• Real wages in Czechia fall 9.8 percent in second quarter
    09/05/2022

    Taking into account inflation, real wages in Czechia dropped by 9.8 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of this year, according to official data released on Monday. It is the third quarter in a row that they have fallen.

    Economists had expected a decline of that order in the second quarter and say it should be the sharpest in the current period, the Czech News Agency reported.

    However, analysts say that high inflation will cause a depreciation in wage growth throughout 2022.

    Year-on-year inflation in Czechia reached 17.5 percent in August.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Weather forecast
    09/05/2022

    It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Tuesday, with an average high temperature of 23 degrees Celsius. Further cloudy weather is expected for most of the week.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Czech women third at hockey worlds in historic success
    09/05/2022

    Czechia have come third in the Women’s Ice Hockey World Championships in Denmark, winning a medal at a major tournament for the first time ever. The Czechs beat Switzerland 4:2 in the competition’s third-place decider on Sunday evening, with two of their goals coming from Natálie Mlýnková.

    The Czech women’s previous best finish at the women’s World Championships was sixth and until last year they had never got past the quarter-finals.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Big budget Jan Žižka gets Prague world premiere
    09/05/2022

    The world premiere of a new Czech-made, English-language film about the historic figure Jan Žižka takes place in Prague on Monday evening. Several of the international stars of the movie Medieval are set to intend the gala screening.

    The film features such names as Ben Foster, Michael Caine, Til Schweiger and Sophie Lowe and with a budget of CZK 500 million is reportedly the most expensive Czech picture of all time.

    Žižka, born in the mid 14th century, was a follower of Jan Hus and led Hussite forces. His early years are portrayed in Medieval, which is directed by Petr Jákl.

    The movie enters Czech cinemas on Thursday.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Average wage up to CZK 40,086 but down in real terms
    09/05/2022

    The average gross monthly salary in Czechia rose by 4.4 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2022 to CZK 40,086, according to the data released by the Czech Statistics Agency on Monday.

    In real terms, taking into account inflation, the real wage dropped by 9.8 percent in the same period. It is the third quarter in a row that it has been falling.

    In general, two-thirds of employees in Czechia earn less than the average wage. The median wage, a midway between the highest and the lowest levels, increased by 5.3 percent year on year to CZK 34,111.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Tennis: Krejčíková and Siniaková advance to US open quarterfinals
    09/05/2022

    In tennis, Czech duo Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková advanced to the women’s doubles quarterfinals of the US Open after defeating Japan’s Shuko Aoyama and her Taiwanese partner Chan Hao-ching 6-2, 6-1 in just 62 minutes. The Czech third-seeded pair will next face Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski and her Mexican partner Giuliana Olmos.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Weather forecast
    09/04/2022

    Monday will be mostly sunny with day temepratures ranging between 21 and 25 degrees Celsius.

  • Czech women’s ice hockey team takes World Championships bronze
    09/04/2022

    Czechia rallied to defeat Switzerland 4-2 in the bronze-medal match at the women’s Ice Hockey World Championship in Frederikshavn, Denmark on Sunday.

    The Czechs decided the game in the first two period, with two of the goals scored by Natálie Mlýnková. It is the first World Championship medal for the Czech women’s team, which is led by Canadian coach Carly MacLeod.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Some 500 Ukrainians attend "March of Gratitude" through central Prague
    09/04/2022

    Some 500 Ukrainians took part in the "March of Gratitude" through the streets of Prague on Sunday to thank the Czech people for the help they have provided to refugees fleeing Russia’s invasion and to the Czech government for its support of Ukraine.

    The participants of the march, mostly women and children, carried Czech and Ukrainian flags and distributed flowers and handmade souvenirs to passersby.

    Since the start of the invasion at the end of February, several hundred thousand Ukrainians have to Czechia. To date, over 424,000 of them have been granted temporary protection visas.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Czech mountaineer dies in Italian Alps
    09/04/2022

    A Czech mountaineer died while ascending the Ortles Mountain in South Tyrol, Italy on Sunday. The woman slipped at an altitude of 3,300 metres and fell to her death from a height of 100 metres, the Italian RaiNews channel has reported. All other members of her group are fine.

    According to the rescuers, the woman didn’t have appropriate footwear and was not properly equipped for such a difficult climb. Another Czech climber died while ascending the same mountain in early July.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

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