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06/18/2024
A commemorative event to honour the memory of the Czechoslovak paratroopers who assassinated Nazi governor Reinhard Heydrich was held on Sunday at Prague’s Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, where they died after an SS siege 82 years ago today. The event was attended by dozens of people, including the Speaker of the Senate, Miloš Vystrčil, and Minister for Legislation Michal Šalomoun.
Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš, together with five others who were part of Operation Anthropoid hid in this Prague church for five days until they were tracked down by the SS, leading to a final, desperate gun battle on June 18.
Heydrich’s assassination became a symbol of Czech independence and was later hailed as an important moment in the resistance movement. His death led to a wave of revenge acts, including the Lidice and Ležáky massacres.
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06/18/2024
Czech-Slovak relations are above-standard and must be nurtured, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said on Tuesday after a meeting with his Slovak counterpart Juraj Blanár in Bratislava, adding that there is a will to do so is on both sides.
Mr. Lipavský also said the Czech government will "at some point" lead a discussion on the possible resumption of intergovernmental cabinet meetings with Slovakia, which were suspended in March this year due to differences over foreign policy, notably the conflicting stances on the ongoing war in Ukraine.
After taking office last year, the current Slovak government of Prime Minister Robert Fico halted all state-financed military aid to Ukraine. Mr. Fico has also previously argued that the Western countries' strategy on Ukraine has failed and that Russia cannot be defeated in a conventional war.
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06/18/2024
Czech students showed average performance in an international benchmarking study on creative thinking. Students from 64 OECD countries were tested in how well they generate creative ideas, as well as evaluate and improve on them in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022.
A total of 6,600 students participated in the study. Singapore came first in the ranking, followed by South Korea, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Estonia and Finland.
The results showed a significant performance gap between the best and worst performing countries. They also revealed that countries with above-average scores in maths, reading and science knowledge and skills also outperformed the OECD average in creative thinking.
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06/18/2024
Two Czechs, a man and a woman, died in a rafting accident in the French Alps on Monday, the Czech News Agency reported. The news was confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Two rafts, each carrying five Czechs, were crossing the Guil River in the Château-Ville-Vieille area when they capsized due to the strong current and high water.
The man was pronounced dead on the spot, while the woman died in hospital. According to French media, both victims were around 60 years old.
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06/18/2024
Meteorologists have issued a heatwave warning for the coming days. Temperatures in Prague, central Bohemia and South Moravia are expected to exceed 31 degrees Celsius on Tuesday. On Wednesday, temperatures in Moravia could reach the 33 degree mark.
People have been advised to stay out of the sun, use sunscreen and increase their intake of liquids.
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06/18/2024
The Czech national soccer team play their first game at the European Football Championship in Germany on Tuesday night. Their opening opponent in the tournament’s Group F will be Portugal, who are among the favourites to win the whole thing.
Coach Ivan Hašek’s team will then face Georgia, who are considered outsiders, and Turkey.
The independent Czechia’s greatest success at the Euros was in 1996, when they were beaten in the final. Czechoslovakia won the tournament in 1976.
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06/17/2024
The Mayors are putting forward two candidates for the post of Czechia’s next member of the European Commission. The party, who received the right to nominate somebody for the post under the deal under which the governing coalition was formed, said after a meeting on Monday that it would ask the cabinet to consider both Danuše Nerudová, a freshly elected MEP, and the minister of industry and trade, Jozef Síkela.
Prime Minister Petr Fiala says the government will reach a decision on the matter by August.
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06/17/2024
Czech archaeologists in the Hradec Králové area in East Bohemia have discovered what is probably the longest prehistoric mound in Europe, the Czech News Agency reported on Monday.
The mound, which was found along the route of a future motorway near the village of Dohalice, is about 190 metres in length and has a maximum width of 15 metres.
The structure is believed to come from around the fourth century BC, dating from what is known as the Funnelbeaker culture.
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06/17/2024
Around 10 Czechs injured in a bus accident in Iceland remained in hospital on Monday morning, three days after the incident, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Twelve people were hurt in the crash and five ended up in intensive care with serious injuries.
There were 20 passengers on board the bus when it crashed in Öxnadalur, in the northern part of Iceland, on Friday night. A number of them have already returned to Czechia.
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06/17/2024
An ammunitions explosion at a military training area at Libavá in the Olomouc Region on Monday morning left one soldier dead and eight injured, the Czech Army said on social media.
The army described the accident as “serious”. Two of the injured were taken away by rescue helicopter and four were transported to the Olomouc Military Hospital. The matter is being investigated by the Military Police.
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