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06/23/2024
A memorial service was held at the former village of Ležáky in East Bohemia on Sunday, marking the 82nd anniversary of its annihilation by the Nazis. Among those who took part were President Petr Pavel and representatives of both houses of Parliament, ministries and the diplomatic community.
The event included a mass, the laying of wreathes and the reading out of victims’ names. A children’s choir performed and the national anthem was played.
The atrocity, which took place on June 24, 1942, came in retaliation for the killing of Nazi governor Reinhard Heydrich and followed the similar destruction of Lidice near Prague. When the Gestapo discovered that the parachutists sent to assassinate Heydrich had kept a radio transmitter in Ležáky they murdered 51 of its residents.
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06/23/2024
Czech national soccer team manager Ivan Hašek says he is confident his charges’ luck will change in their third and final group game, against Turkey on Wednesday. The Czechs have lost to Portugal and were held to a 1:1 draw by Georgia, leaving them with only one point so far.
Hašek, who is 60, said the German referee in Saturday’s clash with Georgia had generally ruled in the Georgians’ favour in 50-50 situations and had been overly quick to hand out yellow cards.
The coach also said the atmosphere at the championship in Germany – where many Czech fans have been attending games – could help Czechia get the necessary result against Turkey.
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06/23/2024
A Czech female motorist was killed on a road in Switzerland on Friday when she was hit by a stone that flew off a truck going in the other direction, the Swiss police force said.
The stone smashed the windscreen or her car and hit the woman, who was 60, in the head before exiting the vehicle through the rear windscreen.
Another person in the passenger seat managed to get the car under control and neither she nor a child on the rear seat was harmed.
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06/23/2024
It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Monday, with an average high temperature of 22 degrees Celsius. The following days are expected to be warmer.
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06/23/2024
Fire officers had to rescue 10 canoeists, including five children, from the turbulent River Morava in Moravia on Saturday. All of them were suffering from hypothermia but none of them were injured, a spokesperson for the Olomouc Region fire service said.
The fire service called on canoeists to adapt their plans in response to the current state of rivers, which have been affected by heavy storms and intense rain, and not to overestimate their skills or experience.
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06/22/2024
Czechia drew 1:1 with Georgia in the group stage of the European Football Championship in Germany on Saturday afternoon. Georgia opened the scoring with a penalty late in the first half before Czech striker Patrik Schick bundled the ball into the net after the break, before being forced off with injury.
The result leaves the Czechs with one point from two outings and needing a win against Turkey in their final group game next Wednesday if they are to progress.
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06/22/2024
The Czech foreign minister, Jan Lipavský, says candidates to join the European Union should be accepted as members on a one-by-one basis. While at the annual Europa-Forum Wachau at Göttweig Abbey in Lower Austria, Mr. Lipavský told the APA news agency that he was in favour of an approach where candidate states competed with one another in terms of meeting accession criteria.
The Czech foreign policy chief said simultaneous accession would put a break on the most ready candidates.
He said Ukraine was a special case, having been attacked by Russia. The country has decided for democracy and a European style of life and therefore merits all support from EU members, he said.
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06/22/2024
People will now be able to visit Frymburk in South Bohemia for spa treatments after the town, which is on the banks of Lipno dam, was granted permission by the Ministry of Health to provide such services, Novinky.cz reported on Saturday. The procedures will be covered by health insurance if ordered by a doctor, the news site said.
A local official said they hoped spa care facilities would be in operation by the second half of next year.
Frymburk is the 37th place in Czechia that has been granted official spa town status.
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06/22/2024
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has appointed Vasyl Zvarych as his country’s ambassador to Czechia. It is not clear from the official statement issued by the Ukrainian Office of the President when the diplomat will take up the post.
The post of ambassador to Prague was vacant for almost two years after Yevhen Perebyinis was recalled and made deputy minister of foreign affairs in Kyiv.
Mr. Zvarych previously served as Ukraine’s ambassador to Poland.
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06/22/2024
Kristýna Horská has taken gold in the 200m breaststroke at the European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade. It is the third first place for Czechia in the tournament, following gold medals for Barbora Seemanová in the 100m and 200m freestyle and the fifth medal in total for the Czech team.
Horská came first in Friday evening’s final in a time of 2:23:60, which means she has also qualified for the Olympic Games in Paris. In addition the 26-year-old broke her own Czech record by 68 hundreds of a second.
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