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Five times more people applied for one-time social assistance in the Czech Republic than last year, which experts attribute to changes related to the new super benefit that replaced several older benefits, and the increased need for financial assistance due to economic difficulties. #mimořádnápomoc #superdávka #sociálnípomoc (translated)

Martina Fraňková wrote to Boris Šťastný that Prague voters are, in her opinion, neither politically nor economically incompetent like him, and added a personal insult. She noted the cancellation of public transport fares with a mischievous tilde. #Praha #politika #MHD (translated)

Roman M wrote that Volodymyr Zelensky sharply responded to Marco Rubio's statements about the deadlock in peace negotiations. According to the author, Zelensky argued that it is not possible to negotiate future economic projects with Russia while also claiming that diplomacy has reached a dead end. #Zelenskyj #mír #diplomacie (translated)

Denik P – Paukner Media addressed Filip Turek's apology for his statements about the DUHA Movement in a post. It stated that Turek repeated the wording of the court ruling in the video, but also mentioned which people he believed left the original team at the Ministry of the Environment. The author focused on their professional backgrounds and attitudes towards energy. Regarding Martin Sedlák, an advisor to Petr Hladík, it was written that he previously worked in the DUHA Movement and later led the Union of Modern Energy and the Alliance for a Zero-Emission Future. He attributed to him statements from 2009 and 2011 against the need for nuclear energy and stated that he collaborated with DUHA on delaying the completion of Temelín. Martin Ander, another former DUHA employee and advisor to the minister, was identified as a proponent of a zero-emission economy and strict measures against both coal and nuclear power plants. It was claimed that Ander advocated for the termination of Czech nuclear energy and that similar policies in Germany contributed to the consequences of the energy crisis. The head of the climate protection section at the ministry, Petr Holub, was also linked by the author to the DUHA Movement and opposition to nuclear energy. It was noted that Holub promoted climate education at the ministry and participated in the National Climate and Energy Plan, which, according to the post, set a 30% share of production from renewable sources. It was also claimed that Holub advocated for subsidy support in the law for the creation of renewable energy capacity corresponding to ten times the installed capacity of Dukovany. The author estimated the investment costs from 2023 to 2030 at 100 billion crowns per year and referred to a SEEPIA study. Eva Lejsalová, the director of PR at the ministry, was described by the author as a former director of the political institute of KDU-ČSL, not an environmental expert. Regarding communication director Martin Polívka, it was written that he was Hladík's chief of staff in Brno; according to the author, he did not have the necessary education and called himself a political marketing expert. Petr Holub's advisor, Edvard Sequens, was labeled as an anti-nuclear activist and a member of the Calla association. He attributed to him support for the rapid end of coal energy and industrial contraction and stated that the association opposed new reactors in Dukovany and Temelín even in 2025. According to the author, Sequens considered nuclear energy an outdated technology that could be replaced by renewable sources and lower energy consumption in industries. Regarding Radim Misiaček, the project director of acceleration zones, the author stated that his contract with the ministry included a fee of 7,000 crowns daily for selecting experts, without a specified working time. Among the selected, he mentioned Martin Abel, a candidate from the Greens and a member of the Climate Lawsuit association, and Eva Volfová, a politician from STAN, whom he claimed had gained a stake in a company drawing state contracts. He added that he believed the case was being investigated by the police. In conclusion, the author refused to assess whether they were experts. He reacted to the media's labeling of their departure from the ministry as an "exodus of experts" and "dismantling of the expert team," stating that he wanted to present the people Turek claimed to have "scraped" from the ministry. #HnutíDUHA #energetika #odborníci (translated)

Factories express concern over the absence of pro-growth measures in the proposed state budget, highlighting the need to improve the business environment and warning of the negative impacts on economic growth and Slovakia's competitiveness. #ekonomika #podnikanie #rozpočet (translated)

David Rangl shared part of the speech by writer Radka Denemarková at the opening of the Frankfurt Book Fair, where Czech Republic was the guest of honor, and urged people to read. In her speech, Denemarková stated that, in her opinion, one cannot separate politics from literature at a time when Europe is heading towards authoritarianism, the power ambitions of individuals can plunge a state into chaos, and two former collaborators of the communist State Security are part of the Czech government. According to her, democracy has been limited by society to business and economic pragmatism. She also mentioned the threat that continental China poses to free Taiwan, the defense of Ukrainian freedom at the cost of many human lives, and the normalization of new fascisms, totalitarianisms, and genocides. #literatura #politika #Frankfurtskýknižníveletrh (translated)

Currently, mass protests are taking place in France, initiated by young high school students expressing dissatisfaction with poor conditions in education and the overall political and economic situation in the country, which has led to violent incidents and greater involvement of various layers of society. #protesty #Francozi #mladez (translated)

The author of the article summarized the economic steps taken by the government over the week. He claimed that it was planning to change the distribution of taxes, which would, according to him, deprive Prague, Brno, Ostrava, and Plzeň of billions. He also mentioned that inflation was rising and the government was adding more inflationary pressures. He added that the government wanted to raise taxes, despite having previously rejected this, and that there were fundamental savings missing in state expenditures. #ekonomika #vláda #inflace #CZ (translated)

According to Michal Šimečka, the budget approved by the government on Monday is a fraud on the citizens and a step towards bankruptcy, as it does not take into account economic growth and does not reduce the deficit, while the opposition considers the proposed budget to be proof of the government's inability to effectively manage public finances. #ekonomika (translated)

The article points to the cyclical rise in food prices in the Czech Republic, which is expected based on historical trends and current economic factors, and warns of upcoming challenges caused by climate change and geopolitical conflicts. #CenyPotravin #Inflace #Ekonomika (translated)

"France has a lot of nuclear power plants that need water for cooling. The melting of glaciers will deprive us of this water source, which can have quite a significant economic and security impact," warns glaciologist Jan Kavan from Masaryk University in Brno in an interview for Seznam Zprávy. #ledovce #klimatickákrize #Alpy (translated)