The current situation in the air traffic between the Czech Republic and Russian Federation results from the failure of aviation authorities of both countries to reach an agreement. In this connection, the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation limited unilaterally the right of flying over the Siberian part of the Russian territory for České aerolinie, a.s. on their flights from/to Prague and Soul, which had been used by the Czech carrier for long. The Czech side considers this step to be a breach of the existing arrangements, so it has limited the rights of Russian air carriers pursuant to the Air Transport Agreement (1966).
The opening ceremony took place on the next section of the D3 motorway today. These 8 km of a new motorway connect the municipalities Bošilec and Ševětín, and more motorway sections will follow. This motorway section will remain free of charge for drivers until the end of the year. This fast connection to the south of Bohemia is currently the motorway section where building works have progressed most.
The high-speed connection between Prague and Dresden shall connect north and south European harbours and make it possible to shift cargo from overloaded motorways onto the railway. This is what the Czech transport minister Vladimír Kremlík agreed on with his Saxon counterpart Martin Dulig.
There is a new opportunity for research organisations, businesses and other entities to get funding for their research projects that will bring new solutions, concepts, technological practices and services with added value for the transportation sector and with economic benefits. On June 12, 2019 the Czech Technology Agency (TA ČR) announced its first public competition under the Ministry of Transport programme DOPRAVA 2020+.
The State Fund for Transport Infrastructure (SFDI) is preparing digital motorway coupons from 2021. The fund head Zbyněk Hořelica informed the transport minister Vladimír Kremlík about this. SFDI also started processing requests from regions to fund category II and III roads and is working on the budget for the next year.