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09/24/2024
Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský, who is attending the 79th session of the UN Generally Assembly in New York, has said that if the Pirate Party decides to leave the government he will offer his resignation and simultaneously leave the ranks of the Pirate Party. Lipavský said he could not identify with some of the statements made about the government at Tuesday’s press conference of the Pirate Party. Prime Minister Fiala made it clear he did not want to lose Lipavský as foreign minister and President Pavel also said it would be unfortunate to have a change-of-guard at the top foreign ministry post.
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09/24/2024
At a press conference with the leaders of the Together (SPOLU) coalition, Prime Minister Petr Fiala reiterated that the Pirate Party was not being kicked out of the government. He said his decision to dismiss Ivan Bartoš from office for incompetence did not mean that he wanted to terminate the coalition agreement with the Pirate Party as such and stressed that he was highly satisfied with the work of the party’s two other ministers - Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský and Minister for Legislation Michal Šalomoun. The prime minister stressed that it was up to the Pirate Party to find a suitable candidate to replace Bartoš, but added that he has received signals that the Pirate Party will not remain in the government.
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09/24/2024
Some Pirate Party members say that if the Pirate Party decides to leave the Fiala government, the Mayors and Independents with whom they were in a coalition when they entered the government, should go with them. Such a step would mean that the Fiala administration would no longer have a majority in the Chamber of Deputies.
The leader of the Mayors and Independents, Interior Minister Vít Rakušan has indicated that he is not prepared to take such a step. He said he would like to see both the Pirates and the Mayors and Independent remain in the government, adding that “quitting was not the way to winning voter support”. Rakušan said that, having made the decision to dismiss Bartoš, it was now up to the prime minister to ensure the stability of the government.
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09/24/2024
President Petr Pavel told reporters in New York on Tuesday that he cannot take a position on the prime minister’s proposal to dismiss Deputy Prime Minister and Regional Development Minister Ivan Bartos until he knows the full context. Mr. Pavel said he would meet with Prime Minister Fiala, Deputy Prime Minister Ivan Bartoš and the leaders of the other coalition parties on Monday before deciding whether to comply with the prime minister’s request. According to President Pavel, it is important to preserve the stability of the government.
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09/24/2024
Following the announcement of their leader’s dismissal from government posts, Pirate Party members are heatedly debating their next course of action and many leading figures say the party should walk out of the Fiala government.
The prime minister’s decision to sack Ivan Bartoš as regional development minister and deputy prime minister for digitalisation, without prior consultations with the party, is viewed by the Pirates as a gross violation of the coalition agreement. Some party members argue that the two other Pirate Party ministers - Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský and Legislation Minister Michal Šalomoun - should also quit their posts.
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09/24/2024
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala has announced that he will propose the dismissal of Pirate Party leader Ivan Bartoš from his post as deputy prime minister and minister for regional development. The head of government said Bartoš had failed to secure the digitalization of construction management and, does not even acknowledge the mistakes made. Mr. Fiala said that he would ask the party to propose a candidate for the job who would be up to the task.
The prime minister stressed that he was not terminating the coalition agreement with the Pirate Party as such, saying he was highly satisfied with the performance of the two other Pirate Party ministers in the government – Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský and Minister for Legislation Michal Šalomoun.
Fiala's surprise announcement came just hours after Mr. Bartoš assured the media that his party and he himself would remain in government. At the weekend, the Pirate Party suffered a crushing defeat in the regional and Senate elections after which Bartoš resigned as party leader along with the whole party leadership.
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09/24/2024
The police have arrested and charged a 26-year-old foreign national who killed a man on Prague’s Národní třída on Saturday night. According to a police report, cited in Novinky.cz, the incident took place between two groups of tourists in the city centre, when one of them smashed a bottle of vodka over the other’s head. The injured man was rushed to hospital where he later died. The incident was caught on a security camera and the aggressor was tracked down and detained at a hotel in Prague 2 where he was staying. He has been charged with grievous bodily harm resulting in death. The police did not disclose the nationality of the victim or aggressor.
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09/24/2024
The flood damage estimate in Czechia, based on insured property claims, has now reached CZK 19.3 billion, the CTK news agency reported, citing financial companies. The estimate for business insurance claims accounts for 61 percent of the total. According to insurance companies, this year’s floods were the second-largest natural disaster since the founding of the independent Czech Republic in 1993. Only the massive floods that hit the country in August 2002 caused more damage. According to Bloomberg, the insured losses caused by the floods in Central Europe will amount to two to three billion euros.
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09/24/2024
Wednesday should be partly cloudy and dry with day temperatures between 18 and 22 degrees Celsius.
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09/24/2024
More and more Czechs are choosing to live in rented accommodation because of the high cost of housing, which is leading to a steady rise in rent prices, the news site Novinky.cz reported. The demand is so great that tens of people come to see one property in the big cities. According to KPMG, rents in Prague have risen by an average 10 percent year-on-year, and will continue to rise if the long-term imbalance between supply and demand continues. According to real estate agencies, up to 70 people apply to view one flat-to-rent in Prague, and around 40 do so in Brno.
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