The Bohemian (2024)

01/02/2024

24/01/2024

A total of 643 people were sentenced for r**e in the Czech Republic from 2016 to the end of 2022, according to data from the jaktrestrame.cz app, with 46% receiving suspended sentences and 11% suspended sentences with probation. The courts imposed prison sentences in 40% of cases.

Read more: https://thebohemian.news/2024/01/24/majority-of-r**e-convictions-from-2016-22-received-suspended-sentences/

News from the Czech Republic

19/01/2024

Air quality in the Czech Republic was good in 2023, according to a summary report released by the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute yesterday. Concentrations of most pollutants fell again to their lowest levels in a decade, and for the first time ever, no pollutant limits were exceeded for fine dust particles PM10 and PM2.5.

Read more: https://thebohemian.news/2024/01/19/czech-air-quality-showed-improvements-in-2023-with-several-pollutants-never-exceeding-limits/

News from the Czech Republic

18/01/2024

Around 60% of Czechs currently feel threatened, similar to the previous two years, according to a survey by the Center for Public Opinion Research (CVVM) conducted during the autumn and released this week. The most widespread fear is war, followed by a deterioration in living standards.

Read more: https://thebohemian.news/2024/01/18/czechs-fear-of-war-rising-as-economic-worries-are-subsiding-says-survey/

News from the Czech Republic

17/01/2024

The Czech Constitutional Court has rejected a complaint filed by the CEZ energy giant in a dispute with Greenpeace over the latter’s video satirising one of the company’s adverts. The court ruled that it was already clear from the introduction of Greenpeace's video that it was not an official CEZ advertisement, but was obviously an effort to draw attention to the environmental impact of the company's activities using exaggeration and irony, which is a valid part of the free exchange of views in a democratic society.

Read more: https://thebohemian.news/2024/01/17/cez-loses-court-battle-over-satirical-greenpeace-advert/

News from the Czech Republic

16/01/2024

The planned new centres for cancer prevention and supportive care will open at Brno’s Masaryk Institute of Oncology in 2026, PM Petr Fiala said yesterday, while attending the ceremonial launch of the project at the construction site. The Masaryk Institute of Oncology is the largest such facility in the Czech Republic, treating 80,000 patients each year. Fiala added that the new pavilions will save the lives of many people.

Read more: https://thebohemian.news/2024/01/16/brno-to-have-new-cancer-prevention-and-supportive-care-centres-in-2026/

News from the Czech Republic

15/01/2024

This year’s Christmas campaign from the Daruj Kelímek project collected CZK 3,307,225 for 18 different charities, around CZK 400,000 more than last year. The campaign contributed to the positive assessment of the Brno Christmas markets, which were named the best in Europe. In cooperation with the Zelny Trh market, the collection also contributed to the fund for victims and survivors of the tragedy at Charles University in Prague before Christmas.

Read more: https://thebohemian.news/2024/01/15/daruj-kelimek-raised-over-czk-3-3-million-for-charities-and-survivors-of-charles-university-shooting/

News from the Czech Republic

15/01/2024

The opposition ANO said yesterday that it plans to spend the most among Czech parties on the campaign for the European Parliament elections in June, approaching the legal limit of CZK 50 million. The far-right Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) and the Pirate Party are counting on CZK 10 million each, and the Mayors and Independents (STAN) will spend CZK 15 million. The governing Spolu coalition (ODS, KDU-CSL, and TOP 09) is still negotiating over election funding.

Read more: https://thebohemian.news/2024/01/15/ano-to-spend-the-most-almost-czk-50-million-on-european-parliament-election-campaign/

News from the Czech Republic

10/01/2024

A Czech-Slovak team of archaeologists, working in the Peten department in the north of Guatemala, has discovered evidence of one of the oldest Mayan cities ever found, using modern technologies. The city, known as Yax Balam, dates back almost 3,000 years.

Read more: https://thebohemian.news/2024/01/10/czech-slovak-team-finds-one-of-the-oldest-mayan-cities-in-guatemala/

News from the Czech Republic

09/01/2024

Yevgeny Gerasimenko, a Russian national who is wanted in his home country, was detained at Prague airport on Sunday on the basis of an international arrest warrant, though people close to Gerasimenko say his case is political and his alleged financial crimes serve as cover for Russia to get him back. A Prague court will now decide whether Gerasimenko should be extradited back to Russia.

Read More: https://thebohemian.news/2024/01/09/russian-emigrant-wanted-by-russia-detained-in-prague/

News from the Czech Republic

08/01/2024

An increase in the parental allowance (“rodičovský příspěvek”), approved in November as part of the amendment to the State Social Support Act, came into effect at the beginning of January. The parental allowance comes into effect after the financial assistance during maternity leave (“mateřská”) ends.

Read more: https://thebohemian.news/2024/01/08/increased-parental-support-for-families-with-children-born-from-january-2024-onwards/

News from the Czech Republic

08/01/2024

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS) will visit India this week, during which he will meet his counterpart Narendra Modi. Fiala and Modi will discuss the strengthening of relations between the two countries, the development of trade and defence cooperation, and joint scientific research projects.

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News from the Czech Republic

22/12/2023

Czech billionaire Pavel Tykac has bought the Slavia Prague football club from the Chinese CITIC Group. The purchase contract was signed yesterday. The price of the sale has not been released, but media estimates put it at around CZK 2 billion. The football club's arena, Eden Stadium, is a part of the sale.

