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06/12/2024
Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová arrived in Prague on Wednesday for her last visit to Czechia before the end of her five-year mandate. Her talks with President Petr Pavel covered the conflict in Ukraine and its impact on the global economy and security, the results of the European Parliament elections and Czech-Slovak ties. At a joint press conference at Prague Castle on Wednesday, President Pavel thanked the Slovak head of state for her significant contribution to Czech-Slovak relations. President Čaputová highlighted the two countries’ exceptionally close ties, saying that the strong bond between Czechs and Slovaks was particularly important at a time of crises and challenges.
On Thursday President Pavel will present the Slovak leader with Czechia’s highest state distinction, the Order of the White Lion. She will also address the 10th Prague European Summit at Černín Palace.
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06/12/2024
The driver of a passenger train involved in a fatal head-on collision in Pardubice last week realised he had missed a signal and managed to stop the train. However, the driver of a second, cargo train received no warning and did not manage to brake before the accident, the head of the Railways Inspectorate said on Wednesday.
Four women died in what was the most deadly two-train collision in Czechia in several decades. Over two dozen people were injured.
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06/12/2024
People classified as victims in the case of a mass shooting at Prague’s Charles University in December may now view the criminal file in the case, the police said on Wednesday. A basic six-month term for closing the case is due to end on June 20.
The news site Seznam Zprávy wrote on Wednesday that the lone gunman, who took his own life on the scene, had been motivated by a wish to get revenge on a society that had failed to understand him. The police later said on social media that the report was highly inaccurate.
Fourteen people died at the university’s main Faculty of Arts building in the worst mass shooting incident in modern Czech history.
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06/12/2024
The Brno transport authority has introduced a cash bonus for drivers who do not crash, Novinky.cz reported on Wednesday. Every bus, tram or trolleybus driver who makes it from the start of June until the end of November without being involved in a collision will get CZK 10,000, the news site said. The move is intended to encourage them to be more careful in their work.
The Brno transit company, which handles a million passengers every day, has over 1,400 drivers on its books.
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06/12/2024
The Czech lower house on Wednesday morning began a final debate on the introduction of postal voting for Czechs abroad. Representatives of the two opposition parties in the Chamber of Deputies, ANO and Freedom and Direct Democracy, slammed the government bill, with one MP for the latter saying it was an attack on the Czech Constitution.
The opposition parties have filibustered during previous discussions of postal voting and on Wednesday lunchtime around 30 of their MPs had signed up to address the lower house on the matter.
Pundits say postal voting would be more likely to benefit the governing parties.
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06/12/2024
It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Thursday, with an average high temperature of 17 degrees Celsius. The following days are also expected to be cloudy, but warmer.
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06/12/2024
Footballer Michal Sadílek says riding a go-kart while at a training camp in Austria with the Czech national team, which resulted in an injury to him, was a mistake. The 25-year-old was forced to pull out of the squad for the European Championships after a fall left him requiring stitches in his leg.
Sadílek said on social media that he was touched his teammates had been photographed with his jersey after their final warm-up game before the Euros on Monday.
The Czechs play their opening group game in the competition against Portugal next Tuesday.
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06/12/2024
Prime Minister Petr Fiala says the government will decide by the end of August how many nuclear units Czechia will build on the basis of a current tender to construct them. He made the comment at a conference in Prague on Wednesday entitled Czechia at a Crossroads II.
Two companies, France’s EDF and KHNP from South Korea, are in the running to supply one to four units under the current tender.
One new unit should be built at Dukovany, though if a larger project is decided on there could be two new units there and also two new ones at the country’s second nuclear power plant, Temelín.
The two aspirants for the contract submitted bids in April that are now being appraised by power company ČEZ. It should turn the matter over to the cabinet later this month.
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06/12/2024
Jan Muzikář, who served as deputy chief of the border patrol under the communist regime, has denied responsibility for the deaths and serious injuries of close to a dozen people who were shot or mauled by border patrol dogs trying to flee communist Czechoslovakia. The 90-year-old Muzikář on Tuesday refused to testify in court citing poor health. His lawyer, Jaroslav Ortman, said at the trial that the accused had been responsible for the protection of the country’s borders, but had never issued direct orders to border guards. In view of his advanced age, the state prosecutor is proposing a two-year suspended sentence and a fine of 100,000 euros.
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06/12/2024
Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová is due to arrive in Prague on Wednesday for her last visit to Czechia before the end of her five-year mandate. In the afternoon, she will be received with state honours at Prague Castle by President Petr Pavel who will present her with the country’s highest state distinction, the Order of the White Lion, for her contribution to the development of Czech-Slovak relations. On Thursday, the Slovak head of state is expected to address the 10th Prague European Summit at Černín Palace.
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