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12/23/2025
The Czech-Slovak public fundraiser Oksana50, aimed at raising money to purchase 50 evacuation vehicles for Ukraine, has already collected EUR 1 million. The Slovak Open Society Foundation, which organises the campaign together with the Czech Foundation for Ukraine, announced today that the target was reached two months ahead of schedule. Thanks to more than 10,000 donors, the symbolic EUR 1 million mark was passed the day before Christmas.
The fundraiser is named after the ambulance Oksana, christened by Ukrainian soldiers. The vehicle has been used, for example, to transport wounded soldiers from the area around the city of Pokrovsk.
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12/23/2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin has recalled Alexander Zmejevsky from his post as ambassador to Czechia, a position he has held since 2016, according to presidential decrees published by the Kremlin today. Anna Ponomaryova has been appointed as his successor. She has worked at the Russian embassy in Prague for several years.
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12/23/2025
Petr Macinka, head of the Motorists‘ party and foreign minister, will meet Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) and the Motorists‘ candidate for environment minister, Filip Turek, by January 7, he told journalists today. The meetings will occur just before Babiš’s New Year lunch with President Petr Pavel, whose reservations about Turek are expected to be discussed.
Macinka said he was concerned by comments from Vít Kolář, head of communications at the presidential office, regarding Monday’s meeting between Pavel and Turek. The president has indicated he expects Babiš not to nominate Turek; if the prime minister does, the president may refuse to appoint him.
Turek has faced criticism over racist and homophobic social media posts. He has apologised for some but denies authorship of others. He remains the party’s only candidate for environmnet minister.
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12/23/2025
Wednesday, December 24, will be mostly cloudy, with occasional snowfall. Later in the afternoon and evening skies will clear slightly. Daytime temperatures will range from –3 to +2 °C, while in the mountains temperatures will be close to –6 °C.
In the Šumava mountains, between 5 and 20 centimetres of fresh snow is expected.
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12/23/2025
Under Czech law, shops larger than 200 square meters, such as major supermarkets, may be open until midday on Christmas Eve, but must remain closed for the following two days. Exceptions apply to shops in areas such as airports and railway stations, as well as to pharmacies and petrol stations.
Some retailers, including Penny Market, choose to keep all of their stores closed on Christmas Eve, too. Online food suppliers, such as Rohlík.cz and Košík.cz, will deliver orders on Christmas Eve until 2pm, but their services will be unavailable on Christmas Day and will resume on December 26.
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12/23/2025
The culling of a large hen farm housing around 35,000 laying hens affected by bird flu began on Monday in Habry in the Vysočina region, according to the Czech News Agency. The outbreak is the tenth case of bird flu detected this year at a commercial poultry farm in Czechia.
The hens are being moved into containers, killed using gas, and then transported to a rendering facility. The operation involves 43 firefighters and 22 prisoners, and is expected to be completed by Tuesday night.
The farm is owned by Xaverov a.s., part of the Agrotrade Group.
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12/23/2025
This year, a typical Czech Christmas Eve dinner for a family of four - including fish soup, fried carp, chicken schnitzels and potato salad - will cost CZK 824 (EUR 34), around five per cent less than last year. This follows from data provided to the Czech News Agency (ČTK) by the investment platform eToro, which tracks the cost of Christmas Eve dinners in 12 countries.
The lower price is mainly due to cheaper vegetables, as Czechia benefited from a strong harvest of vegetables and potatoes this year. By contrast, prices abroad are generally rising, increasing by 28 per cent in Germany and 26 per cent in France. The cost of Christmas meals continues to be strongly influenced by overall food inflation, which remains one of the key factors shaping prices.
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12/23/2025
The ammunition initiative was fundamentally a good idea, but questions remain over whether it was free of corruption, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) said after Monday’s cabinet meeting. He said the initiative is to be reviewed by the State Security Council, which is scheduled to meet on January 7.
After the cabinet meeting, Babiš declined to comment further on the future of the initiative, saying he had discussed the matter with partners in the European Council and would announce a final position after the meeting of the State Security Council.
He also defended Defence Minister Jaromír Zůna (nominated by SPD), who said last week that the initiative should continue. SPD deputy leader Radim Fiala later disputed this and said Zůna would limit future comments to military matters.
“The minister can say what he wants,” Babiš said, adding that while Zůna did not have all the information at the time, there was nothing wrong with his remarks and the issue had been clarified.
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12/23/2025
Prime Minister Babiš is to meet with Motorists party MP Filip Turek, whom President Petr Pavel has refused to appoint as environment minister. Babiš then plans to discuss the issue with party chair Petr Macinka ahead of a scheduled lunch with the president on Wednesday, January 7. The prime minister said he would like the situation to be clarified by that time.
President Pavel said on Monday that Turek’s public conduct and statements give the impression that he downplays the crimes of Nazism, and he is therefore unsuitable for any ministerial post. He made it clear that if the prime minister were to nominate him to the post, the president would reject the nomination.
The opposition parties have welcomed the president’s stance.
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12/23/2025
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) will place the Agrofert holding irrevocably into the RSVP Trust by January 8. The trust was established by the consulting firm Roklen with support from the DBK law office, which informed the Czech News Agency (ČTK) of the move on Tuesday.
Babiš later told the news agency that he would complete the transfer within the deadline set by law, that is within 30 days of his appointment as prime minister. Some experts consider the announced solution to the conflict of interest insufficient and lacking credibility, and opposition politicians have also expressed doubts.
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