Czech Republic switches to summer time

The Czech Republic switches to summer time, or daylight saving time, at 2 AM on Sunday, along with the rest of Europe. Summer time will end in October. The change will affect 15 express trains which will be delayed by an hour, Czech Railways said. In the Czech Republic, summer time was first introduced during WWI and then again during WWII. It was abolished in 1949 but brought back by the communist authorities in 1979.