• Weather forecast
    09/08/2025

    Tuesday will be partly cloudy to clear, with occasional morning fog. Afternoon highs will reach 22 to 26 °C, and about 18 °C at 1,000 at higher elevations.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Jiří Lehečka breaks into top 20 after US Open quarterfinal, becomes Czech number one
    09/08/2025

    Jiří Lehečka has climbed to a career-high world No. 16 after reaching the quarterfinals of the US Open for the first time. The 23-year-old replaces Jakub Menšík as the top-ranked Czech player, surpassing his previous best ranking of No. 21. Menšík slipped to 17th, while Tomáš Macháč now sits at No. 22.

    Among Czech women, Karolína Muchová remains the highest ranked. A quarterfinal finish in New York dropped her two places to No. 15, just short of matching her semifinal runs from the past two years.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Antonín Dvořák’s birthplace completed with visitor centre in Nelahozeves
    09/08/2025

    The birthplace of Antonín Dvořák in Nelahozeves has been fully completed after years of restoration. The interactive museum has been open since last year in trial mode, but now includes a visitor centre, finished exhibitions, and new displays.

    The site features 11 themed rooms with audiovisual technology recreating life in a 19th-century Bohemian village. Visitors can explore Dvořák’s childhood through narrated experiences voiced by more than 20 Czech actors, alongside personal items such as his pipe and period instruments loaned by the Czech Museum of Music.

    Education is an important part of the venue’s mission, with initiatives for schools, cooperation with music academies, and an ongoing program of concerts.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Czech unemployment rises to highest level since 2017 but still among lowest in EU
    09/08/2025

    Unemployment in Czechia reached 4.5 percent in August, the highest level since March 2017. The increase is driven mainly by ongoing job cuts in industry, though the services sector has partly offset the losses.

    In Prague, unemployment rose by 0.1 percentage point to 3.5 percent, the lowest rate among the regions.

    Analysts note that despite the rise, the jobless rate remains one of the lowest in the European Union, second only to Malta. They view the current level as more of a labour market stabilization after years of overheating rather than a major threat to the economy.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Russia aims to weaken trust in Czech institutions, says BIS chief
    09/08/2025

    Russia is targeting Czech society’s cohesion and public trust in institutions, the state, the rule of law, and the country’s international standing, the head of the Security Information Service (BIS), Michal Koudelka, said today at a conference in the Chamber of Deputies. He described Russia as the main adversary and the greatest security risk for Czechia.

    According to Mr. Koudelka, Moscow has no interest in ending the war in Ukraine. He stressed that Russia’s deliberate attacks on civilians show a willingness to use the same methods elsewhere, including against Czechia.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Suicide rates in Czechia above EU average

    09/08/2025

    Suicide rates in Czechia are above the European Union average, with suicides accounting for 1.11 percent of all deaths, according to experts from the National Institute of Mental Health (NUDZ) and the Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic (ÚZIS ČR). They believe that some suicides are likely not reflected in the statistics. More accurate data is expected from the statistics currently being processed for last year, which take into account not only healthcare data but also suicide records kept by the Police Presidium, NUDZ spokesperson Jan Červenka said on Monday in a press release to ČTK.
    Author: Jakub Ferenčík

  • Czechs arranged fewer building savings contracts than last year
    09/08/2025

    Building societies concluded 187,191 new building savings contracts in the first half of the year. Compared to the same period last year, their number decreased by 2.3 percent. The average target amount of newly concluded savings contracts was 799,700 crowns, down 6.5 percent year-on-year. The target amount reflects the client’s future intentions, that is, how much they plan to save or borrow for housing. This follows from the latest statistics published by the Ministry of Finance.
    Author: Jakub Ferenčík

  • Weather forecast
    09/07/2025

    On Monday, expect partly cloudy skies. Highest temperatures will range between 20 and 24 °C.
    Author: Jakub Ferenčík

  • ANO and SPD to not introduce new emission allowances

    09/07/2025

    The opposition movements ANO and SPD would not introduce new emission allowances for individual household heating and motor fuels if they were to enter government after the October parliamentary elections. This was stated today on Czech Television’s program Questions of Václav Moravec by senior representatives of both movements, Karel Havlíček (ANO) and Radim Fiala (SPD). According to Transport Minister Martin Kupka (Spolu), the Czech Republic is seeking partners among European Union member states to postpone the introduction of the allowances, which is scheduled for 2027.
    Author: Jakub Ferenčík

  • Small private plane crashes near Prague

    09/07/2025

    Sunday afternoon, a small private plane crashed into a forest in Prague’s Letňany district, killing two people on board, police spokesman Richard Hrdina said. Police, firefighters, and emergency services are on the scene, the police reported on X. According to police, the plane fell into the wooded area of the Letňany forest park. The plane belonged to the company Aero Prague, according to information from the Flight Radar website. A dispatcher from the company confirmed this to Czech Radio.
    Author: Jakub Ferenčík

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