• Weather
    05/30/2021

    Monday should be partly cloudy with average daytime highs of 16 to 20 degrees Celsius. Occainsional light rain is expected especially in southern and eastern regions.

  • Covid-19: vaccination open to people aged 16 to 29 as of June 3
    05/30/2021

    People aged 16 to 29 can registered to get vaccinated against Covid-19 as of Thursday evening, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš announced via Twitter. He said that amounts to nearly 1.5 million people.

    “I believe that even the youngest will show great interest,” he wrote. According to Babiš, 168,000 people aged 30 to 50 are now waiting for a first dose.
    Author: Brian Kenety

  • Anděl Awards: Lenka Dusilová wins best album, female solo artist, song categories
    05/30/2021

    The eclectic singer-songwriter Lenka Dusilová all but swept the Czech Academy of Music’s Anděl Awards on Saturday. She won Album of the Year for her LP “Řeka”, Song of the Year for the track “Vlákna”, and Best Female Solo Artist.

    Štěpán Hebík (7krát3) was named Best Male Solo Artist, Tata Bojs named Best Band, and Kateřina Marie Tichá (who toured for years with acoustic roots music group Jelen), as Discovery of the Year.

    Winning top honours in the Alternative and Electronic category was teenager Amelie Siba; in Rap – Yzomandias; in Rock - Kurtizány z 25. Avenue.

    Robert Křesťan, a 62-year-old folk singer, composer and mandolinist, who currently plays with Druhá Travá, was entered into the Anděl Awards Hall of Fame.
    Author: Brian Kenety

  • Tennis: Barbora Krejčíková wins first WTA singles tournament
    05/30/2021

    Czech doubles specialist Barbora Krejčíková, 25, has won her first singles tournament on the WTA circuit. On Saturday in Strasbourg, she defeated Romania’s Sorana Cirstea 6:3, 6:3.

    Krejčíková is now at a career-high singles ranking of no.33. Her career-high doubles ranking of No. 1 came in October 2018; she now ranks no. 7. She next faces her compatriot Kristýna Plíšková in the first round at Roland-Garos.
    Author: Brian Kenety

  • Ice Hockey: Czechs beat Great Britain at world championship in Riga
    05/29/2021

    The Czech national team beat Great Britain 6:1 on Saturday at the ongoing Ice Hockey World Championship in Riga, Latvia. The victory likely brings them closer to winning a spot in the quarterfinals.

    On Monday, the Czechs, now in 4th place in Group A, face Denmark, with a Czech-Slovak derby scheduled for Tuesday. Great Britain face Switzerland on Tuesday in their final game.
    Author: Brian Kenety

  • Russian embassy staff expelled over 2014 blast begin leaving Prague for Moscow
    05/29/2021

    A first wave of Russian embassy staffers expelled by the Czech government in reaction to a deadly 2014 blast left for Moscow on Saturday afternoon. In total several dozen Russian diplomats, embassy staff and their families are due to leave by May 31 under a bilateral agreement on “parity representation”.

    The reduction in staff was triggered by a diplomatic row over the Czech claim that Russian intelligence agents were behind a series of blasts at a munition depot in Vrbětice.

    In mid-April the government ordered 18 Russian agents to leave the country within 48 hours. Another 63 diplomats and staff were given until the end of May to go. Russia in turn expelled 79 diplomats and employees of the Czech Embassy, ​​the Czech Center and Czech House in Moscow.

    Under the agreement Prague and Moscow are bound to reduce the number of embassy staff at their respective representations to 7 diplomats, 25 administrative and technical workers and 19 local support staff by May 31. Moscow is dispatching special flights for its employees.
    Author: Brian Kenety

  • Weather
    05/29/2021

    Sunday should be partly cloudy with occasional light rain in the east of the country. Average daytime highs of 14 to 18 degrees Celsius are forecast.

  • Czech foreign minister in Croatia to finalise tourism rules under Covid-19
    05/29/2021

    Czech Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhánek began a two-day visit to Croatia on Saturday during which he will finalise conditions for Czech tourists to visit the Balkan country during the summer period, given the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

    Kulhánek said earlier that Croatia, among the most popular summer foreign holiday destinations, should allow entry to Czechs who have had at least one vaccination dose three weeks prior. Currently, they must wait two weeks after receiving a second dose.

    Prague this past week also concluded bilateral agreements on cross-border travel for partly vaccinated people with Germany, Poland, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia.
    Author: Brian Kenety

  • Covid-19: Friday sees fewest new weekday cases since August 2020
    05/29/2021

    There were 454 confirmed new cases of Covid-19 in the Czech Republic on Friday, 217 fewer than a week ago. It was the lowest daily increase since late August 2020, according to Ministry of Health data.

    Nationwide, the number of new infections per 100,000 people remained at 32 on average. The reproduction number, which indicates the average number of infected from one positive test, dropped on Friday to 0.68 from 0.71.

    For a third consecutive day, more than 100,000 people were vaccinated against coronavirus, nearly 6,000 more per day than on average during the previous week.
    Author: Brian Kenety

  • Czech climbers trapped in Himalayas due to heavy fog, snow, near base camp
    05/29/2021

    Czech climbers Marek Holeček and Radoslav Groh, trapped near the summit of the over 7,100-metre high Baruntse Mountain in the Himalayas since Tuesday due to heavy fog and snowfall, are on their way back to the base camp.

    Nepal’s Home Ministry on Wednesday called for climbers to return immediately due to the weather. The experienced Czech climbers had no oxygen tanks and little food, but said via satellite phone on Friday night that they were fine and expected visibility to improve shortly.
    Author: Brian Kenety

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