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10/17/2023
A debate on a no-confidence vote in the Czech government got underway on Tuesday. The motion was submitted by opposition leaders ANO, who say it is unacceptable that Interior Minister Vít Rakušan possessed an encrypted mobile phone while in office.
Prime Minister Petr Fiala told MPs that the lower house could make better use of its energy than holding a third no-confidence vote in the current government since its appointment in late 2021. He said the move reflected fear and envy that the current government is doing better than the previous one headed by ANO.
The coalition headed by Mr. Fiala has a comfortable majority, with 108 seats in the 200-seat lower house.
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10/16/2023
Germany is planning to bring back fixed checks on its borders with Czechia, Poland and Switzerland on a temporary basis, Die Welt reported on Monday. These will resemble the stationary checkpoints Germany has had on its border with Austria since 2015, the newspaper said.
The German interior minister, Nancy Faeser, intends to inform the European Commission of this plan, Die Welt said. The news was confirmed by the Czech minister of the interior, Vít Rakušan.
The reason for change is a rise in the number of asylum applications received in Germany, which has been struggling to deal with people traffickers.
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10/16/2023
The average price of flats in Czechia fell by 1.4 percent quarter-on-quarter to CZK 90,900 per square metre in the second quarter of this year, according to data released by consulting company Deloitte on Monday. It was the third consecutive quarter in which apartment prices declined.
All large Czech cities, apart from Pardubice, Jihlava and Ostrava, saw prices fall in the second quarter.
A Deloitte representative said the decline was not dramatic but part of a continuing trend, with demand for flats on the wane due to high inflation and rising energy prices, as well as a jump in interest rates and construction prices.
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10/16/2023
The president of Moldova, Maia Sandu, began a visit to Czechia with an address at a Forum 2000 Conference in Prague on Monday. She told delegates that she had no doubt that Moldova would win the battle for democracy, which she said was essential for her country.
In her keynote address, Ms. Sandu also thanked the states of Central and Eastern Europe for their support for Moldova’s efforts to join the European Union.
Her trip also includes a visit to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and meetings with top officials such as President Petr Pavel and Prime Minister Petr Fiala.
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10/16/2023
Speaking at the launch of the Forum 2000 conference in Prague, Czech President Petr Pavel said recent experience of disinformation and hybrid warfare had demonstrated that democracy is vulnerable and may not be taken for granted.
Mr. Pavel said that Czechia had in recent years focused on development and transformation cooperation with countries that are going through what Czechs experienced in the 1990s. He said, however, that there was a growing need to defend democracy even in democratic states.
Forum 2000, which was established by President Václav Havel in the mid-1990s, holds an annual conference discussing global affairs.
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10/16/2023
Czechia’s footballers beat the Faroe Islands 1:0 in a Euro 2024 qualifying game in Plzeň on Sunday evening. The only goal of the game came in the form of a penalty converted by Tomáš Souček. The Faroe Islands have traditionally been seen as a minnow in international football and are ranked 131st in the world.
The result leaves the Czechs second in their group after six games. They can reach the European Championship in Germany if they beat Moldova at home in their next qualifying game. They would also have a good chance of getting into the tournament if they drew their final two Group E games in November.
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10/16/2023
It should be mainly sunny in Czechia on Tuesday, with an average high temperature of 11 degrees Celsius. Cloudy weather is expected for the rest of the week.
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10/16/2023
The ninth annual mass drumming session to remember the first Jewish transports from Prague on 16 October, 1941, and to commemorate the civilian victims of the current world conflicts will be held in the Czech capital on Monday.
The drumming session has been organised by the Memorial of Silence and DOX Centre for Contemporary Art since 2015. This year, it will be led by American percussionist David Nussbaum and the Žižkov music school’s Bigband Plus.
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10/16/2023
Czech beach volleyball players Ondřej Perušič and David Schweiner have won the World Beach Volleyball Championships in Tlaxcala, Mexico, marking the best-ever result in Czech beach volleyball history.
In Sunday’s dramatic three-set battle, the Czech couple defeated the Swedish pair David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig 21:15, 17:21 and 13:13.
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10/15/2023
Monday is expected to be mostly sunny with day temperatures ranging between 7 and 11 degrees Celsius.
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