Civil protection

Report: Czech Government Tells Citizens to ‘Prepare for the Worst’

After the German government told its citizens to stockpile food and water in case of a catastrophe, the Czech government is also now reportedly warning its population to prepare for the worst.

On Sunday, Frankfurter Allgemmeine Sonntagszeitung (FAZ) reported that the German government is set to enact a new “Concept for Civil Defence” which will “require the population to stockpile enough food for ten days.”

On the other side of the border, Czech media is reporting that the country’s food reserves are “struggling” and would be incapable of meeting demand in the event of a national crisis. Supplies of milk powder are particularly low.

The government is calling on citizens to increase their “self-sufficiency” and “food safety” by stockpiling more food.

According to Israeli Live News’ Steven Ben-DeNoon, a resident of the Czech Republic, news stations reporting on the story out of Germany also revealed how the Czech government is telling its citizens to “be prepared for the worst case possible scenario,” which is likely to be a large scale catastrophic terror attack or a nuclear disaster.

Civil protection

German govt OKs new crisis guidelines, rejects criticism

Germany's government on Wednesday approved new guidelines for protecting the population in case of emergencies such as attacks or long-term power outages, and the country's top security official pushed back against criticism of the timing and manner of its presentation.

The "Civil Protection Concept" approved by the Cabinet is the first update to the plan since 1995. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said it was overdue given how much the challenges have changed since and has been in the works for four years.

The likeliest challenge now, he said, is a prolonged power outage in part or all of the country, a major problem for an increasingly digitalized society.

"I can imagine that there are groups or states, or a mixture of groups and states, that would have an interest in testing out how resilient, how adaptable, German society is regarding our dependency on the power supply," he said, without elaborating on who those groups or countries might be.