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10/03/2023
Two people were killed and two seriously injured when they were hit by a train on a trial run near the village of Bělčice in South Bohemia on Tuesday morning. A police spokesperson told the Czech News Agency that the victims were evidently working at the spot where the accident occurred. There were no passengers on board the train.
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10/03/2023
Czechia is to introduce checks on its border with Slovakia from Wednesday, in response to a rise in the number of migrants crossing the frontier. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala announced the move on Tuesday morning via social media.
The minister of the interior, Vít Rakušan, said that the controls would be random and would be carried out along the entire length of the two states’ joint border.
The move has been coordinated with Poland, which is taking a similar step.
Czechia operated fixed checks on its border with Slovakia from last September to February.
Mr. Fiala said the new measure would increase the security of Czech citizens.
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10/03/2023
The Budějovický Budvar brewery is planning to increase the price of beer by five to eight percent in the coming weeks, Czech Television reported, citing the company’s management. Draught beer will go up by one crown, bottled beer by one to two crowns. The average price increase for packaged beer will be around CZK 1.50. Other breweries are also upping the price of the most popular alcoholic beverage in the country. Plzeňský Prazdroj announced at the end of August that it would raise the price of its products by around six percent as of October. The reason cited was higher costs of energy, packaging and transport.
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10/03/2023
The ensembles of 25 Czech theatre companies have called on Prime Minister Petr Fiala to support marriage for same-sex couples. The open letter calling for marriage for all was signed by artistic directors and heads of companies in Prague, Brno and other cities. In September, the government received a similar appeal from 66 large companies and banks.
Since July 2006, same-sex couples in Czechia have been able to enter into registered partnerships but proposals to legalize gay marriage have repeatedly been rejected by Parliament. Critics of the draft bill which would ensure marriage for all are pushing a counterproposal which would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
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10/02/2023
The state budget deficit declined to CZK 180.7 billion in September, down from CZK 194.6 billion in August, the Finance Ministry reported on Monday. The ministry attributed the drop, for the fourth month in succession, mainly to the windfall tax collected in September. The state collected CZK 25.65 billion on its first instalment. The budget deficit in September is the lowest since the start of the pandemic, but is still the fourth deepest in the country’s modern history. Last year, the deficit at the end of September was CZK 270.9 billion. Finance Minister Zbyněk Stanjura said he is optimistic about maintaining the planned deficit of CZK 295 billion, if further savings of around CZK 20 billion are made, mainly in operational and subsidy areas.
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10/02/2023
Tuesday should be clear to partly cloudy with rain in the western parts of the country and day temperatures between 23 and 27 degrees Celsius.
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10/02/2023
In less than a month, people will no longer be able to buy flavoured tobacco in shops and at newsstands, the news site Novinky reported. The ban, which applies to all EU member states from October 23, is part of the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan which aims to create a tobacco-free generation, where less than 5% of the population will use tobacco products by 2040, compared to around 25% today. Czechia’s National Drugs Coordinator Jindřich Vobořil, who does not consider bans to be an ideal strategy in fighting addictions, says he is concerned that many smokers in this country will go back to regular cigarettes.
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10/02/2023
A law tightening the rules for early retirement came into force on October 1. People can no longer retire five years ahead of their scheduled retirement date, but only three, and only on condition that they have paid social insurance for 40 years. Financially the conditions for early retirement are less advantageous than they were. For instance, the merit part of the pension will not be indexed until the scheduled retirement date. Under the new law, which aims to reduce spending on pensions, regular pension increases will slow down for all pensioners and any extra increases stemming from high inflation will be made in the form of one-off contributions, rather than permanent pension hikes.
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10/02/2023
As of October Ukrainians living in Czechia are obliged to register their cars in the national vehicle register. They have three months to comply with the new regulation. From January, driving a Ukrainian vehicle without registration will be an offence punishable by a fine of up to CZK 30,000. As of 2024 new arrivals from Ukraine will have seven days to register their cars after being granted temporary protection in this country, the Czech Transport Ministry said. The registration process for Ukrainian nationals will be simplified and free of charge.
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10/02/2023
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský on Monday attended a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Kyiv. The main topic on the agenda of the talks was continuing EU support for Ukraine in fending off Russian aggression. The Czech foreign minister said Czechia’s position on the matter is clear - military support for Ukraine must be prompt and sustainable. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the foreign ministers’ first joint meeting outside EU borders sent a signal that EU support is “unwavering” and underscored the EU’s commitment to Ukraine.
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