Events in the year 2022 in the Czech Republic.
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Incumbents
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editOngoing — COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic
- 20 January – The government suspends plans to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for key workers and people over the age of 60, which was expected to come into effect in March.[1]
- 3 September – An estimated 70,000 people, mostly from parties such as Freedom and Direct Democracy and the Communist Party, march in Prague, Czech Republic, demanding the government do more to control soaring energy prices in the country. Organizers of the march criticized rising energy costs, immigration to the country, mask mandates, and the country's involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian War. [2][3][4]
Deaths
edit- 3 January – Jiří Patera, 85, Czech-born Canadian mathematician.
- 8 January – Stanislav Rudolf, 89, Czech writer, screenwriter and dramaturge.[5]
- 9 January – Dušan Klein, 82, Czech film director and screenwriter (How the World Is Losing Poets, How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions, How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives).[6]
- 31 January –
- Jiří Kyncl, 59, Czech Olympic speed skater (1988, 1992).[7]
- Radko Pytlík, 93, Czech literary historian and writer.[8]
- 2 February – Jan Netopilík, 85, Czech Olympic long jumper (1960).[9]
References
edit- ^ "New Czech government dismisses mandate vaccination plan". ABC News. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ^ "Tens of thousands protest in Prague against Czech government, EU and NATO". Reuters. 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Tens of thousands take to streets in Prague to protest against Czech government". 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Tens of thousands protest against Czech government". ABC News.
- ^ "Zemřel spisovatel a scenárista Stanislav Rudolf, bylo mu 89 let | ČeskéNoviny.cz". www.ceskenoviny.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ "Dušan Klein, director of popular 'poetry' film series, dies at age 82". Radio Prague International. 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ "Zemřel olympionik Jiří Kyncl. Dříč, jenž nic nevypustil". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ Kft, Webra International (2022-02-01). "The Visegrad Group: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia | Czech literary historian Pytlik, expert on Svejk, dies aged 93". www.visegradgroup.eu. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ "Zemřel Jan Netopilík - Atletika". www.atletika.cz. Retrieved 2022-10-17.