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A joint police team from Czechia, Slovakia and Ukraine arrested a Ukrainian man in Ukraine as part of an investigation into bomb threats to Czech and Slovak schools last September. Slovak police said that the raids began on Wednesday morning at various locations in Dnipro, with the aim of securing computer and telecommunications equipment.
At the beginning of the last school year, hundreds of schools in the Czech Republic and Slovakia repeatedly received threatening e-mails. The author of the threats claimed that there were bombs in the school buildings. Slovak police said at the time that they were investigating the case as a terrorist attack, for which the perpetrator could face life imprisonment.
President Petr Pavel will meet with Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Japan next week, the Office of the President of the Republic informed journalists on Wednesday.
His agenda also includes the opening of the Czech National Day at the Expo 2025 World Exhibition in Osaka and the commemoration of the victims of the atomic bomb explosion in Hiroshima eighty years ago. President Pavel will travel to Japan on Monday, accompanied by a business delegation. The last Czech president to visit Japan was Václav Klaus, in 2007 and 2008.
Czechia will not join the purchase of American weapons for Ukraine, which is defending itself against the Russian invasion, at this time. According to Prime Minister Petr Fiala, Czechia is focusing on other ways to support Ukraine. The Ministry of Defence shares the same position as the prime minister. On Monday, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States will sell modern weapons to NATO countries, with NATO coordinating these deliveries.
An ANO-led government would cancel the Czech ammunition initiative, which helps supply Ukraine with artillery ammunition, if it wins the autumn elections, the party’s leader Andrej Babiš said in an interview with Reuters.
The Czech ammunition initiative for Ukraine helped deliver 1.5 million rounds of ammunition last year. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the programme effective during his visit to Prague in May. However, Mr Babiš has long criticized the initiative, and in the interview also said that NATO's new defence spending targets were too high, and that he would "take another look" at the Czech contract to buy 24 F-35 fighter jets.
Organisers of a multi-genre festival, the proceeds of which go to socially excluded children, and a volunteer who tutors children from disadvantaged backgrounds were among roughly sixty young people who met with President Petr Pavel on Tuesday evening at the presidential residence in Lány. The event was a gesture of appreciation for active young individuals, for their contributions to volunteering, education, community life and care for their surroundings. It was also an opportunity for them to exchange experiences.
Supporters of the death penalty in Czechia again outweigh its opponents, with 52% of people over 15 years old agreeing with it, according to a survey by the Centre for Public Opinion Research (CVVM). The survey was conducted in late May and early June, and the results were published on the CVVM website on Wednesday.
The death penalty was abolished in Czechoslovakia in 1990 after the fall of communism. In this year’s survey, 17% are definitely against it, while 28% disagree less strongly. "Regarding age, older respondents were more likely to support the death penalty than younger respondents," the CVVM reported. The survey also showed that people with tertiary education have a more negative attitude towards the death penalty, compared with people without higher education.
Detectives in Olomouc have used AI to create a probable image of the murderer of a video-rental employee in 2005. From the original facial composite, they have created a probable image of the perpetrator after twenty years of natural aging. Thirteen days remain before the case will be over twenty years old and will be statute-barred, according to the old criminal code.
The police are appealing to the public for help. The case was opened about ten years ago by specialists from the Tempus team, which investigates unsolved cases of serious violent crimes from the past. The 31-year-old woman was murdered on July 29th 2005 in a video rental shop on the main square in Šternberk. The woman had several stab wounds to her body.
Thursday’s weather will see high cloud cover, showers in most areas, and isolated thunderstorms. Highest temperatures from 18 to 22 °C.
At the Technical University of Liberec, a T-shirt has been developed with the ability to identify micro-sleep thanks to sensors in the fabric that detect slow breathing. With a connected alarm system in place, the innovation aims to combat the effects of driver fatigue, which causes up to one fifth of all road accidents according to experts.
Colours of Ostrava, the biggest international music festival in Czechia, is this year bringing Iggy Pop, Sting, Snow Patrol, The Chainsmokers and many more acts to the Silesian city. Before the 2025 edition’s start on July 16th, Danny Bate spoke to the festival’s spokesman, Ondřej Bambas, to find out more.
Recent reports of Czech clarinetist Jaroslav Škuta being denied entry to the United States have sparked debate about harsh border controls. But his case – like several before it – shows that U.S. immigration officers are simply enforcing long-standing rules.
Lemurs that survive only near a remote lake in Madagascar, snakes that hunt with spider-shaped tails, fish from Mexico extinct in the wild, and solitary Indian rhinos. These are just some of the rare and endangered species visitors can see at the nearly 100-year-old Pilsen Zoo and Botanical Garden. We went there to speak to the animal’s caretakers.
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