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09/25/2023
The Czech Film and Television Academy has expressed support for Polish director Agnieszka Holland, who has come under fire in her home country Poland over her prize-winning refugee drama Green Border. Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro described the film as "neo-Nazi propaganda", further escalating attacks on the artist, which include threats of physical liquidation.
The Czech Film and Television Academy issued a statement denouncing the attacks, saying they were not only a vile attack against her person, but against free artistic expression, which is one of the pillars of European culture and a means of social dialogue.
Green Border won the special jury prize in Venice last month. It tells the story of a Syrian family trying to get to Europe via the Belarus-Poland border in 2021, and the brutal treatment they receive at the hands of Polish border guards.
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09/25/2023
General Pavel Kolář has asked to be released form the post of Commander of the International Observer Mission in Sinai, a spokesperson for the General Staff confirmed on Monday. Kolář reportedly cited personal reasons. He was appointed head of the mission, which oversees the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, at the beginning of March this year. He was to have commanded more than 1,100 soldiers and about 800 civilian staff for two years. The Czech army first joined the mission in 2009. It now has a 15-strong air team operating CASA C-295M aircraft, which is tasked with monitoring the situation and securing transportation of personnel and material.
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09/25/2023
Czech Health Minister Vlastimil Válek and Czech Labor Minister Marian Jurečka have promised to submit an amendment to the Labor Code that would abolish the recently approved increase in overtime work for doctors. The U-turn on a legislation pushed through by the ruling parties came in response to growing anger on the part of thousands of doctors who have said they are already heavily overworked and will refuse to serve any overtime if the amendment comes into effect. The amendment allows the number of overtime hours medics work per year to roughly double – up to 832 hours for doctors and 1000 hours for paramedics.
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09/25/2023
The future Czech EU Commissioner is to be nominated jointly by the Pirate Party and the Mayors and Independents, lower house deputy speaker, Olga Richterová, announced on Sunday. She said the prime minister had confirmed that the nomination should be made jointly, as the parties ran together in the elections two years ago. Proposals can be submitted until October 1. Who will replace current EU Commissioner Věra Jourová, who has represented Czechia in the EU executive since 2014, will become clear after the European Parliament elections in the spring of 2024.
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09/25/2023
Hundreds of people attended the reenactment of Battle of White Mountain, a turning point in Czech history that ended the anti-Habsburg uprising and the first part of the Thirty Years' War in 1620. The reenactment of the battle performed on Sunday by over 500 history enthusiasts was organized by the White Mountain civic association and the Knights of the Bohemian Crown for the 19th time this year. The popular event, held on the outskirts of Prague was also attended by actors and spectators from Poland, Germany and France.
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Former Slovak leader Robert Fico says Czech president is interfering in Slovakia’s election campaign
09/25/2023Robert Fico, former Slovak prime minister and leader of the Smer-Social Democracy Party, which is heading the polls ahead of Saturday's parliamentary elections, has criticized Czech President Petr Pavel for allegedly interfering in the election campaign. Speaking to journalists in New York, the Czech president said that Fico's views were in line with Russian propaganda and his victory in the elections could disrupt Czech-Slovak relations.
Fico said that while he and Pavel have different views on the war in Ukraine, it is not something that should lead to a deterioration of relations between their two countries, adding that it was unacceptable to try to influence voters in this manner.
The former Czech presidents Václav Klaus and Miloš Zeman openly expressed support for Fico ahead of this week's election.
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09/24/2023
Monday should bring partly cloudy skies and day temperatures between 18 and 22 degrees Celsius.
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09/24/2023
Experts point out that children under 15 have become increasingly prone developing alcohol and drug addictions in recent years. The head of the Child Help Line, Soňa Petrášková, said the number of "interventions" i.e., situations in which a worker has to call professional help to a child in trouble at the other end of the line are on the rise. Most often children overdose on alcohol, stimulants and cannabis, in that order.
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09/24/2023
Skoda Auto has entered the Vietnamese market where it plans to sell 30,000-40,000 vehicles annually by 2030. The first dealership opened in Hanoi this weekend offering Skoda’s Octavia, Superb, and Enyaq models. The company wants to replace the sales shortfall in China and Russia with new markets in Asia. Martin Jahn, a member of Skoda's board of directors, told reporters during the opening of the first Vietnamese dealership, that Skoda Auto also plans to enter the Thai, Malaysian or Indonesian markets.
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09/24/2023
Health Minister Vlastimil Válek has said he wants to resume penicillin production in Czechia, so as to resolve the ongoing shortage of this medicine on the market. The health minister said on Czech Television that, if all goes according to plan, production of penicillin on the domestic market could start within a year and a half. Mr. Válek has come under fire from the opposition parties for failing to resolve the long fall-outs in some basic medicines, including penicillin, syrup antibiotics for children and insulin.
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