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02/27/2024
Škoda Auto is set to launch production of a compact sports utility vehicle (SUV) in India, the company said in a press release on Tuesday.
The new compact SUV is expected to hit the roads in the first half of 2024. Its name will come from a survey among customers and fans of the brand on the local market.
The Czech carmaker, which already produces the Slavia and Kushaq models in India, aims to increase its market share in the country to five percent by 2030.
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02/27/2024
Coal production in Czechia recorded a significant drop in 2023. A total of 30.04 million tonnes of lignite and hard coal were mined last year, which is a 15 percent drop on 2022.
Traditionally, production has been driven mainly by lignite mining, which accounted for 95 percent of the total amount extracted. The production of coke has also declined, according to newly released data by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
The decline in mining is linked to the government's plan to move away from burning coal in power and heating plants by 2033.
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02/27/2024
An informal meeting of the foreign ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) countries will take place in Prague on May 30-31, the Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday.
The meeting will mark this year's 25th anniversary of Czechia’s membership in NATO and the 75th anniversary of the alliance's founding. It will be the largest alliance event held in Czechia since the NATO summit in Prague in 2002.
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02/27/2024
It is a moral and political duty to support Ukraine in its defence against Russian aggression, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said after a meeting with his Czech counterpart Petr Fiala at Prague’s Straka Academy, the seat of the Czech government, on Tuesday.
Mr. Tusk also expressed his thanks to Czechia for its initiative to supply ammunition to the embattled country and said Poland was ready to take part in any initiative that would bring the world closer to ending the war.
The prime ministers, who met ahead of the V4 summit said that neither Czechia nor Poland were considering sending troops to Ukraine.
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02/27/2024
The prime ministers of the Visegrad Group countries agree that Russia's aggression against Ukraine is a gross violation of international law and that Ukraine needs help, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said after a meeting of V4 leaders in Prague on Tuesday.
According to the Czech head of government, the V4 countries differ in their views on the causes of the Russian aggression against Ukraine and on the forms of assistance they are willing to provide to the country. Hungary and Slovakia are against providing military aid, but they are ready to contribute in other ways – with humanitarian or financial assistance, Mr. Fiala said.
The meeting of the Visegrad group, which also dealt with energy security, the EU's strategic agenda and migration came at a time of strained relations between the four member states over Ukraine. Slovakia’s Robert Fico shocked EU allies on Monday with a speech in which he said the West's strategy for Ukraine in the war with Russia had failed, but that it wasn't ready to admit it.
Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside Prague’s Liechtenstein Palace, where the V4 summit was held, to protest against the views of the Slovak and Hungarian prime ministers.
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02/27/2024
After a several-hour summit in Paris on Monday evening to discuss aid for Ukraine, which was attended by leaders from 20 European countries, including Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that a coalition to supply medium and long-range missiles to the embattled country would be formed. He added that there is no agreement on sending allied soldiers to Ukraine but nothing can be ruled out. He also said that France would join the Czech initiative to purchase ammunition for Ukraine from outside the EU.
Prime Minister Petr Fiala estimates that up to 15 countries could join the Czech initiative, with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte also announcing that the Netherlands would contribute 100 million euros. Mr. Fiala said that the purchase and delivery of the shells could take place in a matter of "weeks or months".
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02/26/2024
Three Czech citizens have died in an avalanche on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Monday. According to the Russian News Agency TASS, the accident took place in the Jyrgalang valley in Kyrgyzstan, near the border with Kazakhstan and China. Authorities have not yet publicly released information about the identities of the victims.
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02/26/2024
Czechia is not going to send military troops to fight in Ukraine, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said in advance of his trip to Paris to attend a summit on aid to Ukraine organised by French President Emmanuel Macron. According to the Czech PM, no one need fear that the country will go to war or that some form of compulsory military conscription will be introduced.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who will also attend the summit, stated earlier that several NATO and EU member states were considering sending soldiers to Ukraine based on bilateral agreements, which, according to him, would mean an escalation of the conflict.
Mr. Fiala said that he had long held opposing views to the Slovak PM and that Mr. Fico's statements about Ukraine would undoubtedly be the subject of scrutiny at Tuesday's meeting of the Visegrad Four leaders in Prague.
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02/26/2024
The European Commission (EC) has confirmed the Czech government's decision regarding adding the psychoactive substances HHC, HHC-O and THCP to the list of substances banned in the country, the Ministry of Health has announced. The ban on the sale and possession of these substances will probably come into effect at the beginning of March. Possession of the substance will now mean a fine of up to CZK 15,000, with larger amounts also punishable by prison.
Since last summer, over 170 children and young people have ended up in hospital after overdosing on products containing HHC.
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02/26/2024
Tuesday will be overcast but dry, with daytime temperatures ranging between 5 and 11 degrees Celsius.
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