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07/11/2023
The Czech president, Petr Pavel, says that Ukraine will probably have to negotiate with Russia on the basis of whatever military successes it achieves this year. Speaking at the start of a NATO summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Tuesday, Mr. Pavel said it was realistic to expect that the window of opportunity for Ukraine to gain territory would more or less close by the end of 2023.
The Czech head of state said the Ukrainians were slowly gaining territory and were probably looking for weak points in Russia’s defences, adding that they still had not deployed the significant forces at their disposal.
Mr. Pavel said, however, that the time in which they could move the front was shortening; not only will winter approach – there will also be elections in the US, Russia and Ukraine itself, he said.
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07/11/2023
The Czechs had success in all their doubles matches at Wimbledon on Monday, with Adam Pavlásek winning the second round of the men's doubles with Uruguay's Ariel Behar 7(7)-6(3), 6-1 against France's Fabrice Martin and Germany's Andreas Mies, and four Czechs winning in three matches in the women's doubles. Marie Bouzková won her second round match with Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo against Taiwanese sister duo Chan Hao-ching and Latisha Chan 6-4, 6-4, Barbora Strýcová won with Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei 7-5, 7(7)-6(4) in the round of 16 against Japan's Miyu Kato and Indonesia's Aldila Sutjiadi, and the Czech duo of Markéta Vondroušová and Miriam Kolodziejová beat Romania's Elena-Gabriela Ruse and Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk in the second round 1-6, 6-1, 6-4.
However, Czech tennis players were not so lucky in the singles. Jiří Lehečka lost 6-4, 6-2 to Daniil Medvedev (Russian but competing under a neutral flag) in the round of 16 before retiring from the match due to an injury, and Petra Kvitová lost 6-0, 6-3 in her round of 16 match against the Tunisian player Ons Jabeur. The only Czech left in the singles is Markéta Vondroušová, who will be competing in the quarter-final against US player Jessica Pegula on Tuesday afternoon. Four doubles matches featuring Czech tennis players are also taking place on Tuesday afternoon.
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07/11/2023
Czech President Petr Pavel flew to Vilnius on Monday evening for the two-day NATO summit which begins on Tuesday. Before the start of the summit, Mr Pavel is due to speak at the NATO Public Forum - the first time a Czech politician has been invited to this event.
The Czech Republic is also being represented in Vilnius by Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský, Defence Minister Jana Černochová, and the head of the Czech Army Karel Řehka.
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07/10/2023
The number of thefts, especially in shops, where thieves are now more often targeting commonplace items such as food, alcohol, cosmetics and cigarettes, is increasing. The police have already registered a thousand more cases compared to last year. Pickpocketing is also on the rise with increasing numbers of tourists once again following the pandemic.
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07/10/2023
Tuesday is expected to continue to be hot and dry, with temperatures of up to 31 degrees Celsius, especially in the western half of Bohemia and southern Moravia.
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07/10/2023
The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute has extended its high temperature warning until Tuesday, and until Wednesday for the eastern part of the country. People have been warned to stay out of the sun, use sunscreen and increase their intake of liquids.
In view of the dry and extremely hot weather, a fire warning remains in effect across the country until further notice. Meteorologists say that despite the localised severe thunderstorms predicted on Monday afternoon and evening, the risk of wildfires will not be significantly reduced. There is a ban on lighting fires outdoors and mounted police are patrolling the Bohemian Switzerland National Park which was ravaged by a devastating fire last year.
Czechia has been experiencing a heatwave since Saturday, with Sunday being the hottest day of the year so far, breaking temperature records for July 9 at most monitoring stations around the country. The highest temperature for that day was registered in Doksany in the Litoměrice region, where it reached 36.4 degrees Celsius.
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07/10/2023
The Russian International Investment Bank (IIB), from which the Czech Republic withdrew shortly after the start of the war in Ukraine, has at least one billion CZK in unpaid bonds held by Czech investors, according to the findings of Czech daily Deník N. Czechia has been demanding payment of its shares from the Moscow-controlled bank since its withdrawal, and last year, IIB announced that it would issue bonds in the Czech currency for CZK 1.5 billion. However, now there is concern that the money will not be returned to investors, as IIB was put on the US sanctions list in April this year and most of its assets are frozen.
According to Deník N, the problem concerns at least seven investment and pension companies, some of which belong to the largest Czech banks.
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07/10/2023
The Czech Supreme Court ruled at the end of June that the Pardubice regional government and the environment ministry had been at fault by not requesting an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a reconstruction project on part of the Chvaletice brown coal power plant that took place years ago, Czech daily Hospodářské noviny reported on Monday.
The local authority and the ministry are said to have decided "behind closed doors" that the power plant did not need an environmental audit, thereby blocking the possibility of public appeals and objections. According to the court, such a decision should have been formally issued, made public and delivered by public order.
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07/10/2023
72 percent of Czechs fear the impact of the state budget deficit on their own finances, according to a survey of over 1,000 Czechs conducted by the Median agency for Czech Radio. The groups most likely to worry about the effects of the deficit were young people between the ages of 18 and 29, people without higher education, people living in rural areas and those who voted for ANO party leader Andrej Babiš. 23 percent of people said they did not believe that the budget deficit would affect their financial situation, while the remaining five percent said they weren't sure either way.
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07/10/2023
Marketa Vondroušová defeated No 32 seed Marie Bouzková 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the quarter-finals of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Vondroušová, ranked No 42, will now face the winner of the match between American Jessica Pegula, the No 4 seed, and Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko.
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