• Euro 2024 qualifier: Czechs defeat Poland 3-1
    03/25/2023

    The Czech national football squad defeated Poland 3-1 in their first UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match on Friday night, securing three points at the Sinobo Stadium in Prague.

    Czechs Ladislav Krejčí and Tomáš Čvančara scored two goals within the first three minutes of their Group E encounter, before a third was scored in the second half by Jan Kuchta.

    The Czechs will next take on Moldova on Monday.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Pekarová Adamová discussed possible supplies of South Korean medicines to Czechia
    03/25/2023

    The shortage of some vital medicines on the Czech market could be solved by supplies from South Korea, the speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Markéta Pekarová Adamová, told the Czech News Agency on Saturday after her visit to Seoul.

    According to Mrs Pekarová Adamová it will take at most a few months before antibiotics or children's syrups produced in South Korea could enter the Czech market. She also said they will first have to be assessed by the State Institute for Drug Control.

    Czechia and other EU countries have been facing shortages of some medicines since last December. According to Health Minister Vlastimil Válek the problem will last until the summer holidays.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Weather forecast
    03/24/2023

    Saturday should be partly cloudy to overcast with rain around the country and day temperatures between 9 and 13 degrees Celsius.

  • Afghan migrant handed 22-year-sentence for attempted double murder and rape
    03/24/2023

    An Afghan national has been handed a prison sentence of 22 years in a high-security jailhouse and subsequent expulsion from the country for rape and attempted murder. The Afghan national visited Karlovy Vary on New Year’s Eve last year, where he brutally attacked two women stabbing one, who narrowly escaped death, and raping and attempting to strangle another. The prosecution accused him of attempted double murder and rape. The Afghan national is a migrant who lives in Germany, where he is seeking asylum.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Iuridicum Remedium hands out Big Brother Awards for 2022
    03/24/2023

    The Big Brother awards for the biggest snoopers in 2022 went to Microsoft, Seznam.cz and the Supreme Administrative Court. The organization Iuridicum Remedium hands out the awards to companies violating people’s privacy or selling personal data to third parties. A positive mention at the ceremony went to the company NoLog for providing free services that enable secure electronic communication without users having to pay for it with their personal data.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Prague City Hall promises sensitive reconstruction of Vyton railway bridge
    03/24/2023

    Prague City Hall has agreed to preserve the original look of the heritage-protected Vyton railway bridge on the Vltava, which is due to undergo a major reconstruction. The decision came in the wake of a wave of criticism to plans unveiled by the Czech Railways Administration according to which the bridge was to have been torn down and replaced by a new one. Prague City Hall has said that while the reconstruction will respect the original design and character of the bridge, a third track will have to be added.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Labour minister under fire for offering Labour Office head bonus to quit
    03/24/2023

    Czech Labour Minister Marian Jurečka has dismissed calls for him to resign over a recording in which he offered the head of the Labour Office, Viktor Najmon, a hefty bonus if he resigned from his post rather than having to be dismissed. The recording was leaked by the daily Mlada fronta Dnes and caused outrage among opposition MPs. Jurečka said in his defense that he had not in any way violated the civil service act. Prime Minister Fiala is standing by the labour minister. The matter is to be investigated by the police's National Centre against Organised Crime.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Warm weather breaks temperature records around Czechia
    03/24/2023

    A spell of warm weather has broken records around Czechia. Record temperatures for March 23 were seen at 24 out of 161 stations keeping records for 30 years or more.

    The highest temperature, 22.5 degrees Celsius, was registered in Brod nad Dyjí in South Moravia.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Heat consumption in Czechia lowest in six years
    03/24/2023

    Heat consumption from central heating plants in Czechia fell by 12 percent year-on-year in 2022, according to data released by the Energy Regulatory Office on Friday. A total of 74 PJs of heat was consumed, which is the lowest figure in six years.

    Consumption fell across all sectors, with industry and households traditionally accounting for the largest share. In addition to heat, the use of other energies also fell last year. Electricity consumption dropped by almost four per cent to 73.66 TWh.

    Gas consumption was the lowest in eight years, with Czechs consuming a total of 7.544 billion cubic metres, down by a fifth year-on-year.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Weather forecast
    03/23/2023

    Friday will be mostly overcast with occasional rain and day temperatures ranging between 15 and 19 degrees Celsius.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

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