News

Record temperatures for February 28 were seen at 28 out of 166 stations around Czechia keeping records for 30 years or more on Tuesday.

The highest temperature, 18.7 degrees Celsius, was registered in Karviná in north Moravia. According to meteorologists, the unusually warm weather is expected to last for the rest of the week.

According to Czech Hydro-meteorological Institute, the first two decades of this February were the warmest in Czechia in more than a century. The average temperature reached 6.7 degrees Celsius, surpassing the previous highs by more than two degrees.

Škoda Auto is set to launch production of a compact sports utility vehicle (SUV) in India, the company said in a press release on Tuesday.

The new compact SUV is expected to hit the roads in the first half of 2024. Its name will come from a survey among customers and fans of the brand on the local market.

The Czech carmaker, which already produces the Slavia and Kushaq models in India, aims to increase its market share in the country to five percent by 2030.

An informal meeting of the foreign ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) countries will take place in Prague on May 30-31, the Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday.

The meeting will mark this year's 25th anniversary of Czechia’s membership in NATO and the 75th anniversary of the alliance's founding. It will be the largest alliance event held in Czechia since the NATO summit in Prague in 2002.

The prime ministers of the Visegrad Group countries agree that Russia's aggression against Ukraine is a gross violation of international law and that Ukraine needs help, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said after a meeting of V4 leaders in Prague on Tuesday.

According to the Czech head of government, the V4 countries differ in their views on the causes of the Russian aggression against Ukraine and on the forms of assistance they are willing to provide to the country. Hungary and Slovakia are against providing military aid, but they are ready to contribute in other ways – with humanitarian or financial assistance, Mr.  Fiala said.

The meeting of the Visegrad group, which also dealt with energy security, the EU's strategic agenda and migration came at a time of strained relations between the four member states over Ukraine. Slovakia’s Robert Fico shocked EU allies on Monday with a speech in which he said the West's strategy for Ukraine in the war with Russia had failed, but that it wasn't ready to admit it.

Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside Prague’s Liechtenstein Palace, where the V4 summit was held, to protest against the views of the Slovak and Hungarian prime ministers.