• Czechia lose to Sweden in bronze medal game at junior hockey worlds
    08/21/2022

    Czechia’s Under 20s failed to bring home a medal from the World Ice Hockey Championships in Edmonton, Canada after losing 3:1 to Sweden in a game to decide bronze on Saturday. Their only goal int the game came from Michal Gut.

    The Czechs last took a medal at the competition in 2005, when they finished third.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Kvitová reaches 40th final in Cincinnati

    08/21/2022

    Petra Kvitová has reached the final of the Cincinnati Open after overcoming Madison Keys of the US 6-7 6-4 6-3. Sunday’s match will be the 40th elite WTA final of her career and victory would give the 32-year-old her 30th title.

    The Czech two-time Wimbledon champion will face either Caroline Garcia of France or Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus; their semi-final was interrupted by rain.

    Kvitová will return to women’s tennis world top 20 on Monday, when the latest rankings are published.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Špotáková takes javelin bronze at European Athletics Championships
    08/21/2022

    Czechia’s Barbora Špotáková won bronze in the women’s javelin at the European Athletics Championships in Munich on Saturday evening. In a dramatic conclusion, the 41-year-old took the medal with a final throw of 60.68 metres; she was briefly in second place before a competitor edged past her with her final attempt.

    Špotáková is a two-time Olympic champion and three time world champion.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Official: Zeman plans Slovakia trip, would like to visit China
    08/20/2022

    The Czech president, Miloš Zeman, plans trips to attend a Visegrad Four summit in Slovakia and would also like to visit Serbia and China before his term ends next March, the director of his office’s foreign affairs section, Rudolf Jindrák, told the Czech News Agency.

    The official said that the head of state was also looking forward to visits from the presidents of Montenegro and Egypt and would like to welcome representatives of EU states who attend a summit held within the current Czech presidency of the bloc.

    Mr. Jindrák rejected the suggestion that Mr. Zeman’s office had been little involved in the foreign affairs arena in recent months.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Online grocer Rohlik planning to let customers pay in installments
    08/20/2022

    The Czech online grocery company Rohlik.cz is considering allowing customers to pay for deliveries in instalments, the Czech News Agency reported. A spokesperson said that Rohlik.cz was resolving issues about how permit such payments, adding that the firm felt a duty to their clients in a period of crisis.

    Another Czech online grocer, Košík.cz, already allows customers to defer payments, with families with children typically availing of the opportunity.

    Year-on-year inflation in the Czech Republic reached 17.5 percent last month amid rocketing energy, foodstuff and other prices.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • 2,105 new Covid cases recorded in Czechia Friday
    08/20/2022

    Some 2,105 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in Czechia on Friday, a fall of around 80 on the same day last week. There were 918 patients in Czech hospitals with the coronavirus, compared to 1,160 on Monday; the number in a critical condition rose by five to 31.

    The seven-day case incidence rate on Friday was 121 per 100,000 inhabitants. That indicator was highest in Prague, at 150.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Weather forecast
    08/20/2022

    It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Sunday, with an average high temperature of 20 degrees Celsius. More cloudy weather is expected until Wednesday.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Kvitová into last four in Cincinnati
    08/20/2022

    Petra Kvitová has reached the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Open. The 32-year-old two-time Wimbledon champion overcame Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic 6-2 6-3 in the quarter-finals on Friday.

    Kvitová, who is currently ranked 28th in the world, will now face the United States player Madison Keys for a place in the final of the WTA tournament.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Czechia lose to Canada in ice hockey worlds semi-finals
    08/20/2022

    Czechia were beaten 5:2 by Canada in the semi-finals of the Ice Hockey Junior World Championships in Edmonton on Friday. The Czechs had caused an upset by overcoming the US in the previous round but were unable to find a way past the competition hosts, who were 4:0 in front in the third period.

    Czechia will face Sweden in a game to decide bronze on Saturday. If they win, it will be the country’s first medal from the under 20s tournament since 2005.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Thousands gather in Prague for international museums conference
    08/20/2022

    Around 3,500 delegates are attending an International Council of Museums (ICOM) conference that runs in Prague from Saturday until the end of next week. The first such event since a conference in Kyoto in 2019 will look at the relationship between museums and new technologies, sustainability and civil society, as well as the future outlook for the field.

    The Czech News Agency reported that the Czech state was contributing around CZK 25 million to the gathering, which organisers compare to a cultural Olympics. The main venue for the hybrid live and online event is Prague’s Congress Centre.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

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