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04/11/2024
The parties making up the government coalition are concealing corruption and clientelism within their ranks and are trying to let all the scandals connected with them pass by in silence, says the leader of the opposition ANO party, Andrej Babiš. He accuses the government of being afraid of the public's reaction and feeling insecure about their hold on power. Mr. Babiš made the comments during his opening speech at a special parliamentary session on Thursday initiated by his party.
In response, prime minister Petr Fiala denied the allegations of corruption and said the real reason the ANO party leader had called the meeting was that he was angry at how the lower house had taken a stand against a leaked e-mail he had written, in which he had asked colleagues to dig up dirt on Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský.
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04/11/2024
The Czech government has adopted a working definition of anti-Roma racism. The cabinet said in a press release that the definition is not legally binding and is intended to help better capture and respond to specific forms of racism, prejudice, discrimination or hatred directed against Roma and Sinti.
According to the definition, anti-Roma racism is manifested through the actions and speech of individuals as well as through institutional policies and practices that disparage and devalue Romani cultures and lifestyles and exclude Romani people.
According to the Government Human Rights Commissioner Klára Šimáčková Laurenčíková, it is the right step to reject any prejudiced and stereotypical behaviour against the Romani minority in Czechia.
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04/11/2024
Czech President Petr Pavel is attending a summit of the Three Seas Initiative in Vilnius, Lithuania on Thursday. The Czech head of state, who is being accompanied by a business and academic delegation, also plans to hold several bilateral meetings, for example with his Estonian counterpart Alar Karis.
The Three Seas initiative was launched in the Croatian city of Dubrovnik in 2016 with a view to creating a regional dialogue on matters affecting member states. The last summit was held in Bucharest last September, when it was joined by Greece, Moldova and Ukraine.
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04/10/2024
Thursday is expected to be mostly sunny with day temperatures ranging between 16 and 20 degrees Celsius.
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04/10/2024
Heat consumption from central heating plants in Czechia fell by 9.4 percent year-on-year in 2024, according to data released by the Energy Regulatory Office on Wednesday. A total of 67.8 petajoules of heat was consumed, which is the lowest figure in seven years.
In addition to heat, the use of other energies also fell last year. Electricity consumption dropped by over four percent and consumption of gas decreased by over ten percent.
In all cases, consumption fell for the second year in a row as a result of warm weather and energy saving measures.
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04/10/2024
British singer-songwriter Raye will be the main star of Prague’s Metronome festival, which is to take place in the Czech capital in June, the festival’s organizers announced on Wednesday. The pop singer, who won a record six Brit Awards this year, will perform in Czechia for the first time.
The seventh edition of Metronome, which takes place at the Výstaviště exhibition grounds, will feature 80 different artists. Appearing at the event on June 21 and 22 will be the German duo Milky Chance, British soul musician Michael Kiwanuka and London indie rock band The Last Dinner Party.
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04/10/2024
In addition to whooping cough, the State Institute of Health has recorded a year-on-year increase in other infections, such as measles, legionella, scabies and diphtheria, the Czech News Agency reported on Wednesday.
The number of various types of hepatitis or tropical disease such as dengue fever and malaria also increased year-on-year during the first three months of 2024.
The Association of Health Insurance Companies has warned that the increase concerns even diseases against which vaccination is compulsory,
Among the factors behind the trend is the declining immunity with increasing age, migration as well as the fact that about seven percent of the Czech population refuses to be vaccinated.
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04/10/2024
Slovak writer and journalist Martin Milan Šimečka is to receive the František Kriegel Award for civic courage, handed out annually by the Charter 77 Foundation. The Czech-born journalist was selected for his longstanding advocacy of democratic principles and for his critical, independent journalism.
František Kriegel, a Charter 77 signatory, was the only Czechoslovak politician who refused to sign a document “legitimising” the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. The award ceremony is due to take place in June.
According to representatives of the Charter 77 Foundation, Mr. Šimečka found himself in opposition to the current Slovak government following Peter Pellegrini's victory in the presidential elections.
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04/10/2024
Czech MPs have voted to change the definition of rape in the country’s statute books. Instead of the hitherto forcible sexual intercourse the crime will in future be defined as non-consensual intercourse. The minister of defence, Pavel Blažek, told the lower house the new understanding of rape was based on the concept of no means no.
The bill found support from both the government parties and the opposition. It must now go before the Senate.
The amendment passed on Wednesday will also redefine sexual interaction with children under 12 as rape or sexual assault, not as sexual abuse as at present.
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04/10/2024
The Czech industrial-technology company Czechoslovak Group saw its net profit increase by 49 percent year-on-year to around CZK 5 billion in 2023, it said on Wednesday.
Revenues rose by 71 percent to almost CZK 42 billion, with deals in the defence industry accounting for more than 70 per cent of the group’s sales.
The war in Ukraine has contributed to the jump in Czechoslovak Group’s turnover, a pattern also seen in some other major players in the Czech defence industry sector.
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