Krejčí, Rajf & partneři (NeplatUroky.cz)
A first-grader's kit at 3300 koruna, and a bill parliament will decide on
The release joins two things: school supplies cost around 3300 koruna, almost half of that the satchel, and an unexpected expense of 16,800 koruna is beyond a fifth of Czech households. Parliament meanwhile is to decide whether people lent money without proper checks keep today's statutory protection.
Source: Krejčí, Rajf & partneři (NeplatUroky.cz)
Editor's note. Behind the text is a law firm that lives off unchecked loans. The figures of 3,300 and 16,800 koruna rest on „publicly available sources“ with nothing more specific, and on the amendment it talks about the consequence, not the clause.
GrapeCare
Twice as many people over eighty in twenty years. The sums come from a firm that imports carers
The release builds on a statistical office projection: about 871 thousand people over eighty by 2041, against 466 thousand at the start of 2023. To keep today's ratio of beds the state would have to build some 600 new care homes for about 80 billion. Today's ratio already falls short, with over 70 thousand unmet applications on record. The conclusion is that care must shift into people's homes and that some 35 thousand new home carers will be needed.
Source: GrapeCare · Czech Statistical Office – projection of the senior population
Editor's note. The carers are brought over from the Philippines by the same firm that worked out how many will be needed. The rise in the number of older people matches the statistics office; the figures of 466 and 871 thousand lead nowhere except back to this release. Where the 80 billion comes from, it does not say.
Akademie pacientských organizací
A hundred and forty patient organisations live year to year
Around 140 patient organisations operate in the country; for people facing a serious diagnosis they are often the first place to find plain information and practical help, and they also take part in debates on how care is shaped. Their operating money is not secure. It depends on whether they succeed in grant calls and attract donations. The eleventh Summer School of the Academy of Patient Organisations took up the subject.
Source: Akademie pacientských organizací
Editor's note. The ones speaking are the ones whose money is at stake. Where the figure of 140 comes from, and what the conference actually proposed, is missing.
Sdružení pro bankovní karty
Card association reports further growth in card and mobile payments over the half-year
According to the Bank Card Association, both purchasing demand and the use of cards and mobile tokens grew in the first half of 2026; the association places the domestic market among the fastest growing in Europe.
Source: Sdružení pro bankovní karty
Editor's note. The card market here is described by the trade body of banks and card companies. Concrete figures are absent from this section, and the comparison with Europe comes from nowhere stated.
