In brief

• According to the German MDR, since October taxis in Prague have been driving with Tesla's driver-assistance system, which operates largely autonomously, although the driver must supervise the vehicle; MDR reports that its approval in Germany is currently being examined.
• According to the Slovak HNonline.sk, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) announced a visit to Israel, where he wants to discuss air defence system, which he considers a priority; the publisher reports that he has already spoken with the manufacturer of the Arrow missile and with the company Leonardo.
• According to HNonline.sk, this announcement is linked to the concept of developing the Czech army, whose government implementation is to provide protection against missiles in the first stage by 2030.
• According to HNonline.sk, the head of Czech diplomacy, Petr Macinka (Motoristi), believes that Europe should appoint one person with a broad mandate to talk with Russia about the war in Ukraine; he did not rule out the participation of President Petr Pavel, although this name was not officially mentioned, and Pavel himself denied any ambition to be a negotiator.
• According to the Slovak Denník N, a column recalled that 15 years ago Ivan Martin Jirous, a key figure of Czechoslovak underground culture, died; he repeatedly clashed with the communist regime; the text is available in full to subscribers only.

German press

According to the German MDR, in Prague since October taxis have been driving with Tesla's driver-assistance system and moving largely autonomously, although the driver still must sit behind the wheel and supervise the vehicle. MDR reports that the system drives more cautiously than many Prague drivers, but does not always react optimally, and its approval in Germany is currently being examined. (Autonomes Fahren: In Prag fahren Taxis fast von allein – MDR)

Slovak press

According to the Slovak HNonline.sk, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) announced a visit to Israel, where he wants to discuss the local air defence system, which he considers a priority. HNonline.sk reports that Babiš has already spoken with the Israeli manufacturer of the Arrow missile and with the company Leonardo, which together with France offers the SAMP/T system, and that he assessed the Israeli Iron Dome as effective in countering short-range rockets. According to the same publisher, the announcement is linked to the concept of developing the Czech army, whose government implementation is to provide protection against missiles in the first stage by 2030. (Babiš chce v Izraeli rokovať o protivzdušnej obrane, za prioritu označil ochranu pred raketami – HNonline.sk)

The Slovak portal HNonline.sk reports that the head of Czech diplomacy, Petr Macinka (Motoristi movement), believes that Europe should appoint one person with a broad mandate to talk with Russia about the war in Ukraine, rather than linking this role to specific positions of individual states. According to HNonline.sk, Macinka did not rule out the participation of President Petr Pavel, although this name was not officially mentioned anywhere, and the British The Telegraph listed Pavel among candidates. The same publisher reports that Pavel himself denied any ambition to be a European negotiator, adding that he would like to bring his NATO experience (Za Európu by mala s Ruskom rokovať jedna osobnosť s voľným mandátom, vyhlásil Macinka. Nevylúčil ani Pavla – HNonline.sk).

The Slovak Denník N, in the column "Descartova pravda", recalls that 15 years ago Ivan Martin Jirous, a key figure of Czechoslovak underground culture, died. According to Denník N, memories of him, his poems and his short, sometimes humorous comments came back to life in the evening after a performance by the HaDivadlo theatre in Brno. The author also writes that Jirous repeatedly clashed with the communist regime, and the text itself is available in full to subscribers only. (Descartova pravda – Denník N)

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