The government’s electronic cash register system, known as EET, will be suspended until the end of 2020 in a bid to help businesses hit hard by the coronavirus crisis. The law enabling the suspension of...
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Daily news summary 28.5.2020
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Number of smokers in Czechia continues to drop
The number of smokers in the Czech Republic has been steadily decreasing over the past seven years, according to new data released on Thursday. Less than 25 percent of respondents in an annual survey conducted...
Czech government moves to granting medical marijuana production licences to multiple growers
The Czech government has approved a draft amendment to the Act on Addictive Substances that will allow issuing licences to both grow and export medical marijuana. The bill would also newly allow more than a...
More contactless, less cash on delivery: Crisis impacting Czech payment methods, report shows
Czechs’ payments methods have been affected by the coronavirus crisis, with people increasingly preferring to use bank cards when making online purchases, rather than paying cash on delivery, according to a report released by the Czec...
Czech state to provide loan for nuclear unit due to launch in 2037
The Czech state will provide a loan to CEZ to build a new unit at the Dukovany nuclear power station, government leaders have announced. The state should contribute around 70 percent of the expected cost...
Coronavirus: No deaths reported in Czechia in two days
The number of newly registered Covid-19 infections in the Czech Republic rose by 36 on Wednesday, which is the lowest figure in the past six days, according to Czech Health Ministry statistics. There have been...
Slovak PM to visit Prague next week
Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovič is due to visit to the Czech Republic next Wednesday, June 3. It will be his first trip abroad since being elected in March. In Prague, Igor Matovič will be...
Demagog.cz to help Facebook identify false information on social network
Czech fact-checking website Demagog.cz is set to team up with Facebook in identifying false information, hoaxes and manipulations spread over the social network, Denik N’s website wrote on Wednesday. In practice, this will mean that th...
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Friday is expected to be partly cloudy with daytime temperatures ranging between 15 and 20 degrees Celsius.