Interior minister proposes financial reward for firefighters and police who served in flood crisis

Interior Minister Vít Rakušan has proposed to the government that police officers and firefighters be rewarded for their exceptional service during the floods. He also reiterated a pledge to guarantee a five per cent pay rise for police officers in the next three years. The security forces had earlier planned a week-long protest outside the government office over low pay.

Meanwhile, the Czech Medical Chamber and the health unions plan to reiterate their demands for salary and wage increases at a press conference on Thursday. The unions have warned that if the government does not raise wages, they will call on health workers to terminate their contracts for overtime work in hospitals by the end of October.