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05/15/2024
The escalators at the Prague Metro station Jiřího z Poděbrad are to remain free of advertising, the city’s deputy mayor for transport, Zdeněk Hřib, said on Wednesday.
When the station was reopened last year after extensive renovations some commuters praised the fact that the escalators had been left free of ads, unlike in many stations in the underground network.
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05/15/2024
It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Thursday, with an average high temperature of 19 degrees Celsius. More cloudy skies are expected on the following days.
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05/15/2024
The Czech minister of foreign affairs, Jan Lipavský, says Georgia’s adoption of a Russian-style law on so-called foreign agents will damage civil society in the country and therefore impact its democracy and the rule of law.
The Czech foreign policy chief said on social media on Wednesday that Georgia had begun to move away from EU membership thanks to this legislation and comments by ruling party officials.
Mr. Lipavský said Czechia condemned the Tbilisi government’s use of violence against demonstrators in recent weeks.
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05/15/2024
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has downgraded its outlook for the Czech economy this year. The EBRD said on Wednesday that it now expected Czechia’s gross domestic product to expand by only 0.1 percent in 2023, down from the 2.5 percent it predicted last September.
The institution said the Czech economy should benefit from a slight recovery in consumption and investment this year, though demand will be sluggish.
The EBRD said Czech GDP should grow by 2.5 percent in 2025.
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05/15/2024
Czech Television and Czech Radio are set to get more funding from next year, under a proposal put forward on Wednesday by the Ministry of Culture. The license fee for both public service broadcasters is set to rise, meaning Czech Television will have CZK 865 million more in its annual budget, while Czech Radio will receive an additional CZK 331 million.
The last time the license fee for Czech Television increased was in 2008. In the case of Czech Radio there has been no change since 2005.
Under the new bill all owners of a mobile phone, tablet or computer will now have to pay the fee.
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05/14/2024
The Czech prime minister, Petr Fiala, says the EU’s new migration and asylum pact, which was officially endorsed by member states on Tuesday, is a first step toward tackling illegal migration but does not go far enough. Mr. Fiala said Czechia had thus helped found a group of countries pushing for a more vigorous response to the issue.
In a statement on Tuesday, he said that the group’s aim was to move the solution to migration beyond the EU’s borders by combating smuggling, creating return centres and entering into strategic partnerships with the countries from which migrants come to Europe. He added that he had discussed this with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Monday.
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05/14/2024
President Petr Pavel is set to appoint TOP 09 MP Marek Ženíšek as minister for science, research and innovation on Thursday. Mr. Pavel’s office made the announcement after a meeting between the head of state and Mr. Ženíšek at Prague Castle on Tuesday.
The latter is set to replace Helena Langšádlová, who recently said she was standing down from the cabinet post.
TOP 09 previously put forward another name for the position, Pavel Tujela, but he dropped out following questioning of his academic achievements.
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05/14/2024
Petr Bartovský is set to become the new director of Czechia’s Military Intelligence Service from July 1. He will replace Jan Beroun, who is set to step down at the end of June.
The handover will take place on the occasion of Armed Forces Day on June 28, the Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday.
The Czech government approved Mr. Bartovský’s appointment in April.
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05/14/2024
Police in Prague and Ostrava say they have recorded around 300 cases of fake or repeatedly sold tickets for games in the World Ice Hockey Championships. Damages resulting from the sale of illegitimate tickets during the first four days of the tournament amount to around CZK 700,000, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.
The great majority of the cases have been reported in Prague, the police said. Most of the victims to date have been Czech hockey fans.
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05/14/2024
Sixty-three percent of LGBT+ people in Czechia experienced some form of harassment in 2023, according to a survey published on Tuesday by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. This was the highest level of such harassment, including threats of violence or offensive comments, seen in any EU country, the report’s authors said.
More than 50 percent of LGBT+ people in Czechia said they did not feel a strong need to conceal their sexual orientation or gender identity; however, 45 percent said they had kept it secret at school.
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