• Weather forecast
    04/09/2022

    It should be mainly overcast in the Czech Republic on Sunday, with an average high temperature of 7 degrees Celsius. Temperatures are expected to rise on the following days.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Ambassador says Czechs leader in aid to Ukraine
    04/09/2022

    The Czech Republic is a leader in supplying aid to Ukraine, says the country’s ambassador to Prague, Jevhen Perebynjis. Speaking at a party congress of coalition leaders the Civic Democrats on Saturday, Mr. Perebynjis said the Czechs were drivers of tougher sanctions on Russia and a place of phenomenal solidarity.

    The Ukrainian diplomat praised the actions of Civic Democrat ministers and highlighted the audacious visit to Kyiv taken by party leader Petr Fiala and the prime ministers of Poland and Slovenia.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Friday sees lowest weekday Covid tally of year
    04/09/2022

    Some 4,150 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in the Czech Republic on Saturday, which is the lowest weekday tally seen this year. The number was around 1,800 down on that recorded on the same day a week earlier. Suspected repeat infections were at 797, roughly 300 fewer week-on-week. The number of tests has also fallen.

    The seven-day case incidence rate fell to below 300 per 100,000, at 298.

    There were 1,439 people in hospital with Covid, down 340 on seven days earlier. Ninety-one were in a critical condition.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Minister: Czech diplomats to return to Kyiv
    04/09/2022

    Czech diplomats are set to return to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the minister of foreign affairs, Jan Lipavksý, said on Friday. In an interview with news outlet Novinky.cz, Mr. Lipavksý said his officials were intensively on the matter and that they hoped the city’s Czech Embassy would reopen soon. It was closed on February 24 when Russia invaded Ukraine.

    The Czech Republic wants to support Kyiv diplomatically and to be present in the capital, the minister said.

    Russia’s efforts to take the city failed and Moscow has now concentrated its war efforts elsewhere in Ukraine.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Czech Foreign Ministry denounces Krematorsk atrocity, compares Russia to terrorists
    04/08/2022

    The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denounced the brutal Russian rocket attack on the Kramatorsk railway station in eastern Ukraine, which killed scores of civilians, including many children. Reacting to the news on Twitter, the ministry denounced the attack as yet another outrageous crime against civilians. “Russia is no longer bothering to deny that it is targeting civilians. Its behaviour is no different from that of terrorist organisations” the ministry said.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • PM Petr Fiala running for reelection as Civic Democratic Party leader
    04/08/2022

    Prime Minister Petr Fiala opened a two-day conference of his Civic Democratic Party on Friday, at which he will defend his position as party leader for the fourth time in succession. In his speech to the assembly, Mr. Fiala said his centre-right coalition government was at the helm during an exceptionally difficult time. "Europe has been hit by a war that ultimately threatens all of us and if the Russian aggression is not stopped in time, we could be next in line" the prime minister said, adding that he was very relieved that the Czech Republic no longer has a government that relies on communists and pro-Russian extremists.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Weather forecast
    04/08/2022

    Saturday should be partly cloudy to overcast with rain and day temperatures between 6 and 10 degrees Celsius.

  • Workman killed after hitting unexploded WWII bomb in Ostrava
    04/08/2022

    One person was killed and another injured in an explosion in the Mariánské Hory district in Ostrava when workmen digging in the area disturbed an unexploded World War II bomb. Several dozen local residents had to be evacuated as explosive experts search the site for other potential weapons.   Similar findings are common in the Opava and Ostrava regions, which witnessed one of the biggest battles of the Second World War on the territory of the former Czechoslovakia.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Finance Ministry downgrades economic growth estimate, ups inflation forecast
    04/08/2022

    The Ministry of Finance has downgraded its estimate of Czech economic growth for 2022 to 1.2 percent down from 3.1 percent in January. In its latest forecast the ministry also upped its inflation estimate to 12.3 percent. According to the forecast, the deficit in public finances should fall to 4.5 percent of the GDP this year and to 2.7 percent by 2025. The national debt is expected to rise to 45.4 percent of the GDP by 2025.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Czech Republic lifting all coronavirus restrictions for people arriving in the country
    04/08/2022

    The Czech Republic is lifting all coronavirus restrictions for people arriving in the Czech Republic from non-EU member states as of this Saturday, April 9, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on its website. People will no longer be required to fill in arrival forms or produce certificates of Covid vaccination. Up until now only EU member states and a few selected countries were exempted from this requirement. The Health Ministry has also announced that as of the end of next week respirators will no longer be compulsory on public transport.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

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