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This Monday sees another series of restrictions lifted as the coronavirus epidemic in the Czech Republic subsides. After five months of forced closure, hotels and lodging houses are again allowed to open. Meanwhile, schools and universities across the country have been allowed to return fully to classroom teaching. The attendance cap on cultural events and sports activities has been expanded. Photo: Malin Strandvall, Unsplash, CC0 Hotels, guest houses and also outdoor camps are now allowed to reopen for travellers. However, conditions still apply. Visitors must present a negative PCR or antigen coronavirus test no older than 48 hours when checking in. They are also required to undertake another test if their stay exceeds seven days. ....
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš hosted his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vučič in his official residence of Kramářova Villa in Prague on Wednesday afternoon. After the meeting, Mr. Babiš tweeted that Serbia is ready to donate 100,000 Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines to the Czech Republic. The two leaders also discussed economic cooperation and the current situation in the Western Balkans. On Tuesday, the Serbian prime minister met with Czech President Miloš Zeman, after which President Zeman issued an official apology for the bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, which the Czech Republic supported as a NATO alliance member. Prime Minister Babiš has said in the past that he is in favour of Serbia joining the EU. ....
The Czech health minister has come under fire after allegations that he had withheld information about supplementary income. Petr Arenberger - who only took office on 7 April - has been asked to explain alleged substantial irregularities in his tax returns, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has said. National media have reported that Arenberger had declared significantly more assets and a higher income after joining the government than in previous years. Before becoming a member of the Czech Cabinet, he was the director of the Vinohrady University Hospital in Prague. Opposition politicians have now accused the health minister of renting an undeclared property to the university hospital before he was appointed. ....
Photo: Jernej Furman, Flickr, CC BY 2.0 The coronavirus crisis has sparked new debate about the minimum wage. Unions are pushing for a sizable increase but employers and the opposition have come out against this. Photo: Jernej Furman, Flickr, CC BY 2.0 At present the minimum monthly wage in the Czech Republic stands at CZK 14,600. The head of the country’s Confederation of Trade Unions, Josef Středula, says this figure should be increased to CZK 16,000, Czech Television reported. Jaroslav Hanák, photo: Šárka Ševčíková, Czech Radio The workers leader said this rise would help boost consumption and so aid the economic recovery, adding that the Czech minimum salary was among the lowest in Europe. ....