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08/08/2024
The district Court in Chomutov has ruled that three of the main suspects in a case involving massive fraud and manipulation of public tenders across four Czech regions should be remanded in custody, awaiting trial. According to the Chief Prosecutor’s Office the reasons for imposing custody are fears they would obstruct the investigation, influence witnesses and continue in their criminal activity. The three suspects who will remain in detention are Chomutov Mayor Marek Hrabáč, Libor Tačner, the former director of the Ústí Region Road Maintenance Administration and Ladislav Šmucr, CEO of the Jirkov company Rocknet. Fourteen people were detained altogether.
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08/08/2024
A security officer at the Czech embassy in Moscow, who was threatened with prosecution by the Russian authorities for smuggling psycho-pharmaceuticals was evicted from the country and has returned to Czechia, Czech Radio reported on Thursday. The officer was evicted from Russia after the Czech authorities refused to strip him of his diplomatic immunity.
The man was detained by the Russian authorities at Moscow airport earlier this year with an unusually large quantity of the psycho-pharmaceutical drug Leponex in his possession for which he lacked a prescription. During his interrogation, the officer said that he was carrying the drugs for the then chargé d'affaires Jiří Čistecký.
Czech Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mariana Wernerová has confirmed that to be the case and said the drugs were being taken to Moscow to the then head of the embassy, with the ministry’s knowledge and approval.
Jiří Čistecký has, in the meantime, been appointed Czech ambassador to Germany.
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08/08/2024
Unemployment in the Czech Republic rose to 3.8 % in July, compared to 3.6 % in both June and May. There were roughly 283, 000 unemployed people at the end of July, 10, 300 more than in the previous month. Job vacancies were fewer than jobseekers for the eighth month in a row, according to data from the Czech Labour Office. The highest unemployment rate last month was in the Ústí nad Labem Region, at 6 % , the lowest unemployment rate was recorded in the Prague and Vysočina regions, where it was just under 3 %. Analysts put the rise in unemployment down to seasonal reasons as well as a weaker economy.
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08/08/2024
Friday should be partly cloudy to overcast but mostly dry, with day temperatures between 24 and 28 degrees Celsius in Bohemia, and 26 and 30 degrees in Moravia-Silesia.
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08/08/2024
The number of tourists in the Czech Republic increased year-on-year in the second quarter, according to data published by the Czech Statistical Office. Some 5.95 million people used the services of hotels and guesthouses, up 3.3 percent year-on-year. The number of foreigners staying in the Czech Republic increased, while the number of Czech guests decreased. Guests spent 0.9 per cent more nights in accommodation establishments. According to the Office, the Moravia-Silesian Region and Prague in particular saw an increase in visitor numbers thanks to the World Hockey Championship in May.
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08/08/2024
The opposition ANO party of Andrej Babiš has struck the mayor of Chomutov, Marek Hrabáč, from the party ticket for regional elections in the Ústí nad Labem region. Hrabáč, who topped the regional list of candidates, is accused of accepting bribes, manipulating public contracts, tax evasion and abuse of power. Babiš said that because the mayor abused his political office, he will want him to quit all posts and leave the party.
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08/08/2024
The state prosecutor in a case involving massive fraud and manipulation of public tenders across four Czech regions has asked for three of the 14 suspects arrested to be remanded in custody. According to the Chief Prosecutor’s Office the reasons for imposing custody are fears they would obstruct the investigation, influence witnesses and continue in their criminal activity. The request concerns Chomutov Mayor Marek Hrabáč and Libor Tačner, the former director of the Ústí Region Road Maintenance Administration. The third suspect has not been named. The district court in Chomutov is to decide on the matter on Thursday.
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08/08/2024
The Ústí Regional Court has upheld a complaint by environmental organisations and revoked the Počerady coal-fired power plant’s exemption from the mercury discharge limit. The decision is binding and environmentalists say it will now have to stop operations. The emission exemption allows power stations and CHP plants to enter into a greening scheme and meet the new EU limits, applicable since 17 August 2021, at a later date. According to the environmental organisations which filed the complaint, there is no risk that there would be a shortage of electricity in the Czech Republic due to the shutdown.
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08/08/2024
Pole vaulter Amálie Švábíková improved her eleven-year-old Czech record by four centimetres at the Olympic final in Paris and finished fifth after clearing the bar at 480 cm, the best result for Czech athletes at this year's Games so far. World champion Nina Kennedy of Australia was the only athlete to clear 490 centimetres. “I came here wanting to beat my personal best and hoped to get into the top 6 and I did it all. I'm fifth and I'm leaving with a Czech record, a personal best. I'm really happy," Švábíková told reporters.
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08/07/2024
The number of tick-borne diseases has seen a steep rise this year with roughly 1,900 cases of Lyme disease reported by the end of June, which is the highest number in the last decade, according to data from the State Institute of Health. There have been 362 cases of tick-borne encephalitis so far. Both diseases can also have lasting effects, including paralysis of the limbs or impaired memory in serious cases. Last year doctors registered 3,270 cases of Lyme disease and 509 cases of encephalitis. According to a survey by Czech scientists, there are more ticks in city parks than in forests, with one in four transmitting Lyme disease.
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