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11/30/2023
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský, along with several other people, left the room when his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov took the floor on Thursday at the 30th OSCE Ministerial Council, which is taking place in Skopje, North Macedonia on Thursday and Friday.
The OSCE summit has been the focus of several disputes regarding Lavrov, with Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic states boycotting the meeting on account of his presence, and Bulgaria not allowing the plane carrying him to fly over its territory.
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) was founded in 1975 at the height of the Cold War to promote dialogue between East and West. It is currently the only European security platform that brings together European countries, including Russia and Ukraine, with the United States and Canada.
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11/30/2023
Most Czech hospitals will only be providing emergency care starting from Friday, December 1, as doctors are refusing to work additional overtime for the coming month in protest at a recent government decision concerning them. Most non-urgent examinations and operations have been cancelled.
Almost half of doctors working in hospitals are participating in the protest, which is in reaction to the government's decision to allow an almost twofold increase in the number of overtime hours that medics can work per year. Prime Minister Petr Fiala is meeting with the representatives of the protesting doctors on Thursday in a last-ditch attempt to try to avert the protests.
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11/30/2023
The Czech government has approved the earmarking of CZK 215.8 billion for the maintenance and development of the country’s supersonic air force between now and 2030, Novinky.cz reported on Wednesday evening.
The figure includes planned spending on two dozen F-35 fighter jets as well as the cost of leasing the Gripen fighters currently being used by the Czech Army.
The minister of defence, Jana Černochová, has said the amount approved includes all costs relating to infrastructure, fuel and training.
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11/30/2023
The Czech Chamber of Deputies approved next year’s state budget in the third reading on Wednesday. The budget for 2024 envisages a deficit of CZK 252 billion, which is CZK 43 billion less than this year’s approved deficit.
As in previous budget discussions in the lower house, verbal spats between the opposition and the government were seen in Wednesday’s session, which concluded late in the evening.
During the final budget debate MPs rubberstamped 13 transfers of funding, amounting to CZK 2.7 billion, within the already set parameters.
The Senate has no say on the budget and it only remains for the president to sign it into law.
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11/29/2023
The main hall of Prague’s Main Train Station, which according to freshly revealed plans should be partly demolished, is a protected cultural landmark, the Ministry of Culture said on Wednesday.
A winning design to remodel part of the 1970s station building and extend it over part of an adjacent park envisages the front of the current building being removed.
However, an official said, the main building is in fact technically an extension of the historical Fanta building, which is protected.
The overhaul of the station, which is planned to get underway in 2028, is a joint project of the railways authority, the City of Prague and the capital’s transport authority.
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11/29/2023
The funeral of former Czech foreign minister Karel Schwarzenberg at Prague’s St. Vitus Cathedral on Saturday next week will also be accompanied by a more informal event for the public, the news website Seznam Zprávy reported. Entitled Karel Lives On!, it will include a rock concert at the city’s Lucerna Palace and an exhibition of photos of the late politician, who died earlier this month.
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11/29/2023
Parental allowance is set to rise in Czechia from the start of next year, after the Senate approved the move on Wednesday. The total amount allocated per child should go from the present CZK 300,000 to CZK 350,000 under the change, which still has to be rubberstamped by the president.
The increased parental allowance will go to children born after the turn of the year. The maximum payment period will be reduced from four to three years.
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11/29/2023
The majority of Czechs are, for the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion, not in favour of military support for Ukraine, suggests a new Kantar CZ poll for Czech Television cited by the news outlet Deník N on Wednesday. The survey indicates that 47 percent are in favour of such backing, while 51 percent are not. This continues a trend of declining support for military aid to Ukraine, Deník N said.
A Kantar CZ expert said that voters of opposition party ANO had most changed their position on this issue in the last 18 months.
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11/29/2023
A third and final debate on next year’s state budget began in the Czech Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday. The budget for 2024 envisages a deficit of CZK 252 billion, which is CZK 43 billion less than this year’s approved deficit.
During the approval process, deputies will decide on hundreds of proposals for transfers within the already agreed budget parameters; these total over CZK 200 billion, which is about 10 percent of overall planned spending.
The governing coalition have a firm majority in the lower house, making the vote a formality.
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11/29/2023
It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Thursday, with an average high temperature of 1 degree Celsius. Temperatures are expected to fall to below 0 degrees Celsius at the weekend.
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