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In February 2024 the Public Opinion Research Centre included into its regular survey some questions focused on what is happening in the Middle East, respectively, in Israel and Palestine.

During the period from the end of January to the first third of March 2024, the Centre for Public Opinion Research asked a set of questions about the attitudes of the Czech public towards accepting refugees from Ukraine. Specifically, the respondents expressed their attitudes towards the admission of Ukrainian refugees with regard to the possibility of their permanent settlement in the Czech Republic and their opinions on whether or not Ukrainian refugees are successfully integrated into our society and in what kind of contact they have with refugees from Ukraine. The survey also included a mapping of interest in current issues surrounding this situation.

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In a survey conducted from the end of January to the first third of March 2024, the Center for Public Opinion Research asked a set of questions about the conflict in Ukraine. The research sought to find out whether people are interested in the development of the situation in Ukraine and whether they consider it to be a security threat to the Czech Republic, Europe and world peace, how citizens feel about the government's actions in support of Ukraine and how they assess possible measures by the international community.

In the period from the end of January to the end of the first third of March 2024 the Public Opinion Research Centre investigated whether respondents trust to top politicians. In a survey there were included names of leaders of parties holding seats in the Chamber of Deputies, members of government, heads of both parliament chambers, and the president.

In the period from the end of January to the end of the first third of March 2024 within the regular survey the Public Opinion Research Centre questioned respondents about their confidence in constitutional institutions. In this survey there was a question about their trust to the President, both Chambers of Parliament, the Government, and Local and Regional Councils.

In the survey of the Public Opinion Research Centre of the Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in the period from the end of September to the beginning of December 2023, a representative sample of citizens of the Czech Republic was asked whether they trust the selected institutions. The survey specifically investigated trust in relation to the Public Defender of Rights (ombudsman), the Constitutional Court and the Czech National Bank.

In October and November 2023, the Public Opinion Research Centre asked a set of questions concerning the opportunities of citizens to participate in political issues and their understanding of politics in general. We also investigated the extent to which Czech citizens are currently interested in politics.

In its autumn survey, the Public Opinion Research Centre examined views on the involvement of citizens in decision-making process, and whether in the opinion of the Czech public, people have certain opportunities to influence the public sphere.

In autumn 2023, the CVVM SOÚ AV ČR asked a set of questions about the interest and involvement of Czech citizens in politics and public life.

In Autumn 2023 respondents had to assess security threats related to selected groups in the Czech Republic and they were also expressing views on threats by war, epidemics, natural disasters, economic crisis or resource crisis. These two questions were amended with an open question trying to find out, which countries represent a security threat for the Czech Republic. The survey also focused on expectations concerning the future of the personal life of citizens, the future of the Czech society and the future of the whole humankind.