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11/16/2023
The French authorities have asked their Czech counterparts for help in an investigation into Andrej Babiš, Deník N reported on Thursday. The ANO chief and former prime minister is suspected of money laundering and tax evasion during the purchase of real estate in France, the news outlet said.
A French financial crime investigator told Deník N that his country had requested that the Czech judicial authorities carry out investigative measures falling within their jurisdiction.
The 2021 Pandora Papers leak suggested that Mr. Babiš had financed the purchase of a French mansion via secret loans through three overseas firms.
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11/16/2023
Russia is considering how to respond to a Czech government move on Wednesday, when it added a company managing Russian assets abroad to a Czech national sanctions list, freezing its properties.
The sanctions list was created in response to Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described Prague’s move as unlawful, the TASS news agency said. Mr. Peskov said the authorities in Moscow would examine Czechia’s assets in Russia.
The Czech government said the asset management company was controlled by the Russian presidential administration.
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11/16/2023
Czechia has been elected to the Executive Board of UNESCO for the period 2023 to 2027, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday night. The country won a seat on the body at a meeting in Paris.
During its mandate, Czechia plans to focus on the transformation of education and the protection of cultural and natural heritage, officials said.
Along with the General Conference, the Executive Board is the governing body of UNESCO.
Czechia was last a member of the Executive Board within the Central and Eastern European Group from 2012 to 2015.
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11/16/2023
The Slovak president, Zuzana Čaputová, visited Prague on the eve of the anniversary of the start of the Velvet Revolution on November 17. She was welcomed at Prague Castle by her Czech counterpart, Petr Pavel, on Thursday morning.
After an official ceremony that also included both presidents’ partners, the national anthems of the two states were played. The heads of state inspected members of the Prague Castle Guard and Zuzana Čaputová signed a guest book.
The Slovak head of state also had a number other engagements planned in Prague, including laying a wreath at a memorial to the Velvet Revolution in the downtown area.
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11/16/2023
Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová will pay a one-day working visit to Czechia on Thursday, on the eve of the country’s Freedom and Democracy Day celebrations. She will be received with state honours at Prague Castle by President Pavel. A private meeting between the heads of state will be followed by a working lunch. In the afternoon, the two presidents will meet with students to debate current affairs and issues linked freedom and democracy.
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11/16/2023
Six banks have launched a service that will enable clients to send payments using only a person’s phone number. The payment-to-contact service aims to simplify transactions and reduce errors. Clients who wish to use the service will have to register their phone number with the bank. Two more banks expect to launch the service within the next year. The banks which have already launched the service are Air Bank, Česká spořitelna, ČSOB, Fio banka, Komerční banka and Raiffeisenbank.
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11/16/2023
A company managing property owned by the Russian state in the Czech Republic has been placed on the national sanctions list, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said after Wednesday’s cabinet session. The company’s accounts will be frozen and the property owned will be blacklisted in the land register to prevent its sale to a third party. This will not apply to the Russian Embassy’s facilities. The move, initiated by the Czech Foreign Ministry should guarantee that income generated by the company in this country will not be used to finance the war in Ukraine.
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11/16/2023
Labour and Social Affairs Minister Marian Jurečka on Wednesday presented the outlines of a proposed pension reform that should ensure a sustainable pension system for future generations. The proposal envisages a gradual increase in the retirement age linked to a higher life expectancy, a different basis for calculating old-age pensions, a lower indexation of pensions and a minimum pension amounting to 20 percent of the average wage. The changes, which must still be approved by Parliament, should come into effect as of 2025. Most of the changes would affect people born after 1966. The present retirement age is 65 for both men and women.
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11/15/2023
Numbers relating to people’s date of birth will remain on Czechs’ ID cards, despite the fact that the numbers can be used to decipher the age and gender of the bearer. The lower house passed an amendment to that effect on Tuesday, backtracking on earlier plans to stop using birth numbers on ID cards as of 2025. The amendment still recons on their being removed in due time, but there is no deadline by when the transition should take place.
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11/15/2023
A passenger car and three Pandur armoured personnel carriers collided on the D6 motorway near Prague on Wednesday morning, the ctk news agency reported. Four soldiers suffered light injuries and were taken to a hospital in Kladno. According to early reports the military vehicles crashed into each other as they were braking. The cause of the accident is being investigated.
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