• Liberec Region and Post Bellum to cooperate on oral history project
    07/03/2021

    The Liberec Region has agreed on a long-term cooperation with the Post Bellum organisation, thanks to which it will become a partner of the Memory of the Nation oral history project.

    The Liberec Region has been cooperating with the organization documenting the stories of witnesses of the 20th century for three years, and councillors have now approved a memorandum aimed at deepening the cooperation.
    Author: Brian Kenety

  • Prague’s Liechtenstein Palace opens to the public on Monday
    07/03/2021

    The historical Liechtenstein Palace on Kampa Island, normally reserved for government use and hosting high-profile guests, will open to the public during the state holidays on July 5-6.

    The Baroque building is one of two palaces in the captial that formerly belonged to the noble Liechtenstein family and are now used primarily for cultural events.
    Author: Brian Kenety

  • Covid cases rise slightly, 126 total Delta cases recorded
    07/03/2021

    On Friday 165 new corona infections were registered in the Czech Republic, the same as on the previous day, but up by 30 from a week ago. The reproduction number remains at 1.3 while the seven-day incidence ratio remains unchanged at 8 new cases per 100,000 population.

    Meanwhile, 126 cases of the more contagious Delta variant have been confirmed so far, included six cases this past workweek in the South Moravian Region and two in Prague. One case of the Lambda variant, which predominates in Peru, has been identified.
    Author: Brian Kenety

  • Pubs and restaurants may soon be obliged to check people’s Covid certificates
    07/02/2021

    Health Minister Adam Vojtěch is considering making pubs and restaurants responsible for actively checking guests’ Covid certificates. At present visitors to pubs and restaurants must have a negative test, certificate of vaccination or post Covid immunity, but they are only obliged to produce it in the event of an inspection. The government has moved to tighten the Covid measures in place amid fears of an uncontrolled spread of the more contagious Indian variant of the coronavirus.

    The health minister announced on Thursday that Czechs will be obliged to undergo a test for the coronavirus when they return from abroad if they are not fully vaccinated. One vaccine is no longer considered sufficient protection and employers may not allow staff to return after a foreign trip if they do not produce a negative test.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Weather forecast
    07/02/2021

    Saturday should bring partly cloudy skies, scattered showers in the eastern part of the country and day temperatures between 21 and 25 degrees Celsius.

  • Children over 12 registering for Covid vaccine
    07/02/2021

    Over 27,000 minors aged 12 to 15 have registered for a Covid vaccine since the central register opened to this age group on Thursday. There are approximately 456,000 children in that age group in the Czech Republic. They are being inoculated at vaccination centres with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. At least one parent must be present. Approximately half of the adult population has received at least one Covid vaccine; 28 percent of people are fully vaccinated.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Fire in Prague’s Letnany fairgrounds causes extensive damage
    07/02/2021

    A fire in Prague’s Letnany fairgrounds caused extensive damage in the early hours of Friday, the ctk news agency reported. Fourteen fire crews were called to the emergency and a third degree fire alert was declared in the region. The smoke was visible from tens of kilometres away and people were warned to keep their windows closed. The cause of the fire is being investigated. Preliminary estimates of the damage are over 150 million crowns.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • More soldiers to help tornado-devastated villages
    07/02/2021

    The army is ready to send up to 1,000 soldiers to help in the tornado-devastated villages in South Moravia, Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar wrote on Twitter, confirming that the government had approved the army’s greater involvement in the clean-up work. So far 200 soldiers have been active in the region, and were mainly involved in the rescue effort. The tornado ripped through seven villages on the night of June 24, killing six people, injuring over 150 and causing billions of crowns in damages.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Rise in Covid numbers following weeks of steady decline
    07/02/2021

    The Czech Republic registered 164 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, 70 more than on the same day last week. The rise follows weeks of a steady decline in numbers and has triggered fears of a spread of the Delta mutation in the country. The reproduction number also reflects the change and is now close to 1.3, at its highest since the beginning of January.

    There are now 8 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants on average, although in Prague, it is 27 per 100,000. The overall coronavirus death toll is 30, 308.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • 63rd Smetana’s Litomyšl festival gets underway
    07/02/2021

    The 63rd edition of the Smetana’s Litomyšl classical music festival opened on Thursday night with a concert by the Czech Philharmonic in the courtyard of the castle in the town in the Vysočina Region.

    The programme included the Overture in D major by Bedřich Smetana and Antonín Dvořák's Violin Concerto in A minor, in honour of the 180th anniversary of Dvořák's birth. The gala opening closed with Johannes Brahms's Symphony No. 1 in C minor.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

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