments must be discussed by the government, unlike cultural monuments, which are approved by the Ministry of Culture alone.
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11/23/2022
The Czech police recorded 15,409 cybercrimes this year in the period from January to the end of October, a significant increase from previous years. As a point of comparison, there were only 9,518 in the whole of 2021 and 2,195 a decade ago. According to data from the Czech Banking Association, an average of CZK 161,500 is incurred per cyberattack victim.
Deputy Police Chief Tomáš Kubík told journalists on Wednesday that the sophistication of these attacks is also growing considerably. The Czech police have warned people to be especially on their guard in the run-up to Christmas, as the activity of cybercriminals is likely to intensify during this period.
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11/23/2022
Countries with coastlines have an obligation under international law to allow humanitarian ships carrying rescued migrants into their ports without delay, Czech Minister for European Affairs Mikuláš Bek told the European Parliament on Wednesday during a debate on migration.
According to the Czech News Agency, Mr. Bek was indirectly alluding to the recent dispute between Italy and France regarding the humanitarian ship Ocean Viking, to which Italy refused to grant a port. The ship had to wait two weeks at sea for a port to be assigned before eventually docking in France. The vessel was carrying migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea.
In his speech to the EP, Mr. Bek said that rescuing people from drowning is a humanitarian imperative and duty, that all states must respect international and EU rules and assign the nearest port where migrants can safely disembark, that there should be more cooperation with migrants' origin countries and that more action should be taken against people smugglers.
Due to the growing number of migrants entering the EU, the asylum and immigration systems of several EU member states have been under pressure recently. The EU border agency Frontex registered 70 percent more illegal entries to the EU from January to the end of September than in the same period last year.
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11/23/2022
A new poll released by the CVVM agency suggests that trust in the country’s president, Miloš Zeman, has slightly improved since the summer, reaching 33 percent. However, the number of people who distrust the Czech head of state is even higher, currently standing at 65 percent.
The lower house has received a 29.8 percent backing, which is also a slight improvement, while trust in the cabinet has remained at 28 percent. Local government officials - mayors and municipal councils – traditionally enjoy the highest backing of over 60 percent. The overall satisfaction with the political situation remains low.
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11/23/2022
The Czech economy will decline next year after growing by 2.3 percent this year, with gross domestic product falling by about half a percentage point, according to a forecast released by the International Monetary Fund.
In its October global outlook, the IMF predicted that the Czech economy would grow by 1.9 percent this year and 1.5 percent next year. The IMF’s estimates are more pessimistic than the Czech finance ministry's November forecast, which predicts that the Czech economy will grow by 2.4 percent this year and decline by 0.2 percent next year.
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11/22/2022
Ukrainian soldiers will be trained in the Libavá military zone in Central Moravia, the Deputy Chief of the General Staff said at a meeting of the Parliamentary Defence Committee on Tuesday.
The training, which will concern mechanised units and special professions, is to be carried out in five stages, planned until the end of 2023. Each exercise cycle will last four weeks and will be able to accommodate up to 800 soldiers.
The proposal must now be approved by both houses of parliament. The first cycle is expected to take place later this year. The total cost of the training is estimated at CZK 975 million.
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11/22/2022
The participation of Czech soldiers in foreign missions is irreplaceable, since Czechia as a NATO member is co-responsible for global security, Czech president Miloš Zeman said on Tuesday at the army command assembly.
In his address to the assembly, the Czech head of state also reiterated his full support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. However, he said the other enemy, international terrorism, must not be forgotten either.
Mr Zeman said it was his last address to the army command assembly as president. Although there is usually another meeting held in February, the head of state has not attended it in recent years due to health problems.
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11/22/2022
If a conflict between Russia and NATO were to occur, the Czech army would be an active participant from the first minute, the Chief of the Czech general staff, Karel Řehka, said at an assembly of the army command on Tuesday. General Řehka said the army’s main priority now was to prepare for a large-scale war against a strong adversary. At the same time, he said, the army must retain its experience in counter-terrorism operations.
Mr Řehka noted that despite a huge increase in the military’s budget, the army will not have enough resources to address all its problems. He therefore called on soldiers to be "brutally efficient".
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11/22/2022
Wednesday will be mostly overcast with occasional rain or drizzle and day temperatures ranging between 2 and 6 degrees Celsius.
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11/22/2022
Some 81 percent of Czechs over the age of 16 use a smartphone, according to data released by the Czech Statistics Office on Tuesday.
Over the past five years, the figure has increased by 18 percentage points. In contrast, the use of button phones without an operating system fell from 39 percent in to 19 percent over the same period.
According to the survey, 77 percent of Czechs have internet on their mobile phone, which is an increase by 65 percentage points over a decade.
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