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10/20/2024
The opposition ANO party would currently win general elections by a wide margin with 32.1 % of the votes, according to the results of a poll conducted by the STEM agency. The ruling Civic Democrats would receive 14.2 % of the vote and the Mayors and Independents would come third with 10.6 % of the vote. The anti-EU, anti-migrant, Freedom and Direct Democracy Party would get 9.4 %, the Pirate Party, which recently left the ruling coalition, would get 5.9% and the Communist Party would get 5.3%. No other party would cross the required 5 % threshold needed to win seats in the lower house.
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10/20/2024
Officials from Opava and Krnov in the Moravia-Silesia Region are considering suing the state in connection with the extensive damage wrought by the September floods. According to the local authorities, the state is to blame for not having financed adequate flood protection measures on the Opava River in the 27 years since the devastating floods in 1997. They consequently hold it co-responsible for the extensive damage caused. They said their decision would depend on the state’s readiness to compensate individuals and firms for the damage caused.
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10/20/2024
The Czech Republic is among several European Union countries seeking to normalise relations with Syria in order to facilitate the deportation of migrants, Czech Radio reported. They are arguing that the European strategy towards Damascus needs to be reset so as to secure cooperation and conditions for a voluntary, safe and sustainable return of Syrian refugees to their homeland. Earlier this year Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Greece, Croatia and Cyprus called on EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrel to consider such a course of action. The EU head of diplomacy indicated that such a move was unlikely in view of how the Syrian regime has been operating, with direct support from Russia and Iran. However he added that the Union was ready to explore ways to better support the Syrian people and their legitimate aspirations.
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10/20/2024
In the first nine months of this year, the Czech National Bank intercepted 1,473 counterfeit banknotes and coins. That is a 59 % decrease year-on-year, compared with the 3,608 counterfeits detected by the end of September last year. While the majority of counterfeits detected last year were Czech banknotes and coins, this year three-fifths of them are foreign currencies, according to a report on the central bank's website. Counterfeiters face up to eight years in prison and in the case of an organised group the penalty is up to ten years.
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10/20/2024
The opposition ANO party has slammed the government’s draft budget for 2025, saying it wants to return the draft to the cabinet for reworking. The head of the party's deputies’ group in the lower house Alena Schillerová criticized reduced pro-growth investments and lower spending on transport infrastructure in relation to gross domestic product. The lower house is due to debate the draft budget in its first reading on Wednesday. Although it is expected to stir a heated debate, the ruling coalition has enough votes to push it through.
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10/20/2024
The Czech Judges Union is demanding an immediate increase in the total amount of money spent on salaries for court employees and the creation of a separate salary table that would take into account the specifics of their work. At the end of a two-day congress in Tabor the Union adopted a resolution stating that it continues to support all forms of protest, including strikes, if the legitimate wage demands of court employees are not met. Court employees remain on strike alert following a recent three-day strike over low wages. The unions are due to present their demands to Justice Minister Pavel Blažek on Thursday.
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10/19/2024
In addition to lung, respiratory and asthma diseases, long-term inhalation of airborne dust particles can also contribute to heart disease, vascular disease and dementia, experts from the Czech Medical Society of Jan Evangelista Purkyně warned in a press release published by the ctk news agency. The study concerns long-term inhalation of small dust particles from industrial activity, car and air traffic or during large forest fires. The World Health Organization has calculated the level at which the amount of PM2.5 in the air is safe and in the Czech Republic only a few remote mountain areas are under the stated limit. An amendment to the law currently being drafted aims to address the problem.
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10/19/2024
Archaeologists have discovered the largest Early Bronze Age burial site of the Nitran culture unearthed to date in Central Moravia near Olomouc. The site was discovered during exploratory work on the route of the future D35 motorway between Křelov and Neředín. The burial site of the Nitra culture, which inhabited the territory of eastern Moravia and south-western Slovakia in the Early Bronze Age (2100 - 1800 BC), contained skeletal remains, copper ornaments, bone beads, stone arrows, and copper rings, among others. It is one of the biggest archeological discoveries in the region.
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10/19/2024
The newly elected leader of the Christian Democrats, Agriculture Minister Marek Výborný has said his main task will be to increase the party’s popularity ahead of the 2025 general elections. Výborný, who led the ruling party in the past, promised continuity in party priorities, such as affordable housing, support for families with childen and quality education.
Výborný was elected to the top post by 159 votes out of 266 cast, defeating his main rival Labour Minister Marian Jurečka. Výborný returns to the top post after a five year break. He resigned as party leader in January 2020 following the death of his wife.
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10/19/2024
Sunday should be mostly clear with day temperatures between 13 and 18 degrees Celsius.
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