• Fiala: Czechia has provided Ukraine with 645 anti-tank guided missiles so far this year
    06/27/2023

    In the first five months of this year, Czechia provided Ukraine with 24 tanks, 76 infantry fighting vehicles and 645 anti-tank guided missiles, Prime Minister Petr Fiala announced at a press conference at the Ministry of Defence on Tuesday, which was also attended by Defence Minister Jana Černochová and Chief of the Army General Staff Karel Řehka. In addition, the Czech government also sent 16 special air defence system vehicles, 57,000 cartridges for cannons and howitzers, and 144 anti-aircraft weapons, as well as other military equipment, spare parts, fuel and protective equipment against chemical and biological weapons.

    Ms Černochová said that the army still has more equipment available that can be delivered to the invaded country.
    Author: Anna Fodor

  • Students in Prague remember Ukrainian peers killed by Russians
    06/27/2023

    On Monday evening secondary school and university students from Ukraine who have died as a result of Russian aggression were remembered in Prague by their peers: Czech students and young Ukrainians who have come to Czechia because of the Russian war on their country.

    The commemorative event, which saw floating lanterns with candles inside them placed on the Vltava, was organised by People in Need as part of the One World in Schools educational programme. It took place on the eve of the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Communist Regime.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Kafka Band present new project at German Embassy
    06/27/2023

    The group Kafka Band, featuring novelist Jaroslav Rudiš and artist and writer Jaromír 99, presented their latest project The Trial at the garden of the German Embassy in Prague on Monday evening. The band previously produced albums based on other works by Kafka, The Castle and America, and The Trial completes the trilogy.

    Rudiš and Jaromír 99 also worked together to produce the Alois Nebel graphic novels, which were later turned into a film.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • ANO to remain with liberal group after European Parliament elections
    06/26/2023

    Czech opposition party ANO plans to remain with its current European partner, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), after European Parliament elections next year, deputy chairman Karel Havlíček said on Monday. He made the comment after discussions in Prague with the group's co-chairs in Prague.

    At the end of March, ALDE criticised ANO leader Andrej Babiš's attendance at a Budapest conference organised by the US conservative group CPAC.

    ALDE at that time said it would investigate the loyalty of ANO and its leadership to liberal values and ALDE's mission and would not invite Mr. Babiš to its events for the foreseeable future.

    Commentators say that ANO has become more right-wing since its leader lost elections to the Czech presidency at the start of this year.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Weather forecast
    06/26/2023

    It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Tuesday, with an average high temperature of 27 degrees Celsius.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Report: Czech illegal drug sales increasingly happening online

    06/26/2023

    Illegal drug sales in Czechia continued to move increasingly online last year, the police’s dedicated drugs agency said in an annual report published on Monday.

    The study said that vendors send banned substances to users via mail order and courier services, with buyers paying for them in cryptocurrencies.

    The sale of drugs via the social network Telegram has increased significantly, it said.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Greenpeace activists crash ČEZ general meeting
    06/26/2023

    Greenpeace activists interrupted a general meeting of the energy company ČEZ for about 10 minutes in Prague on Monday. They were protesting against the extension of mining operations at the Bílina surface quarry in North Bohemia; ČEZ Group’s Severočeské doly has acquired the right to use the mine from the national mining authority until 2035.

    One of the two activists held a sign saying End Fossil Crimes.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Court throws out sentence of activist accused of spreading false alarm
    06/26/2023

    Prague’s Municipal Court has thrown out a suspended sentence handed down to activist Ladislav Vrabel for spreading false alarm. Mr. Vrabel, who has organised demonstrations against the government, was found guilty in April after saying that Czechia planned to use nuclear weapons against Russia and that Russia would then attack the country.

    The court has returned the matter, saying the case should be heard again.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Krejčíková climbs to 10th in rankings, Kvitová remains ninth
    06/26/2023

    Barbora Krejčíková has climbed two places in the world women’s tennis rankings to 10th. The Czech moved up after reaching the final of the Birmingham Classic, where she lost to Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia.

    Petra Kvitová remains in ninth in the WTA rankings after lifting the Berlin Open title with victory over Croatia's Donna Vekic on Sunday.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Jourová to decide on ANO future depending on tone of Euro election campaign
    06/26/2023

    Czechia’s member of the European Commission, Věra Jourová, says she will watch the policies put forward by her party ANO in next year’s European Parliament elections before deciding whether to remain a member. Ms. Jourová made the comment in an interview for Deník N.

    She is currently vice-president for values and transparency in her second term on the Commission. Her time there will end next year after 10 years.

    Ms. Jourová said if ANO’s campaign was at odds with her values she could quit the party.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

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