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09/19/2023
Some Czech regions complain that the system according to which tax revenues are distributed from state coffers is unfair and are calling for it to be revised. The Central Bohemia Region authorities want to submit an amendment to the law to the lower house in which the present criteria would be replaced by a system that takes into account demographic changes, the structure of the region or the length of roads that it needs to maintain. Under the present legislation, which has been in place since the year 2,000, tax revenues are allocated as a set percentage of the overall revenue raised. The Central Bohemian region says that if the system is not amended it will file a complaint about it to the Constitutional Court. The Pardubice Region and the Zlín Region support the call.
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09/19/2023
Czech power giant ČEZ has put back the deadline for final bids to construct a new nuclear unit at Dukovany by almost a month until October 31, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. The move is being made at the request of one of the three firms in the running for the key contract. The new block should be completed by 2036 and the extension of the deadline will not affect the project’s timeline.
The bidders are EDF from France, South Korea’s KHNP and Westinghouse from North America.
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09/19/2023
In an internal vote, members of the Pirate Party have called on its representatives in the governing coalition to demand the immediate removal of Pavel Blažek of the Civic Democrats as justice minister. The vote was convened after reports of a meeting between the minister and Martin Nejedlý, a close associate of ex-president Miloš Zeman with ties to Russia.
The Pirates also voted to call on leader Ivan Bartoš to discuss the matter with the Mayors party, with which the Pirates stood in the last elections.
The prime minister, Petr Fiala of the Civic Democrats, says ministers are chosen by whichever party controls a particular ministry.
The head of the Mayors and Independents Party, Vít Rakušan, responded by saying the decision was in the hands of the Civic Democrats.
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09/18/2023
The road to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals set eight years ago under the 2030 Agenda is in great difficulty, with the Russian aggression in Ukraine having a direct impact, the Czech president, Petr Pavel, said on Monday at a United Nations summit in New York.
Mr. Pavel said that Czechia was aware of its global responsibility and will therefore send USD 4 milion (about CZK 92 million) to the UN Green Climate Fund between 2024 and 2027 to support developing countries. The Czech government has already decided to do so.
The Czech head of state is also due to make an address in the general debate of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.
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09/18/2023
Students from a German secondary school are to perform the children’s opera Brundibár at the former Terezín ghetto in Bohemia, 80 years after it was first staged by Jewish inmates there during World War II, a spokesperson for the Terezín Memorial said on Monday. Interest in the event is great and few spaces remain for the event at the Magdeburg Barracks.
Brundibár, which was written by Hans Krása, was first performed on September 23, 1943.
The school company and orchestra from Germany’s Wülfrath have already staged the children’s opera elsewhere, including in Israel with survivor Zvi Cohen, who took part in it in Terezín during the Holocaust.
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09/18/2023
While countries on the outer edge of the EU’s Schengen Zone are banning the entry of cars with Russian license plates, Czechia only has an “air border” with Russia and a ban on flights from the country is already in effect, the minister of the interior, Vít Rakušan, said on Monday.
Poland prohibited cars with Russian registration from entering the country at the weekend, following similar moves by Finland and the Baltic States.
Mr. Rakušan told reporters that the Czechs had brought in a ban on Russians with Schengen visas at its airports. He said his government had been the first to suspend the issuance of visas to Russian citizens, the day after the full invasion of Ukraine began.
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09/18/2023
Construction work on a new CZK 6 billion multi-functional hall in Brno began on Monday. The hall, located at the site of the Brno Exhibition Centre, will have a capacity of 13,000. It will be used by the city’s Kometa ice hockey club but will also host a range of other events.
Prime Minister Petr Fiala said in Brno on Monday that the project showed that the city had major ambitions.
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09/18/2023
Some 14 percent of nurses in Czechia are aged 60 or over, says the head of the Institute of Health Information and Statistics. Ladislav Dušek made the comment at a meeting of health sector trade unions on Monday.
At present there is a shortage of around 2,000 nurses in the field of acute and long-term care. However, with the aging population, far more nurses will be required in future, Mr. Dušek said.
There are around 84,000 nurses in Czechia.
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09/18/2023
Czech tennis player Barbora Krejčíková has risen to 10th in the women’s singles world rankings. The 27-year-old – whose career-best placing was second – climbed three places after winning the San Diego Open on Sunday.
Krejčíková also lifted the women’s doubles title in San Diego and her partner Kateřina Siniaková has returned to number one in the doubles rankings.
The top ranked Czech woman in singles is Markéta Vondroušová, who is sixth.
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09/18/2023
It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Tuesday, with an average high temperature of 23 degrees Celsius. The following days are expected to be sunny.
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