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The border crossing from Czechia to Germany in Strážné in the Prachatice region in south Bohemia was blocked on the German side on Monday morning by protesting farmers.

As a result, a queue of trucks started forming on the Czech side. At 9 a.m. on Monday, it was about one kilometre long, Štěpánka Schwarzová, a spokeswoman for the South Bohemian police, told the Czech News Agency.

German farmers blocked a number of motorway entries and roads across the country on Monday in protest against the government's planned cuts to agriculture.

Czech Labour and Social Affairs Minister Marian Jurečka is "ready to consider his resignation" over a Christmas party held at the ministry at the time of the tragic shooting at the Faculty of Arts at Charles University. The Minister made the statement in a debate program on Czech Television on Sunday.

In an interview for CNN Prima, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said he was not planning to dismiss Jurečka’s at the moment. He said the minister had apologized, but he should explain the situation better.

According to witnesses, the party at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs on the day of the shooting continued until midnight, despite the ministry’s earlier claims that the event had been prematurely terminated around 9 p.m. Jurečka had previously acknowledged that the event should have been canceled earlier and apologized if it offended anyone.

Traffic at Prague's Václav Havel Airport is running without restrictions on Sunday, following disruptions on Saturday caused by thick fog and a malfunctioning weather station damaged by lightning.

According to the airport’s spokeswoman, planes have been arriving in Prague without major delays. However, the damage to the weather station has not yet been resolved and could potentially cause problems if adverse weather conditions return.

Some 21 planes had to be diverted to other airports on Saturday and nine connections were cancelled due to the weather-related complications.

Water levels on Czechia’s rivers continue to subside. However, some 20 measuring stations around the country still reported reaching some of the three level flood alert on Sunday morning.

The highest, third level flood alert is in place on the Vltava River in Český Krumlov and on the Elbe River in Děčin. Four measuring stations on the Elbe and Sázava Rivers in Central Bohemia reported reaching the first, lowest level.