The EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has officially started its operation. A vast majority of the EU Space Programme will be newly managed from the Czech Republic such as the existing EU satellite navigation systems Galileo and EGNOS, Earth observation system Copernicus, upcoming telecommunication system GOVSATCOM as well as infrastructure for space traffic management, space weather and more. In addition, the EU Space Programme will incentivise entrepreneurship and innovations, involvement of small and medium businesses and other activities aimed at development and deployment of services based on users’ needs.
Správa železnic (the Czech railway infrastructure manager) and DB Netz concluded an agreement with a contractor for project phase of a cross-border section of a high-speed railway from Prague to Dresden. Experts will shortly begin to work on document materials for the forthcoming tunnel in Ore Mountains.
On a meeting that took place in Ústí nad Labem, the Czech minister of transport Karel Havlíček and Saxon minister of economic affairs, labour and transport Martin Dulig discussed faster travelling by train, navigability of the Elbe River and signed a memorandum on sharing data about autonomous mobility and digitalisation of transport.
In the first six months of 2021, 112,000 of new vehicles were registered. A share of 4.3% (3,454) belongs to electric and gas-fuelled cars. Registrations increased by 65% on a year-on-year basis compared to the same period in 2020.
The navigability of Elbe River will allow for an eco-friendly waterborne transport and improve conditions for international trade and tourism in the Czech Republic. The German Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Andreas Scheuer and his Czech counterpart Karel Havlíček signed an agreement on navigation of Elbe River.
The single railway ticket system launched in December last year. Since then, 505,000 people bought it in total amount over CZK 50 million. The interest increased especially due to summer holidays.