Read more: https://thebohemian.news/2023/12/22/czech-billionaire-buys-slavia-prague-football-club-from-chinese-group/

22/12/2023

A mass shooting at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in central Prague yesterday left 14 people dead and 25 injured, 10 of them seriously. The shooter also died during the attack, and is thought to have been acting alone. Police are currently establishing the identity of the victims. The government has called a day of national mourning on Saturday, 23 December. Leading Czech politicians called on citizens not to share unverified information about the attack, which is the deadliest mass shooting in the history of the Czech Republic.

Link: https://thebohemian.news/2023/12/22/deadly-shooting-at-charles-university-claims-14-lives-injures-25/

21/12/2023

This year, as in previous years, the popular Free Sports Week event organised by the City of Prague will make many sports facilities in the capital free for the public to use from Monday, 25 December to Sunday, 31 December.

Link: https://thebohemian.news/2023/12/21/sports-facilities-in-prague-will-again-be-free-to-use-in-last-week-of-the-year/

21/12/2023

Czech President Petr Pavel held talks with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris yesterday, during Pavel's approximately two-hour visit to the Elysee Palace. The two men held a one-on-one meeting after a joint statement to the media. Pavel told journalists that Czech-French relations are at a high level, with Paris and Prague agreeing not only on the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, but also on energy and EU enlargement.

Link: https://thebohemian.news/2023/12/21/president-pavel-holds-talks-with-french-president-macron-in-paris/

20/12/2023

The City of Prague will provide a financial donation to the proFem o.p.s. organisation to build a unique centre providing professional help for victims of domestic and sexual violence. Prague councillors approved the donation of CZK 1.3 million on Monday.

Link: https://thebohemian.news/2023/12/20/city-of-prague-to-support-new-centre-for-victims-of-domestic-and-sexual-violence/

20/12/2023

Pilsner Urquell, an official partner of the Czech Olympic Committee, announced yesterday that they will not support the 2024 Paris Olympics under the current conditions, but will provide funding to Czech athletes. The announcement came in reaction to the International Olympic Committee's decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in the Paris Olympics.

Read more: https://thebohemian.news/2023/12/20/pilsner-urquell-withdraw-support-for-olympics-due-to-russian-participation/

19/12/2023

More and more Ukrainian refugees are finding jobs in the Czech Republic; 72% were employed as of November, compared to 67% in June. However, the share of those working in lower-skilled jobs is not decreasing, with three-fifths of them still doing less skilled work than before they left Ukraine.

Link: https://thebohemian.news/2023/12/19/three-quarters-of-ukrainian-refugees-in-the-czech-republic-are-employed/

18/12/2023

Police have shelved the criminal investigation into a fire in Brno which claimed eight lives this spring, stating that it was not a crime and the cause of the fire was apparently an unfortunate accident, spokesperson Pavel Svab wrote on the police website today.

Link: https://thebohemian.news/2023/12/18/police-investigation-finds-no-crime-was-committed-in-may-fire-that-killed-eight-in-brno/

18/12/2023

The quality of education and research in the Czech Republic is not improving; the country ranked 13th in the EU in this pillar of the 2022 Prosperity and Financial Health Index, and dropped to joint 15th position this year. The Nordic countries still lead the index, together with the Netherlands, excelling in the quality of education as well as science and research.

Read more: https://thebohemian.news/2023/12/18/czech-republic-drops-to-15th-place-in-eu-education-research-ranking/

18/12/2023

A total of 1,982 kg of food and drugstore goods were collected in the traditional Mayor’s Advent collection this year, which is almost half a ton more than in the last collection. The collection was organised by the City of Prague in cooperation with the Food Bank for Prague and the Central Bohemian Region, and took place on Thursday, 14 December, on Prague’s Mariánské náměstí.

Link: https://thebohemian.news/2023/12/18/almost-two-tons-of-food-and-drugstore-goods-donated-to-prague-mayors-advent-charity/

15/12/2023

Umělecká Beseda, the oldest Czech art association, is celebrating 160 years since its foundation. To mark the anniversary, Prague City Museum is hosting “Freedom in Art”, an exhibition of works by the association’s members in the reconstructed premises of the Clam-Gallas Palace. The exhibition will run until 29 February 2024.

Read more: https://thebohemian.news/2023/12/15/160th-anniversary-exhibition-of-umelecka-beseda-association-opens-in-clam-gallas-palace/

15/12/2023

Czech PM Petr Fiala told journalists in Brussels yesterday that the decision to open EU accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova is an important signal, which proves that the bloc has an interest in these countries and their future. Also welcoming the decision, Czech President Petr Pavel wrote on social media that the move will be beneficial for the security and prosperity of the Czech Republic, as well as the new candidate countries.

Link: https://thebohemian.news/2023/12/15/czech-leaders-welcome-decision-to-open-eu-accession-talks-with-ukraine-and-moldova/

14/12/2023

A baby Palawan porcupine has been born at Prague Zoo. Visitors can observe the two-week-old addition and both of its parents in the zoo’s “Indonesian Jungle” Pavilion. The young is valuable for breeding, as this species endemic to the Philippine island of Palawan is the only non-American porcupine species listed on the Red List of Threatened Species. Hunting and deforestation are the reason for its declining numbers.

Link: https://thebohemian.news/2023/12/14/rare-palawan-porcupine-baby-born-at-prague-zoo/

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