Thousands protest in Prague over energy crisis

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Czech inflation is at its highest in three decades and expected to peak at around 20 per cent in the coming months. Read more at straitstimes.com.

PRAGUE - Tens of thousands of Czechs protested in Prague against the government to demand more state help with rising energy bills, the largest manifestation of public discontent over the worst cost-of-living crisis in three decades.

Czech inflation, driven mainly by surging housing costs and spiking energy prices, is currently the highest since 1993 and the central bank forecasts it to peak at around 20 per cent in the coming months. Members of extreme political groups that demand exit from the EU and Nato, including the far-right Freedom and Direct Democracy and the Communist Party, were scheduled to speak at the rally, according to the organisers' website.

 

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