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06/08/2024
Fierce storms are predicted to hit most of Czechia on Saturday evening and night, with strong winds, hail, and, in Moravia and Silesia, torrential rainfall. The only exception is the northwestern part of the country, which should escape the bad weather.
The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute has issued a warning, to remain in force until 3 am on Sunday morning, that the storms may uproot trees and cause flooding, property damage, power outages and traffic jams. The institute recommends securing windows and doors and driving with caution.
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06/08/2024
Polling stations at around 14,800 locations across Czechia closed at 2 pm on Saturday after two days of voting in the European Parliament elections. The official results will be announced on Sunday night, June 9, after voting ends in all EU member states. Czechs were able to cast their ballots either on Friday between 2 pm and 10 pm or on Saturday between 8 am and 2 pm. Czechia is the only EU country where voting is possible over the course of two days.
Some 674 candidates from 30 parties and coalitions ran for the country’s 21 seats in the assembly. Voter turnout was higher than usual for Czechia in European elections, and higher than it was at the last Euro elections five years ago. At many polling stations, turnout exceeded 30 percent, and at some locations in Prague, it even exceeded 40 percent.
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06/08/2024
Czechia could train as many as 4,000 Ukrainian soldiers on its territory this year, Czech Defence Minister Jana Černochová said in an interview with the Czech News Agency. Unlike some countries which, according to media reports, are considering sending instructors to train soldiers directly in Ukraine as part of an approach initiated by French President Emmanuel Macron, Czechia does not plan to do the same, she said, given the geographical proximity of the military training area in Libavá near Olomouc to Ukraine itself.
In the same interview, she also said that more countries are continuing to express interest in the Czech munitions initiative for Ukraine, in addition to the 15 EU and NATO countries that have so far contributed over 1.6 billion euros, and that she expects the NATO summit in Washington in July to be dominated by the topics of member states' obligations towards the alliance, such as spending at least two percent of GDP on defence, as well as the upcoming US presidential election.
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06/08/2024
The second day of voting in the European Parliament elections began at around 14,800 locations across Czechia on Saturday. Polling stations opened again at 8 am after closing overnight on Friday at 10 pm. They will remain open until 2 pm, the same time that they opened on Friday. Czechia is the only EU country where voting is possible over the course of two days.
Some 674 candidates from 30 parties and coalitions are running for the country’s 21 seats in the assembly. The official results will be announced on Sunday night, June 9, after voting ends in all EU member states.
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06/08/2024
Forty hours after Wednesday night's fatal train collision in Pardubice, the train route through the city that connects Prague with Moravia resumed full operation on Friday evening. The remaining piece of debris still on the track waiting to be cleared up - the most badly damaged of the passenger carriages - was put to the side of the tracks on Friday and will be completely removed on Monday, a spokesperson for the Railway Administration's fire brigade said.
Only one railway track had been operating on the train route at a limited speed since Thursday morning following the accident, when an express passenger train crashed into a freight train at the newly built Pardubice-Centre station shortly before 11 pm, leaving four people dead and 27 injured. The remaining tracks reopened around an hour and a half earlier than the originally estimated time of 6 pm on Friday.
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06/07/2024
The head of the Czech Tennis Federation, Ivo Kaderka, who is currently under investigation for extensive subsidy fraud, has resigned, news site iRozhlas reported on Friday. He stated in his resignation letter that his decision to quit was "not directly related" to his "current situation" and that the sole reason for his resignation was so as not to hinder National Sports Agency funding for the tennis association.
Mr. Kaderka headed the Czech Tennis Federation for over 25 years. He was charged in February with subsidy fraud and manipulating public tenders and faces up to 10 years in prison. He continues to deny any wrongdoing, stating in his resignation letter that he was not aware of having done anything illegal and that he will now focus on trying to prove his innocence.
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06/07/2024
Saturday is expected to be sunny in the morning but some clouds may start to come in during the afternoon. The day should be mostly dry with a chance of rain towards the evening. Daytime temperatures are predicted to range between 18 and 25 degrees Celsius.
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06/07/2024
From next year, May 1 will not only be a national holiday for Labour Day in Czechia, but also a so-called "significant day" commemorating the date of the country's accession to the European Union. President Petr Pavel signed the relevant amendment into law on Friday. According to the proponents of the proposal, such as Minister for European Affairs Martin Dvořák, it is appropriate that the law be submitted to the Parliament this year given that Czechia celebrated its 20th anniversary of EU membership in May.
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06/07/2024
Over 1,850 Czech churches, chapels, and other places of worship normally only used for religious services will open their doors to the public on Friday evening for the annual open-house event Night of Churches. A total of around 7,700 events, including concerts, lectures and exhibitions, are also on offer as part of the programme. Meeting members of the local church community is also encouraged.
The Night of Churches has been held every year since 2009 in Czechia, except during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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06/07/2024
President Petr Pavel signed an amendment on Friday which will change the definition of rape in Czech law from forced to non-consensual sexual intercourse. The change will apply from January of next year. The bill also stipulates that sexual intercourse with a minor under 12 years of age must always be treated as rape or sexual assault, and never as the less serious crime of sexual abuse.
Sixteen European countries have changed their legal definitions of rape in recent years, with some countries such as Croatia, Spain and Greece changing it according to the principle of "yes means yes" (i.e. the absence of active consent is all this is needed to prove rape), while others, like Czechia, have changed it according to the "no means no" principle (i.e. physical or verbal coercion doesn't have to be proven and a lack of consent can be proven by means other than verbal). Some EU states, such as France and Austria, still have a legal definition of rape based on the use of violence or threats.
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