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10/08/2023
Monday should be overcast with rain around the country and day temperatures between 9 and 16 degrees Celsius.
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10/08/2023
Czech travel agencies have cancelled package tours to Israel until further notice. Jan Papež, vice-chairman of the Association of Czech Travel Agencies said that travel agencies will negotiate with clients who are already there on an individual basis. Clients who do not want to return to the Czech Republic immediately can continue as planned. Those who decide to return, will need to use a regular airline. No repatriation flight is planned, Papež said.
Due to the situation in Israel, some flights between Prague and Tel Aviv have been cancelled or delayed. Václav Havel Airport has therefore advised passengers to monitor the websites of the carriers from which they have purchased their tickets.
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10/08/2023
Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský has assured Israel of Czechia’s support and solidarity as it defends itself against attacks by Palestinian radicals. Mr. Lipavský said he had spoken with Israeli diplomatic chief Eli Cohen on Sunday morning and told him that Czechia is ready to help Israel to the best of its ability, both directly and on international platforms.
The Czech president and the head of government have both strongly condemned Hamas for launching terrorist attacks on Israel.
“The attack by the Palestinian radical movement Hamas is a reprehensible terrorist act against the State of Israel and the civilian population” President Petr Pavel said in a statement on Saturday. He said the rocket attacks and the infiltration of Hamas commandos into Israeli territory would provoke a harsh and justified Israeli response and will block for a long time any efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
"I condemn the terrorist attacks on Israel," Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on X, formerly known as Twitter. "My thoughts are with the innocent victims of the violence and I wish our friends in Israel the swiftest possible handling of the situation and the fulfilment of their ambitions to live in peace and security. The Czech Republic has always stood and will stand fully with Israel," he added.
The Interior Ministry has ordered increased security around the Israeli Embassy in Prague and other sites as a precautionary measure.
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10/08/2023
Nature conservationists are still searching for an Asian hornets nest near Plzen, in West Bohemia. Several individuals of this invasive insect species, which preys on bees, were registered in the vicinity earlier this week. Members of the Nature and Landscape Protection Agency are now mapping the area and doing a night survey using thermal cameras, in the hope of detecting the nest if it is located outdoors. They have urged the locals to check their barns and other premises where the nest could be hidden. According to Tomáš Görner from the Nature and Landscape Protection Agency, which monitors invasive species in Czechia, it is important to find and eradicate the Asian hornets nest so as to prevent the species from spreading and killing local honey bees.
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10/08/2023
Military pilot Oldřich Pelčák has died at the age of 79, the Military History Institute wrote on its Facebook page. Pelčák, who graduated from the aeronautical academy in Košice, was one of two Czechoslovak astronauts who underwent a rigorous space training program in Russia in the 1970s. He trained as a back-up to Vladimir Remek who eventually boarded the Soyuz 28 spacecraft and spent almost eight days in orbit in March 1978. Pelčák piloted many types of aircraft, from fighter to transport, before retiring in 1999. He actively promoted astronautics among the young generation.
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10/08/2023
Czech kayaker Vít Prindiš won his third silver medal at the ICF World Championships in the water slalom event on Saturday, maintaining his overall lead with a second-place finish in Paris. Prindiš thus equaled the Czech record with three world championship medals wins alongside Jiří Prskavac and four other kayakers. Canoeist Gabriela Satková also won silver in the water slalom, with the gold going to Jessica Fox from Australia.
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10/08/2023
The Czech Foreign Ministry says it has no information on any Czechs missing, injured or killed in Israel, in the attacks carried out by Palestinian radicals . All of the 200 or so Czechs who are now in Israel with travel agencies are reported to be safe, as are Czechs permanently residing in Israel. The staff of the Czech Embassy in Tel Aviv are also safe, Czech Ambassador to Israel, Veronika Kuchyňová Šmigolová, told Czech Television. Czechs who travelled to Israel independently are advised to register with the Foreign Ministry's travel data base Drozd via which they can receive regular information and assistance.
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10/07/2023
Sunday should be partly cloudy to overcast with rain and daytime highs between 11 and 16 degrees Celsius.
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10/07/2023
A stretch of Prague metro’s C-line will remain out of operation all day on Saturday due to repairs, the Prague Transit Company reported. Trains are not running between Hlavní nádraží and Vltavská stations. As with previous closures, the company has provided replacement transport - tram line XC –along that stretch.
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10/07/2023
Prague firefighters were called to a fire in a dilapidated building near Prague's Smíchov train station on Saturday morning. They evacuated 11 people from the building which was occupied by squatters. One woman, who suffered smoke-inhalation, was treated by paramedics at the scene. The building is slated for demolition. An investigation is underway.
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