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10/23/2023
Three liberal Czech political parties, the Pirates, the Greens and Senator 21, have agreed to join forces for the 2024 Senate elections. They will run on a joint ticket in 10 out of the 27 constituencies where new senators will be elected next year.
In a press release published on Senator 21's X (formerly Twitter) profile, the head of the party, Václav Láska, said that at the moment, Czechia had a predominantly conservative government, lower house and Senate, and that liberal parties had to work together more to make sure their voice is heard in Czech politics.
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10/23/2023
The company Energoaqua is responsible for the poisoning of the Bečva River that occurred on September 20, 2020, the Vsetín District Court ruled on Monday. However, the judge ruled that it was a misdemeanour rather than a criminal offence, meaning that no punishment was imposed. The court acquitted the director of the company, Oldřich Havelka, of the charges of poisoning the river and referred the matter back to the Czech Environmental Inspectorate.
The director of Energoaqua, Oldřich Havelka, again denied responsibility for the accident, telling reporters after the verdict that there was no evidence that the company had caused the disaster.
Environment Minister Petr Hladík told the Czech News Agency that he is sorry that the court was unable to find the culprit and impose the appropriate punishment, but he respects the decision of the court.
According to the public prosecutor, Energoaqua caused the poisoning of the Bečva River with cyanide and hexavalent chromium that got into the river through the company's wastewater, resulting in the death of over 39 tons of fish.
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10/23/2023
The two-day international Crimean Platform summit, which seeks to restore the territorial integrity of Ukraine and to end the Russian occupation of the Crimean peninsula, begins on Monday with a dinner at Prague Castle that will be attended by Czech President Petr Pavel. Legislators from four dozen countries have confirmed their attendance, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, also the founder of the platform, due to speak via a live video call on Tuesday.
The Crimean Platform summit was initiated by President Zelensky in the summer of 2021. The first edition took place last year in Zagreb, Croatia.
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10/22/2023
Monday is expected to be mostly cloudy but dry, with daytime temperatures of between 9 and 17 degrees Celsius. There should be a few hours of clear skies and sunshine in the late morning and early afternoon.
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10/22/2023
Random checks on the Czech-Slovak border may be extended even further, Interior Minister Vít Rakušan said on Czech Television on Sunday. The Czech government has already extended the original ten-day random border checks, which started on October 4, by another 20 days to November 2. Germany's checks on its border with Czechia could also be extended by up to two months. Mr. Rakušan reiterated that the European Union needs a workable joint solution to the issue of migration, with a focus on protecting the external Schengen border.
The opposition ANO party's shadow interior minister Jana Mračková Vildumetzová criticised Mr. Rakušan for having supported the EU's draft migration agreement, which she said "invites migrants to Europe". However, the interior minister objected that the very fact that large numbers of migrants were coming to Europe and that return procedures and asylum proceedings weren't working well was caused precisely by the fact that no joint migration pact had been approved.
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10/22/2023
House prices in Czechia are going down, mainly due to decreased interest in homeownership as a result of the currently high mortgage interest rates, Czech Television reports. While sale prices for new buildings are generally steady, older apartments and houses have seen price drops of between CZK 100,000 to sometimes CZK 1 million or more. This trend can be seen in most large cities, including Prague.
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10/22/2023
Some 360,000 packs of penicillin will be delivered to the Czech Republic by the end of November, Health Minister Vlastimil Válek said on CNN Prima News on Sunday, referring to the long ongoing drug shortage in Czechia. He added that penicillin is gradually reaching pharmacies, although not all pharmacies are equally well-supplied.
MP Kamal Farhan from the opposition ANO party countered that there was no guarantee of there being enough additional medication in pharmacies this autumn.
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10/22/2023
There are no indications at present that the Muslim community in Czechia is becoming radicalised, Interior Minister Vít Rakušan said on Czech Television on Sunday in connection with the pro-Palestinian protests that have taken place since tensions erupted again in the Gaza Strip. Mr Rakušan further stated that the Muslim community in Czechia is not very large and that protests in support of Palestine that have taken place in Prague have not primarily been attended by Muslims, in contrast with, for example, Berlin or Paris. No statements were made at these events explicitly supporting Hamas and if there were any signs that terrorism was in any way being supported or condoned at pro-Palestinian rallies, the police would intervene, he added.
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10/22/2023
The five-star Savoy Westend Hotel in Karlovy Vary owned by sanctioned Russian arms dealer Vladimir Yevtushenkov is operating again, Czech Television reports. According to its findings, the Financial Analysis Office granted an exemption to the hotel on the condition that Yevtushenkov would not make any profits from it. The exemption was negotiated by one of the hotel's managers, Ladislav Špišák, who has done business with many Russian investors in the past, including the sanctioned former mayor of Moscow, Vladimir Resin.
Yevtushenkov is on the Czech sanctions list and has had property seized in the Czech Republic. In Karlovy Vary alone, this amounts to 14 plots of land and six buildings, including the Savoy.
The Savoy, like other hotels in the area, does not officially admit Russian tourists, who have been barred from entering Czechia for the purposes of tourism, sport or culture since last year. However, Czech Television says that the hotel receives mainly Russian-speaking clientele, many of whom have German passports and are therefore able to circumvent the entry ban.
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10/22/2023
Prominent psychiatrist Jan Cimický has been admitted to the Military University Hospital in Prague due to a drug overdose and is in a serious condition, according to tabloid news site Blesk.cz.
In September, Cimický was charged with four counts of rape and 35 counts of extortion against his former patients, with the trial scheduled to begin on November 7. Around 30 women have accused him of sexual harassment or assault. The 75-year-old doctor and writer has previously rejected the accusations and said he intends to prove his innocence.
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