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06/12/2024
Prime Minister Petr Fiala says the government will decide by the end of August how many nuclear units Czechia will build on the basis of a current tender to construct them. He made the comment at a conference in Prague on Wednesday entitled Czechia at a Crossroads II.
Two companies, France’s EDF and KHNP from South Korea, are in the running to supply one to four units under the current tender.
One new unit should be built at Dukovany, though if a larger project is decided on there could be two new units there and also two new ones at the country’s second nuclear power plant, Temelín.
The two aspirants for the contract submitted bids in April that are now being appraised by power company ČEZ. It should turn the matter over to the cabinet later this month.
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06/12/2024
Jan Muzikář, who served as deputy chief of the border patrol under the communist regime, has denied responsibility for the deaths and serious injuries of close to a dozen people who were shot or mauled by border patrol dogs trying to flee communist Czechoslovakia. The 90-year-old Muzikář on Tuesday refused to testify in court citing poor health. His lawyer, Jaroslav Ortman, said at the trial that the accused had been responsible for the protection of the country’s borders, but had never issued direct orders to border guards. In view of his advanced age, the state prosecutor is proposing a two-year suspended sentence and a fine of 100,000 euros.
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06/12/2024
Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová is due to arrive in Prague on Wednesday for her last visit to Czechia before the end of her five-year mandate. In the afternoon, she will be received with state honours at Prague Castle by President Petr Pavel who will present her with the country’s highest state distinction, the Order of the White Lion, for her contribution to the development of Czech-Slovak relations. On Thursday, the Slovak head of state is expected to address the 10th Prague European Summit at Černín Palace.
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06/11/2024
Wednesday should be partly cloudy with scattered showers and day temperatures between 14 and 18 degrees Celsius.
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06/11/2024
Conservationists in the Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area in Blansko have closed part of the region to tourists so as to protect seven newly-hatched peregrine falcons which are being monitored in two nests. The falcons made their nests right above a hiking trail and the newly hatched birds belong to a protected species. The area should remain closed for three months. The falcons are being monitored by ornithologists, whose unique photographs and videos have given nature lovers the chance to follow their development inside the nests.
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06/11/2024
An extensive clean-up operation is underway in Valašské Klobouky and surrounding villages in the Zlín region following flash floods on Monday afternoon. Over eighty professional and volunteer firefighters were called to assist the local settlements, building sandbag dams and pumping water from cellars and gardens late into the night. They are now cleaning sewage drains and local houses from stones and mud. The extent of the damage is yet to be calculated. These are the second flash floods to hit the area in a fortnight.
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06/11/2024
People who still have banknotes in the denominations of CZK 100, 200, 500, 1000 and 2000 issued between 1995 and 1999, which expired in June 2022, only have until the end of the month to get them exchanged at the cash desks of any bank in the country, the central bank said. The banknotes, which are recognizable by their narrow silver stripe, were taken out of circulation two years ago. From July 1, 2024, only central bank cash desks will accept them.
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06/11/2024
Members of the Pirate Party, a junior party in the ruling coalition, are calling for an extraordinary conference to analyze the reasons behind the party’s poor showing in the European elections. Party chief Ivan Bartoš said he was open to debate on the matter. According to MEP Markéta Gregorová, who was the only party member to defend her mandate, the party needs internal reform. The Pirate Party gained only 6.2 percent of the vote in the elections and will only have one seat in the new European Parliament.
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06/11/2024
Czech President Petr Pavel is attending a summit of the eastern wing of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in the Latvian capital Riga. The meeting is to align national positions on security and defense issues ahead of NATO’s July summit in Washington. Participants are discussing continued support for Ukraine and better coordination of aid to the country, NATO’s partnership with countries of the Indo-Pacific region and NATO's future relationship with Russia, among others. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is present at the talks.
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06/11/2024
The South American man arrested on Saturday evening for attempted arson has been remanded in custody, police chief Martin Vondrášek said on Monday afternoon following a State Security Council meeting. Prime Minister Petr Fiala said that it is not only possible, but indeed very likely that Russia was behind the attack. The 26-year-old could get a sentence of up to life in prison.
The unsuccessful arson attack occurred on Wednesday night in the Prague 9 district, when the suspect poured gasoline on some buses in garages owned by the city's public transport company DPP and attempted to set them on fire.
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