• Weather forecast
    05/02/2022

    Tuesday should be partly cloudy to overcast with rain predominantly in the eastern parts of the country and day temperatures between 15 and 19 degrees Celsius.

  • Brno to donate trams and trolleybuses to Kharkiv
    05/02/2022

    The Moravian metropolis Brno has announced that it will give Kharkiv two T-3 trams and six trolleybuses to help the city renew transport following the Russian onslaught.  The city’s mayor Markéta Vaňková said the vehicles would be transported to Kyiv in the coming days and from there to Kharkiv. According to Kharkiv officials the Russian bombing destroyed 70 percent of the city’s transport vehicles.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Czech Republic has sent 3 billion crowns worth of military equipment to Ukraine
    05/02/2022

    The Czech Republic has sent Ukraine military assistance to the tune of 3 billion crowns since the war started, according to information released by the Ministry of Defence.  The ministery has not specified what weapons it sent, however according to unofficial reports it was ammunition, small arms, heavy equipment, including Dana self-propelled howitzers, RM-70 Grad salvo rocket launchers, Soviet-made T-72 tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. Defence ministry spokesperson Jana Zechmeisterová confirmed that the Czech Republic is now negotiating with Germany on cooperation regarding military assistance to Ukraine. The daily Die Welt reported last week that Germany has offered the Czech Republic military material and weapons in exchange for equipment that Prague will send to the Ukrainian army. The Czech army can send Soviet-era equipment to Ukraine that Ukrainian soldiers know how to use.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Interior Ministry issues over 320,000 humanitarian visas to Ukrainian nationals
    05/02/2022

    The Czech Interior Ministry has issued over 320,000 humanitarian visas to Ukrainian nationals in the past two months. On Sunday alone the authorities issued 1,238 visas, which is around 400 more than on the same day last week. Children under 15 are not required to register with the authorities. Two-thirds of the refugees who have come to the Czech Republic are women. According to the Interior Ministry, the Czech Republic has reached its limit in the number of refugees it can accommodate and together with Poland it has asked the EU for assistance in dealing with the challenge.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Central bank revokes Sberbank’s license
    05/02/2022

    The Czech National Bank has revoked the license of the Russian Sberbank which closed its doors shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine after being overwhelmed by demands from clients looking to withdraw their money or have their accounts transferred to other banks. The central bank revoked the bank’s license on April 14. Sberbank failed to file an appeal against the decision.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • State school-leaving exams begin across Czechia
    05/02/2022

    State school-leaving exams, known as maturita, began for around 74,000 Czech secondary school students on Monday, May 2. The exams started with written tests either in math or English and will continue on Tuesday with a written test in Czech.

    Students can also sit exams in two additional subjects, including another foreign language and a higher level of math. Oral exams, organised by individual schools, are due to take place later in May.

    This year, only 17 percent of students allegedly opted for math as optional subject, the rest choosing English. The unified school leaving exam was first introduced in 2011. The Ministry of Education plans to reform system in the near future, introducing two levels of difficulty.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Czechs win home Games with 4:1 victory over Austria
    05/02/2022

    Czech hockey players defeated Austria 4:1 in their final game of the Czech Hockey Games in Ostrava on Sunday, defending their championship in the tournament.

    The national team, led by coach Kari Jalonen, won the home tournament of the Euro Hockey Tour for the fourth time in the last five editions.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Weather forecast
    05/01/2022

    Monday will be mostly overcast with occasional showers and day temperatures ranging between 17 and 21 degrees Celsius.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Political parties and other groups mark May Day
    05/01/2022

    Demonstrations, political rallies and student gatherings took place in Prague and elsewhere in the country on Sunday marking May Day, a public holiday in the Czech Republic.

    The Communist Party, Social Democrats and anarchists organised a gathering at Střelecký ostrov, while the SPOLU coalition launched their campaign for the upcoming municipal elections on Prague’s Petřín Hill.

    An event in support of Ukraine took place both in Prague and Brno and university students in the capital held their traditional Majáles festival.

    May 1st is also celebrated as the Czech version of St. Valentines Day, with couples observing the tradition of kissing under a cherry tree in bloom to keep their love alive in the coming year.

  • Number of people hospitalised with Covid lowest since mid-October
    05/01/2022

    Some 602 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in the Czech Republic on Saturday, around 600 fewer than on the same day last week. The number of suspected reinfections was 137, also representing a week-on-week drop.

    The seven-day case incidence rate was also down on Saturday, at 94 per 100,000 of the population, the lowest figure since the end of October.

    The number of people of hospitalised with Covid is the lowest since mid-October, currently standing at 625.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

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