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04/30/2024
A fire warning for the entire country in the coming days, issued in connection with the warm, dry and windy weather, has led to a ban in Prague on lighting fires in high-risk places such as parks, gardens and woodland areas until midnight Thursday. The ban is intended to limit the traditional bonfires on Walpurgis or witch burning night, on Tuesday, April 30. Large events taking place under the supervision of firefighters can go ahead.
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04/30/2024
Grammy-winning American singer Billie Eilish will perform in the Czech Republic in June of next year within her European tour to promote her highly anticipated third studio album HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, set for release on May 17. Eilish is scheduled to appear at Prague’s 02 Arena, which she sold out in 2019, on 1 June 2025. According to Ondřej Pojzl from the LiveNation production agency, tickets will go on sale on 3 May.
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04/30/2024
Czechia will continue to seek compensation from Russia through diplomatic channels for the ammunition depot explosions in Vrbětice in 2014, Interior Minister Vít Rakušan said at a press briefing on Monday. The explosions killed two people and caused close to a billion crowns in damages. Martin Smolek, of the Foreign Ministry's legal and consular section, said that while there was no hope of getting Russia to take responsibility for the attack at present, the situation could change in the future.
Minister Rakušan said the police have proof that the Vrbětice explosions were carried out by members of the Russian military intelligence agency GRU, whose motive was to prevent the delivery of weapons to the places where the Russians were conducting operations.
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04/29/2024
Czech Health Minister Vlastimil Válek wants to introduce a new excise tax on soft drinks before the next parliamentary elections. According to the minister, the popular soft drinks, which are high in sugar, are having a negative impact on the health of the population, including a higher incidence of obesity among the young. The National Economic Council of the Government supports the idea and the minister says he is confident the proposed tax will be approved by both chambers of Parliament. It would make soft drinks more expensive by several crowns, depending on the amount of sugar they contain.
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04/29/2024
Tuesday should be clear and dry around the country with day temperatures between 22 and 27 degrees Celsius.
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04/29/2024
Meteorologists have issued a fire warning for the entire country in the coming days in connection with a warm, dry and windy weather forecast. People should not light fires in forests and open countryside. They should also watch out for discarded cigarette butts and be careful with portable cookers. Fire brigades around the country will be on high alert on Walpurgis Night, on April 30, when bonfires are traditionally lit around the country.
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04/29/2024
About 5, 000 foreigners are granted Czech citizenship every year, according to Interior Ministry statistics cited by Czech Television. Most of them are Ukrainians, Slovaks and Russians, whose interest in Czech citizenship has increased since the Kremlin launched a war on Ukraine. In 2023 over one thousand Russians obtained Czech passports, which is a 50 percent increase on the previous year. Foreigners are eligible to file for citizenship after having resided in the country for a minimum of ten years and must pass a Czech language test in order to obtain it.
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04/29/2024
Hundreds of Czechs, Germans and Poles gathered at the border where the three countries meet at the weekend to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Czechia’s and Poland’s accession to the European Union. The one-day Europa Fest was held in the area around the Lužická Nisa riverbed.
The organizers prepared long tables and picnic baskets at which people could meet and chat. They could also have a debate with politicians from the three countries and representatives of the European Commission who attended the event. On the Czech side, the event was attended, among others, by the former Czech prime minister Vladimír Špidla, who was at the helm when the Czech Republic joined the EU.
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04/29/2024
The National Sports Agency failed to properly monitor the use of grants and subsidies by sports organizations and to make sure that they complied with the conditions set, according to the results of an audit conducted by the Supreme Audit Office. The National Sports Agency was set up in 2019 precisely for this purpose. The audit found irregularities both in funds spent by sports and youths organizations and in the financing of the NSA itself. A total of CZK 26.5 billion from the state budget went to support sports organizations between 2019 and 2022.
The performance of the National Sports Agency came under fire earlier this year when it emerged that the Czech Tennis Federation was embroiled in a massive fraud scandal. Ten people are now accused of fraud involving millions of crowns in state subsidies intended for tennis and youth sports organizations.
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04/29/2024
Czechia and Germany have similar positions on Russia's war against Ukraine and the security situation in the Middle East, President Petr Pavel said after a meeting with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Monday. President Steinmeier said that relations between Czechia and Germany have never been better, stressing that close ties between like-minded states are more important than ever in times of upheaval. He said Russia's aggression has drawn the EU member states and NATO closer and they must pull together to avert the security threat presented by the Putin regime.
The two heads of state discussed the upcoming European elections, support for Ukraine, global security and energy issues, business and trade and cross-border cooperation.
On Tuesday, President Steinmeier will deliver a speech at a conference marking 20 years of Czech membership in the EU. He is also scheduled to meet with representatives of Jewish community, visit places linked to 20th century writer Franz Kafka, and talk to the organizers of Musica non grata, a four-year project of the National Theatre Opera and State Opera in Prague, financially supported by the German Embassy.
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