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08/28/2024
The government will release part of the fuel stocks from the state's material reserves so as to cover the production shortfall at the Litvínov refinery, which had to suspend production last week following the discovery of a WWII air bomb on its premises. The loan to Orlen Unipetrol was approved by the government on Wednesday. According to Pavel Švagr, head of the State Material Reserves Administration (SSHR) the amount will not exceed 135,000 cubic metres worth CZK 1.9 billion.
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08/28/2024
Conservationists have confirmed an outbreak of crayfish plague in the Žďárské vrchy protected landscape area. The Regional Veterinary Administration and nature conservationists are taking emergency measures to reduce the risk of a further spread of the disease which is threatening critically endangered "native" river crayfish. There is a ban on moving crayfish and other aquatic species out of the marked zone and releasing them in other places, while the area is being cleaned and disinfected. According to conservationists, the source of the crayfish plague is non-native species of crayfish from North America, especially signal crayfish, which are resistant to the disease.
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08/28/2024
The agricultural fair Země živitelka in České Budějovice, which ended on Tuesday, saw a record attendance. It was visited by over 129, 000 people, the highest number in the last 20 years. The 50th edition of the popular agricultural event pulled out all the stops this year, displaying the most powerful combine harvester, of which there are only 15 in the world, self-driving machines, drones and the use of artificial intelligence in agriculture.
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08/28/2024
Thursday should be bright and sunny and very hot with daytime highs between 29 and 33 degrees Celsius.
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08/28/2024
The Brno Municipal Court has started hearings in a case against the publishing house Guidemedia, which has published around 20 books questioning the Holocaust, including Germar Rudolf's book The Holocaust Under a Magnifying Glass. Four people and three legal entities have been charged with Holocaust denial and participating in an organised criminal group. This is not the first time Guidemedia has been charged in connection with published literature relating to the Holocaust. In the past it faced charges for endorsing genocide and supporting a movement to suppress human rights and freedoms. All of the people involved were acquitted.
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08/28/2024
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala has ordered three cabinet ministers to help Regional Development Minister Ivan Bartoš deal with the persistent problems plaguing the newly-digitized system of construction permits. They are Transport Minister Martin Kupka , Industry and Trade Minister Jozef Síkela and Finance Minister Zbyněk Stanjura. Mr. Fiala said that cooperation between ministries is a common procedure especially on big projects such as this. The newly-digitized system for construction permits has come under fire from all sides. Both opposition and coalition politicians have criticised the minister for its problematic rollout on June 1 and some have called on him to resign.
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08/28/2024
The unsuccessful bidders in the Czech nuclear tender, Westinghouse and EDF, have filed an appeal to the Office for the Protection of Competition (ÚOHS) against the selection of South Korea’s KHNP in the tender for the construction of two nuclear units at Dukovany. The two rival companies in the bidding question the Korean firm's authorisation to use the technology offered and the transparency of the entire procedure. The Antimonopoly Office said it is currently analysing the complaint. Czech government officials say this is a common move by unsuccessful bidders and they are not concerned about a threat to the tender.
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08/28/2024
The former Praha-Bubeneč railway station located on the edge of Stromovka Park opens its doors to the public on Wednesday as a new cultural and leisure centre.
The renovated space, called Station 6, features a café, a gallery, a multifunctional hall, a veranda with a seating area and a bike rental service. It will offer concerts, exhibitions, sports activities and various community events.
Designed by architect Antonín Jüngling and set into operation in 1854, Praha-Bubeneč was the second railway station to open in Prague after Masarykovo nádraží in the city center. The building opens exactly ten years after the last train stopped there.
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08/28/2024
Sparta Prague have reached the group stage of football’s Champions League for the ninth time in the club’s history and after a 19-year break. The Czech team qualified for the competition with a 2:0 home win over Sweden’s Malmö with goals by Lukáš Haraslín and Albion Rrahmani. This followed a 2:0 win in Sweden in the first leg.
Participation in the Champions League guarantees Sparta Prague over CZK 460 million.
Czechia will have a representative in the Champions League after two years, when Pilsen also made it through three preliminary rounds.
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08/27/2024
The danger of a spontaneous explosion of a WWII aerial bomb on the grounds of a chemical plant near Litvínov in North Bohemia is over, the police announced on Tuesday. Pyrotechnicians and firefighters are continuing preparations for its controlled denotation, which is scheduled for Thursday or Friday.
Experts determined that the bomb, discovered on the site of the chemical plant on August 21, could spontaneously explode within 144 hours after being pulled out of the ground by an excavator.
As a safety measure, the factory has been shut down, and a security perimeter has been set up until the bomb is safely disposed of.
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