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Způsobila takzvaná zelená politika Evropské unie prudký nárůst inflace v České republice, ke kterému došlo zejména v roce 2022? Ne, to není pravda: podle ekonomických analýz nárůst inflace v této době ovlivnila souhra faktorů jako energetická krize, zásahy do ekonomik související s pandemií onemocnění Covid-19, včetně narušení globálních dodavatelských řetězců, a především válka na Ukrajině.Toto tvrzení se objevilo ve videu…

Dokazuje nárůst státního dluhu České republiky od roku 2004, kdy země vstoupila do Evropské unie, že členství v unii není výhodné? Ne, není to pravda: ukazatel neprokazuje, že členství v EU je pro Česko nevýhodné. Naopak, ekonomické analýzy a studie z roku 2024 ukazují, že česká ekonomika během členství v unii významně rostla, přiblížila se k bohatším ekonomikám evropského bloku…

Blokuje Komerční banka platební karty klientům, kteří jí nenahlásí, že cestují mimo Českou republiku? Ne, není to pravda: Banka sleduje pohyby na kartách, aby zabránila jejich zneužití. Místo platby nebo výběru jí pomáhá vyhodnotit, zda je aktivita podezřelá. Klientům proto nabízí možnost nahlásit zahraniční cestu, aby použití karty v cizině nevzbudilo podezření. Banka ale automaticky neblokuje karty těm, kteří to…

Zůstaly by České republice stejné výhody, pokud by vystoupila z Evropské Unie a stala se členem Evropského sdružení volného obchodu (EFTA), mezivládní organizace, která sdružuje Island, Lichtenštejnsko, Norsko a Švýcarsko? Ne, není to pravda: Česko by přišlo o čisté příjmy z evropských fondů, které podle Ministerstva financí činily v posledních letech desítky miliard korun ročně. Toto tvrzení se objevilo ve…

Bylo důvodem masivního výpadku elektřiny, který v červenci 2025 zasáhl Prahu a části Česka, přetížení sítě přítokem elektřiny z obnovitelných zdrojů z Německa? Ne, není to pravda: výpadek způsobil pád vysokonapěťového vedení, což potvrdil provozovatel české přenosové soustavy ČEPS i Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu. Oba úřady opakovaně vyloučily přeshraniční toky či neregulovaný dovoz obnovitelné energie jako příčinu blackoutu.Tvrzení se objevilo…

Is former Czech President Vaclav Klaus the real owner of the largest Czech investment and financial group, PPF? No, that's not true: The holding was founded by the late Czech billionaire Petr Kellner in the early nineties and is now owned and run by his family. In the past, the group supported the Vaclav Klaus Institute, a think tank established…

Did the Czech central bank, or CNB, announce at the start of 2025 that it would utilize ChatGPT to forecast inflation rate developments? No, that's not true: The bank did not announce plans to use ChatGPT to forecast inflation. Instead, in early 2025, the CNB published a blog post describing an experiment it conducted testing AI's initial potential for inflation…

Is the Czech Republic donating 2 billion euros to Ukraine for medical aid? No, that's not true: The Czech Republic will reconstruct Ukrainian hospitals for 98 million euros (2.5 billion koruna) using the EU's Ukraine Facility Program funds, allocated by the bloc for Ukraine's aid. It is not the Czech Republic's money, and the amount is not 2 billion euros.…

Do the obligations of real estate owners to pay annual property taxes to the authorities mean that they do not own the property at all? No, that's not true: property ownership comes with rights and obligations, as defined by law. Owners have the right to own, dispose of, or bequeath properties, as is also guaranteed by the EU's Charter of…

Did the Czech government refuse to help citizens with financial relief for the 2024 floods, while providing funds to aid Ukraine instead? No, that's not true: The Czech government allocated and used funds worth billions of koruna from the 2024 and 2025 state budgets to assist people affected by the severe floods that hit the country in September 2024. Extensive…

Is the EU planning to seize savings from citizens' accounts to fund its new defence policy and armaments? No, that's not true: The EU plans to increase defence spending to deter potential Russian attacks and reduce military dependence on the United States, but the proposed ways of funding this policy do not include seizing citizens' savings.The claim appeared in a…

Did the Ukrainian beverage company Obolon buy a traditional Czech beer brand, Braník, a lager brewed by Pivovary Staropramen, part of the Molson Coors Beverage Company? No, that's not true: A spokeswoman for Pivovary Staropramen confirmed to Lead Stories that there was no such deal and that the information was false. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) published…

Does the appreciation of the Russian ruble against the U.S. dollar prove that Western sanctions against Russia are not working? No, it doesn't: Economists argue that the relationship between sanctions and exchange rate developments is not one-to-one and that the effectiveness of sanctions cannot be inferred from the exchange rate. In some cases, sanctions can paradoxically strengthen the sanctioned country's…

Does paying by card when traveling abroad protect Czechs from additional costs or Czech companies with euro bank accounts from currency exchange costs when exporting goods? No, that's not true: Payments by card abroad still involve transactional costs charged by banks or other providers, and for companies, to have a foreign currency account is also more expensive than having a…

Did the poultry discovered to have salmonella by Czech veterinary authorities in March 2024 come from Ukraine? No, that's not true: The case referred to in the video on TikTok is about chicken meat that came from a Czech farm. CNN Prima News, whose social media post was used in the video on TikTok, states the details in the article…

Does Hungarian-American billionaire hedge fund manager George Soros own Seznam.cz, the largest Czech search engine? No, that's not true: A company press release from 2016 and publicly accessible company filings confirm that the search engine's shareholders are its founder, Ivo Lukacevic, and Seznam.cz itself. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on TikTok on December 13, 2023. The text…

Is the so-called Green Deal, a package of European Union policy initiatives, a political scheme designed to impoverish and rob citizens that is not aimed at reducing the harmful effects of climate change? No, that's not true: Green Deal policy objectives are designed to help transform the European Union into a prosperous community with modern and competitive economies while aiming…

Was the bird flu outbreak at a Czech poultry farm in January 2024, resulting in the culling of 73,000 chickens, actually a deliberate scheme to introduce U.S. poultry into the Czech market? No, that's not true: Authorities confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza at a poultry farm near Chocen, located two hours east of Prague. The claim…

Do iPhones secretly use infrared flashes to take and store pictures of your face? No, that's not true: On models that support it, iPhones have an Attention Aware feature, which checks if you're looking at the device to prevent it from locking or dimming the screen, and a Face ID feature, to provide authentication through facial recognition. Both features don't…

Has the European Union's policy of becoming carbon neutral by 2050, the Green Deal, caused the energy crisis that has led to a rise in prices in the European Union in recent years? No, that's not true: The European Union is facing an energy crisis because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The claim appeared in a video (archived here)…