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10/21/2023
84 percent of Czechs support a proposed ban on individual cages for farmed animals, according to a Eurobarometer survey, with 52 percent of Czechs saying that protecting the welfare of farmed animals is very important and a further 34 percent saying it is somewhat important. This is only slightly less than the European average - across the entire EU, 89 percent of people support the ban on individual cages and a total of 91 percent say it is either very or somewhat important to protect the welfare of farmed animals.
The NGO Compassion in World Farming said in a press release that despite this broad support among the population, the European Commission had failed to deliver promised revisions to EU animal welfare legislation. Back in 2018, citizens from seven European countries, one of which was Czechia, initiated the ‘End the Cage Age’ European Citizens’ Initiative. This was signed by 1.4 million people and secured a commitment by the European Commission to follow through with a revision of current animal welfare legislation, which was supposed to be delivered in September. However, this week, the Commission again failed to deliver the promised proposal when it announced its planned work programme, after failing to meet the September deadline.
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10/21/2023
Friday night and Saturday morning were unseasonably warm in Czechia for late October, the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute announced on X, formerly Twitter. The Silesia region in particular experienced a near-tropical night, with the temperature never dropping below 19.2 degrees Celsius in the town of Ropice, where the highest temperatures were recorded. Moravia also had an unusually warm night for this time of year.
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10/21/2023
Sunday is expected to bring rain, particularly in the morning, but showers may continue throughout the day. Daytime temperatures should range between 11 and 16 degrees Celsius.
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10/20/2023
The Czech Foreign Ministry has advised Czech nationals in Lebanon to leave the country without delay in view of the worsening security situation. As border tensions between Israel and Hezbollah intensify, the security situation may deteriorate rapidly, especially in Shiite areas and areas of the Palestinian refugee camps of Ain al-Hilweh, Burj al-Barajneh, but also in other localities," the ministry said, adding that in the event of further escalation, the operation of Beirut airport cannot be guaranteed. It is advising Czechs to leave Lebanon while flights are still available.
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10/20/2023
Firefighters have been called to an emergency in the industrial area in Olomouc-Chválkovice where roughly 150 litres of concentrated nitric acid leaked into the sewage system around midday on Friday. Firefighters are stacking sandbags around the outlet to prevent the dangerous chemical from entering the Bystřice River through the sewer. They are also neutralising the acid, which is reported to have leaked from a barrel. Three fire squads and a special chemical unit are intervening at the site.
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10/20/2023
Saturday should be partly cloudy and windy in the eastern parts of the counbtry with day temperatures between 18 and 22 degrees Celsius.
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10/20/2023
This year's International Documentary Film Festival Ji.hlava will open with the world premiere of the documentary film “This is Havel Speaking, Can You Hear Me?”. The film captures the last three years of the late Czech president Václav Havel’s life. The film's director, Petr Jančárek, said over 200 hours of unique footage were shot during the filming process. The festival will start in Jihlava on October 24 and will also screen Agnieszka Holland's much-discussed film The Green Border. Visitors to the festival will be able to choose from 357 films in both competition and non-competition sections.
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10/20/2023
The Czech health authorities have reported local outbreaks of whooping cough in unvaccinated children in some regions of the country. The highly contagious infection can be accompanied by serious complications in the form of pneumonia with a risk of heart failure. This year doctors have diagnosed 127 cases of whooping cough, double the number of cases registered last year, the State Health Institute warned on Friday. Local outbreaks have been recorded in Hradec Králové, Liberec and other regions.
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10/20/2023
Hunters have started hunting wild boar in Klanovice forest on the outskirts of Prague (Prague 21) and the municipality has warned people who use the locality, to avoid it in the early morning and after dark. This pertains particularly to cyclists, joggers and dogs owners who are often there in the early morning and late evening. The warning has appeared on social networks and the local paper but many people are reportedly unaware of it. According to Prague 21, the hunting will continue in the vicinity until the end of November. Wild boars have overbred in the area and are a risk to people.
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10/20/2023
The Fiala government has moved to address the shortage of qualified workers in various sectors of the Czech economy. It approved a proposal by the Ministry of Industry and Trade to increase quotas for foreign workers from third countries by 20,000 as of 2024. This should help IT companies, hospitals and construction firms, which are short of skilled workers either due to a lack of specialists in the field or because Czechs are less interested in the given field of work. The move is expected to boost economic growth and increase state budget revenues.
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