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08/14/2023
The large fire that broke out in an industrial hall in Žebrák in the Beroun region on Monday has been contained and is no longer spreading, the Czech News Agency reports. Firefighters are continuing to work on extinguishing the fire, assisted by a Blackhawk helicopter with a helibucket. It has now been revealed that the hall belongs to Novares CZ Zebrak, which produces plastic parts for cars.
Traffic on the D5 motorway, which was closed in both directions between kilometres 34 and 41 for about three hours due to the fire, has now been resumed with a reduced speed limit.
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08/14/2023
Tuesday is expected to be another hot day with more sunshine than cloud and temperatures of up to 30 degrees Celsius. However, there is a chance of showers in some parts of the country during the afternoon.
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08/14/2023
Firefighters are responding to a large fire that has broken out in an industrial hall for the production of plastics in Žebrák in the Beroun region. The highest out of four levels of alarm has been raised, with 25 firefighting units being dispatched to the scene. The hall has partially collapsed and according to a spokesperson for the Central Bohemian Rescue Service, it cannot be saved. Three firefighters have suffered minor injuries.
The fire department is currently trying to prevent the further spread of the fire to the surrounding area and the police have closed the D5 motorway in both directions between kilometres 34 and 41.
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08/14/2023
Opposition to the state budget cuts introduced by Petr Fiala's government in May has decreased, a survey by the STEM/MARK agency has found. The number of people who say they disagree with the cuts has fallen by 11 percent compared to last month. The researchers believe that the reasons for this may be that the public has become more familiarised with the details of the package or has realised the necessity of the cuts.
The survey also asked respondents where they thought state money should be directed to. Between 90 and 96 percent of people said they thought a greater flow of money should go into healthcare, education and transport infrastructure. People were most sceptical about investments in military equipment, with only 48 percent of those surveyed saying they supported it.
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08/14/2023
Doctors are reporting an unprecedented number of cases of acute tonsillitis in children, news site Deník N wrote on Monday. The main reason is reportedly a nationwide shortage of penicillin, due to which less suitable antibiotics are being used to treat patients.
A big reason for the penicillin shortage is that a key manufacturer of the drug has stopped deliveries to the Czech Republic due to its low price on the market. The situation is unlikely to improve in the near future, but according to the Ministry of Health, there is still time to solve the problem until October.
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08/14/2023
July in the Czech Republic this year was the eighth warmest since 1961, when national temperature averages started being calculated, the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute announced on its website on Monday. The monthly nationwide average temperature was 19.6 degrees Celsius, 1.3 degrees higher than the average from 1991 to 2020.
The hottest day was July 15, when the maximum temperature exceeded 35 degrees Celsius at more than 70 measuring stations and the monthly average temperature in the country was more than seven degrees above the aforementioned 30-year average.
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08/14/2023
The Supreme Audit Office says that between 2019 and 2012 the Ministry of Health divided CZK 4.8 billion between three Czech teaching hospitals without any controls over how the money was used.
Officials said that some hospitals had mishandled funding aimed at reducing their debts, breaching established directives.
The findings appear in a Supreme Audit Office report published on Monday and quoted by the Czech News Agency.
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08/14/2023
President Petr Pavel says he has been disquieted by recent violent attacks on young women in Plzeň and Prague but also warned against the misuse of fear for political ends. In social media posts on Sunday evening he sympathized with the victims and their families and praised the police for apprehending suspects in both cases.
According to unofficial information the perpetrators were both Ukrainian citizens.
Mr. Pavel said the same rules must apply to all, adding that Czech history had seen cases where the concept of collective guilt had led to tragic consequences.
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08/13/2023
The minister of the interior, Vít Rakušan, says that despite a rise in the number of foreigners living in Czechia there has been practically no increase in the number of crimes attributed to non-nationals.
Mr. Rakušan made the comment at a news conference on Sunday, days after the arrest of an 18-year-old in Plzeň on charges of rape and attempted murder.
The minister said that he understood the nervousness caused by this and other cases linked to foreigners. However, these have been the acts of individuals and there is no place for collective guilt, he said.
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08/13/2023
Some 646 kilogrammes of cocaine were discovered in a distribution centre of supermarket chain Albert at Klecany near Prague on Saturday. The drugs had an estimated street value of around CZK 2 billion, or nearly EUR 83 million, a spokesperson for the police’s drug unit told the website of TV Nova on Sunday.
Staff at the distribution centre found the cocaine in boxes containing bananas and reported the matter to the police. The consignment had come from Equador via Amsterdam and ended up in Czechia by mistake, the police spokesperson said.
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