• Weather forecast
    07/17/2021

    Sunday should be partly cloudy to overcast with torrential rain in places and day temperatures between 23 and 27 degrees Celsius.

  • Meteorologists issue severe storm warning
    07/17/2021

    Meteorologists have issued a severe storm warning for the South Bohemia, Plzen, Karlovy Vary, Usti, Liberec and Pardubice regions from Saturday afternoon until 3pm Sunday. There is a danger of torrential rain, high winds and flash floods. The belt of rain will gradually move to the eastern parts of the country on Sunday. People have been advised not to set out on the road and secure their garden furniture.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Krejčíková to play Martincová at all-Czech Prague Open final
    07/17/2021

    French Open champion Barbora Krejčíková continued her impressive form as she advanced to the Prague Open final on Saturday after beating Xinyu Wang 6:1, 6:2 in just 71 minutes. At an all Czech final on Sunday, Krejčíková will face her compatriot Tereza Martincová on home ground. After this year's triumphs at the French Open and Strasbourg, she will be playing for her third title this season.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Covid numbers slightly declining
    07/17/2021

    The Czech Republic registered 233 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday, in what is a slight decline in numbers for the third day in a row. The reproduction number dropped from 1.25 to 1.18.

    Presently  30 people are hospitalized with Covid-19, of which six are in a serious condition. In the past two weeks, the Czech Republic has had on average 28 new cases of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants.  The worst situation is in Prague, where last week there were 40 infected per 100,000 inhabitants.

    The authorities are concerned about a fresh wave of the Indian variant which is now spreading predominantly among young people in the Czech Republic.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Czech Republic in talks with potential battery cell factory investors
    07/17/2021

    The Czech Republic is in talks with two potential investors, including Volkswagen, for an electric battery cell factory and is ready to offer billions of crowns in an incentive package, Trade and Industry Minister Karel Havlíček said on Friday.

    The German automaker Volkswagen is aiming to open six battery cell plants in Europe by 2030 and the Czech Republic, which is home to VW's Skoda Auto plant, is a possible location.

    Havlíček said the government was also holding talks with another interested party but declined to name it.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Russia blocks website of human rights organization for cooperating with Czech NGO
    07/17/2021

    Russia's Roskomnadzor censors have blocked the website of the Komanda-29 human rights association, and raided the home of its head, lawyer Ivan Pavlov, for cooperating with a Czech NGO.

    The Prosecutor General's Office said Komanda-29 was cooperating with the Czech NGO Freedom of Information, which was declared an undesirable organization in Russia at the end of June, for allegedly threatening the country's constitutional system and security.

    According to the Russian daily Kommersant any cooperation with a banned "undesirable" organization, carries the risk of a hefty fine or a jail sentence of up to six years.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Daniel Herman awarded Charles IV Prize at Sudeten German Landsmannschaft conference
    07/17/2021

    The former Czech culture minister, Daniel Herman, was awarded the Charles IV Prize for fostering understanding among European nations at a conference of the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft in Munich on Saturday.

    Mr. Herman helped overcome historical animosities between the two nations linked to the atrocities committed by the Nazis and the post-war expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia.

    He was the first Czech government official to attend a meeting of the Landsmannschaft association in 2016, addressing the gathering as “Dear compatriots” and apologizing for the expulsion of Sudeten Germans after the war.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • EC ready to approve Czech Republic’s National Recovery Plan
    07/16/2021

    The EC is ready to approve the Czech Republic’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan, a high-placed source at the Commission told the CTK news agency on Friday. According to the information received the EC is poised to make an announcement and EC President Ursula von der Leyen is expected to visit Prague on Monday for talks with Czech top officials. The plan will enable the Czech Republic to draw approximately 180 billion crowns from EU funds.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Weather forecast
    07/16/2021

    Saturday should be clear to partly cloudy  with scattered showers and day temperatures between 22 and 26 degrees Celsius.

  • Covid data indicate a new rise in coronavirus epidemic
    07/16/2021

    Covid data indicate a new rise in the coronavirus epidemic which had been steadily receding since April, the head of the Institute For Health Information and Statistics Ladislav Dušek said on Friday. Mr. Dušek said the rise was slow but clearly apparent and was driven by the Indian variant spreading among young people who were not vaccinated. The government has been seeking ways to motivate more people get the vaccine, even warning that as of September tests would no longer be covered by health insurance.  On Thursday the Czech Republic registered 227 new cases of Covid-19. The reproduction number is currently at 1.3.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

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