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- Czech PM slams EC recovery plan as overly generous and unfairThe European Commission’s 750 billion euro recovery plan, which would usean unprecedented scale of joint debt incurred by the bloc's 27 membercountries, is expected to provoke a fierce debate among EU leaders. Theimmediate reaction from Prague has been a thumbs down from the primeminister, but also calls for solidarity from others.4 min
- Debate over food self-sufficiency heats up in Czechia as MPs propose new regulationThis week a proposal put together by some government and opposition membersof the lower-house sparked a heated debate. It suggests imposing a newregulation that would oblige food retailers to ensure that 85 of allnon-specialised products they sell are made in the Czech Republic.Politicians and farmers are divided in their opinion, with some seeing itas a welcome boost to Czech agriculture, while others fear it is a stateintervention in the market.9 min
- Czech government moves to granting medical marijuana production licences to multiple growersThe Czech government has approved a draft amendment to the Act on AddictiveSubstances that will allow issuing licences to both grow and export medicalmarijuana. The bill would also newly allow more than a single centralproducer, with the State Institute for Drug Control granting licences tosmaller ones.4 min
- Czech state to provide loan for nuclear unit due to launch in 2037The Czech state will provide a loan to CEZ to build a new unit at theDukovany nuclear power station, government leaders have announced. Thestate should contribute around 70 percent of the expected cost of themajor, long-discussed project.3 min
- ‘Velvet Retro’: historian Veronika Pehe on Czech pop culture, (anti)heroes, collective memory and post-communist nostalgia – for resistancePopular films, TV series and novels can profoundly shape a nation’scollective memory and cement the evolving historical master narrative. Inher new book, ‘Velvet Retro: Postsocialist Nostalgia and the Politics ofHeroism in Czech Popular Culture’, historian Veronika Pehe examines theevolving ways the era has been portrayed since 1989 – from early comediesto tragic narratives that cast the past as trauma.20 min
- Czech experts recognised for water project aimed at returning landscape to mid-19th centuryA water restoration project from the Czech Republic has been selected amongthe top 10 nominees for this year’s Stockholm Water Prize, knowninformally as the Nobel Prize of water. Created by the association ŽiváVoda, it shows how to retain water in the landscape by renewing the smallwater cycle.4 min
- Official: Covid-19 not primary cause of death in 60 percent of those who have died with diseaseAccording to the Czech Republic’s health information agency, Covid-19 hasnot been the primary cause of death in about 60 percent of those who havedied with the disease in this country. Two-thirds of the deceased have beenaged 75 or over.4 min
- Czech government reopens borders sooner than planned, special regime with SlovakiaThe Czech government has moved to ease travel with three of the country’sneighbour states. All border crossings with Austria and Germany reopened onTuesday, with only random checks. Cross-border travel between the CzechRepublic and Slovakia will be eased as of Wednesday, ahead of a majorloosening of travel restrictions in mid-June.4 min
- Exhibition of facemasks at Prague’s National MuseumThe National Museum in Prague has launched an exhibition of home-made anddesigner facemasks, which have become a symbol of the nation’s fightagainst the coronavirus. The exhibition, called Držíme spolu, or We StickTogether, is on display in the museum’s historical building at the topend of Wenceslas Square.4 min
- Jan Švejnar: Big question is can government deliver smart quarantine if new wave of pandemic hitsThe Czech government’s willingness to tackle the economic impacts of thecoronavirus crisis is impressive, but it must do far better when it comesto actually delivering help to hard-hit companies. And the economicslowdown could even reach double digits if another lockdown is required. Sosays Professor Jan Švejnar of Columbia University, who has headed a teamof economists advising the Czech Republic’s Central Crisis Staff, thenational Covid-19 task force.15 min
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