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11/19/2023
A one-time dissident, Jiří Gruntorád, has gone on hunger strike outside the Office of the Government in Prague, demanding the resignation of the minister of labour and social affairs, Marian Jurečka. Mr. Gruntorád is protesting against the fact that people who actively resisted the Communist regime are today on low old age pensions. He began his protest on Friday and says he is ready to keep up the protest for three months.
Mr. Jurečka said in spring that his officials would look into the matter.
Those who opposed the Communists have low pensions for reasons such as imprisonment, forced emigration or not being allowed to work in their chosen professions; many were only allowed to do menial jobs.
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11/19/2023
The Czech healthcare system is set for major changes, a deputy minister of health, Václav Pláteník, said on a Czech Television debate show on Sunday. Mr. Pláteník said there would be overhaul of both the country’s network of hospitals and the forms of care provided. He said the planned changes had been sped up due to protests by young doctors against overtime.
Speaking on the same programme, Jan Přáda, vice-president of the Czech Medical Chamber and head of its young doctors’ section, said that some of the steps would be unpopular and would also impact doctors. Mr. Přáda specifically referred to a reduction in specialisations at hospitals and round-the-clock operation.
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11/19/2023
Three players have been sent home from the Czech national soccer squad, one day before a crucial Euro 2024 qualifier. The Czech FA said on social media on Sunday that Jakub Brabec, Vladimír Coufal and Jan Kuchta had left the group after a gross breach of internal rules, without specifying what they had done.
The news comes before a game against Moldova in Olomouc on Monday that the Czechs must either win or draw in order to qualify for next year’s European Championship.
All three players sent home were in the starting line-up for the Czechs’ last game against Poland on Friday.
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11/19/2023
The Febiofest film festival, which took place annually in Prague and other Czech cities and towns, is now in a state of bankruptcy, Czech Radio reported on Sunday. The founder of the cinema showcase, Fero Fenič, filed bankruptcy proceedings against the company which now owns it, saying he did not receive payment after selling the festival and is owed CZK 4.5 million.
Czech Radio said it was trying to contact the head of the company that owns Febiofest.
The festival, which was created in 1993, did not take place this year.
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11/19/2023
It is unclear whether Czechia will next year be able to fulfil its NATO commitment to spending 2 percent of its GDP on defence, Czech Television reported. The minister of defence, Jana Černochová, told the station that the country could have an issue with proven defence spending of 2 percent.
While a record CZK 160 billion will go on defence under the 2024 budget, over CZK 8.5 billion of that amount is earmarked for institutions such as the Administration of State Material Reserves and the National Office for Cyber and Information Security.
Czech MPs voted in April to increase defence spending to 2 percent of GDP – in line with a NATO guideline – from next year.
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11/19/2023
It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Monday, with an average high temperature of 10 degrees Celsius. Temperatures are expected to fall to as low as 0 degrees Celsius by the middle of the week.
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11/19/2023
Czech diplomats succeeded in evacuating two relatives of Czech citizens from Gaza on Saturday, the Czech News Agency reported, citing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The two are in the care of the Czech consular team at the country’s embassy in the Egyptian capital Cairo.
On Thursday a Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson said it had information that seven Czech citizens and their three family members were seeking to be evacuated from Gaza.
Israel has been bombarding Gaza since a Hamas attack on Israel on October 7.
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11/18/2023
On Friday the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the deputy Czech ambassador in Moscow, Jiří Čistecký, to convey the country’s disagreement with the placing of a company administering Russian property in Czechia on the latter’s sanctions list, meaning its assets are frozen. The news was reported by Russia’s TASS agency.
The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that it’s chargé d’affaires had been invited to Russia’s Foreign Ministry but revealed no further details.
The Czech ambassador to Russia is officially Vítězslav Pivoňka, though he has been based in Czechia for several months.
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11/18/2023
It should be mainly overcast, with some rain, in Czechia on Sunday, with an average high temperature of 9 degrees Celsius. More cloudy skies are expected on the following days.
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11/18/2023
A memorial service for two-time Czech foreign minister Karel Schwarzenberg will be held at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna on 16 December, the APA news agency reported on Saturday. Schwarzenberg died last weekend at the age of 85.
The funeral mass will be conducted by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, who is archbishop of Vienna. Senior politicians and diplomats are also expected to attend the commemoration.
Mr. Schwarzenberg’s official funeral will take place with state honours on at St. Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle on December 9.
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