• Center of Prague experiences brief power outage

    10/20/2025

    The center of Prague experienced a power outage on Monday after 1:00 PM, lasting approximately 20 minutes. It was caused by a fault at the substation, just like the one that occurred ten days ago. Karel Hanzelka, a spokesperson for Prague Energy (PRE), told ČTK. The outage mainly affected the areas near Vinohrady in the center of the city.
    Author: Jakub Ferenčík

  • Czech property sales rise by 15%
    10/20/2025

    In the third quarter of this year, property owners sold nearly 22,000 apartments, houses, and cottages, which is almost 15 percent more than last year. Prices increased across all segments and regions compared to the same period last year. The average price of an apartment rose by 10 percent to 5.1 million CZK. Family houses went up by 12.4 percent to an average of 6.7 million CZK, and cottages increased by 9.2 percent to nearly 3 million CZK. This is according to an analysis by the real estate platform Reas.cz, which is available to ČTK.
    Author: Jakub Ferenčík

  • Quarter of Czech start-ups considering moving abroad
    10/20/2025

    A quarter of Czech start-ups are seriously considering relocating their headquarters abroad, and another six percent have already done so, according to a recent survey of over 200 Czech start-ups. The biggest obstacles to further development, according to the survey, are high taxes, bureaucratic burdens, and labor market issues. The survey was conducted by representatives of the Czech Start-up Association, the state agency CzechInvest, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The results were presented today in Prague by Kamila Zahradníčková, director of Lakmoos AI, who analyzed the findings.
    Author: Jakub Ferenčík

  • Tennis player Muchová advances to second round in Tokyo tournament
    10/20/2025

    Tennis player Karolína Muchová advanced to the second round of the Tokyo tournament after her Czech compatriot Markéta Vondroušová retired. The eighth-seeded Muchová won the first set 6-2 and was leading 1-0 in the second when the former Wimbledon champion withdrew due to issues with her right shoulder.
    Author: Jakub Ferenčík

  • Prague to ban electric scooters from January
    10/20/2025

    Starting in January, Prague will introduce a new system to regulate shared transportation, which includes a ban on the provision of electric scooters. The city council approved the measure on Monday. The reason for the ban is years of criticism from residents and central city districts, who say parked scooters block streets and that mostly tourists endanger pedestrians by riding on sidewalks.
    Author: Jakub Ferenčík

  • Czechia takes over as Guest of Honour for 2026 Frankfurt Book Fair
    10/20/2025

    Czechia officially assumed the role of Guest of Honour for next year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, taking over from the Philippines at the closing ceremony of this year’s edition. The handover was marked by the presentation of a glass scroll containing an excerpt from Bohumil Hrabal’s Too Loud a Solitude, symbolically launching the Year of Czech Culture.

    Throughout 2026, Czech culture, especially literature, will be showcased across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The presentation will carry the motto “A Country on the Shore,” a nod to Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, in which the playwright famously placed Bohemia by the sea.

    According to Martin Krafl, head of the Czech Literary Centre, up to 80 Czech authors are expected to represent the country at next year’s book fair.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • ANO, SPD, and Motorists negotiate emerging government’s policy program
    10/20/2025

    Negotiating teams from ANO, SPD, and the Motorists’ party will meet Monday through Friday to finalize the policy program of their planned coalition government. ANO leader Andrej Babiš will not attend the talks, citing a short holiday. The discussions will instead be led by ANO deputy leaders Karel Havlíček and Alena Schillerová. Talks will begin Monday focusing on the finance, industry, and defence portfolios. ANO aims to present the final program and cabinet lineup to the president in November.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Weather forecast
    10/19/2025

    Monday should be partly cloudy to overcast with day temperatures between 9 and 14 degrees Celsius.

  • Protesters in Prague oppose Motorists’ getting environment portfolio
    10/19/2025

    Several hundred people gathered on Prague’s Hradčanské Square on Sunday to protest against plans for the Motorists’ party to get the environment portfolio in the next government. Demonstrators warned that the party disputes the scientific consensus on climate change and could cause irreparable damage to Czech nature. They urged President Petr Pavel to reject the party’s nominee for environment minister.

    ANO leader Andrej Babiš met with environmental activists on Friday in response to a similar appeal, but made it clear that he could not change the agreed division of portfolios in the emerging government.

    Motorists’ leader and likely nominee for environment minister, Petr Macinka, dismissed the protest as an attempt to “rewrite the election results.”
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Prague’s Yellow Spa to open “Heart of Europe” light park
    10/19/2025

    The Žluté lázně (Yellow Spa) riverside area in Prague’s Podolí district will once again host a light exhibition on its premises, a popular annual event held from the end of October to the end of January. Titled Heart of Europe, the illuminated trail will guide visitors across the continent’s history, from ancient temples and medieval cathedrals to modern landmarks. Among the 250 light installations representing nine European countries are the Roman Colosseum, Athens’ Acropolis, London’s Big Ben and Tower Bridge, Barcelona’s Sagrada Família, Dutch windmills, Paris’s Eiffel Tower and Prague Castle. The exhibition was half a year in the making and is due to open on October 31.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

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