• Weather forecast
    03/01/2020

    Monday should be partly cloudy to overcast with rain or snow showers and day temperatures between 7 and 11 degrees Celsius.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Avalanche alert in Krkonoše Mountains
    03/01/2020

    A third degree avalanche alert has been declared in the Krkonoše Mountains following several days of heavy snow and strong winds.

    The mountain rescue service says the situation is extremely dangerous since a combination of factors have created a highly unstable layer of snow on many slopes.

    Skiers have been warned not to take risks or stray from marked trails.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • PM: 2020 to be critical for traffic on D1 highway
    03/01/2020

    This year will be critical for traffic along the country’s main highway from Prague to Brno, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš told journalists during an inspection of ongoing reconstruction work.

    The prime minister said the government was investing 100 billion crowns into reconstruction work on the D1 highway in 2020. Seven stretches of the road will be reconstructed this year, covering 71 kilometres. Work along the entire highway should be completed by 2021.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Spiritual Kvintet launches Goodbye Tour
    03/01/2020

    The oldest Czech folk group Spiritual Kvintet will play the first of a string of 14 goodbye concerts in Prague’s Lucerna Hall on Sunday. The group is winding up a 60-year-long career on stage.

    It will be playing its most popular hits including the Czech version of We shall Overcome. The group which has seen members come and go focussed largely on American spiritual and gospel songs gaining huge popularity during the communist years. It has released dozens of albums and performed thousands of concerts at home and abroad.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Military plane with humanitarian aid on its way to China
    03/01/2020

    A military plane carrying humanitarian aid to China took off from Prague’s Kbely airport early on Sunday.

    The plane, which should arrive in Beijing on Monday, is loaded with 5 tonnes of medical equipment to help tackle the coronavirus epidemic in the country, including facemasks, respirators, latex gloves, disinfectants and protective medical uniforms.

    The aid was donated by the Office of the President, various Czech towns and regions as well as companies such as Skoda Auto.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Czech political leaders congratulate election winner in Slovakia
    03/01/2020

    Czech political leaders have sent congratulations to Igor Matovic whose centre-right, anti-graft OLaNO opposition party won Slovakia’s general elections at the weekend.

    Prime Minister Andrej Babiš congratulated Matovic on a brilliant campaign and said he was looking forward to close cooperation with the new Slovak administration on a bilateral level as well as within the Visegrad group and the EU.

    OLaNO took 24.87 percent of the vote in the elections, ahead of 18.73 percent for the governing populist-left Smer-SD party, the conservative We Are Family scored 8.34 percent, the liberal Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) won 5.67 percent and the fellow liberal "For the People" of ex-president Andrej Kiska gained 5.43 percent of the vote.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Weather forecast
    02/29/2020

    Sunday should be partly cloudy to overcast with rain or snow showers and day temperatures between 6 and 10 degrees Celsius.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Desert dust brings “yellow snow” to Central Europe
    02/29/2020

    People in western Bohemia witnessed an unexpected phenomenon at the weekend in the form of yellow snow.

    The strange phenomenon was confirmed by the local meteorological office which said the unexpected yellow tinge was due to sand-laden wind from the Sahara desert.

    Eyewitnesses said yellow-tinged snow was to be seen in the course of Saturday morning.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Czech and Slovak ski resorts cash in on coronavirus scare
    02/29/2020

    The coronavirus scare is driving tourists away from popular skiing resorts in the Alps to winter resorts in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the ctk news agency reported.

    Local skiing resorts who at this time usually suffer from a lack of visitors say there has been an unexpected influx of visitors who cancelled holidays in Austria at the last minute, despite the fact that Austrian ski resorts are still considered safe.

    Resorts in this country have welcomed the interest after a particularly poor season due to the lack of snow. Due to recent snowfall the conditions are now reported to be good.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • V4 prime ministers to meet over coronavirus
    02/29/2020

    The prime ministers of the Visegrad Group states will meet in Prague on Wednesday to discuss measures being taken to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the Office of the Czech Government confirmed on Saturday.

    Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Twitter it was important for Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to boost cooperation and coordinate measures to try and protect the region.

    No country of the Visegrad Group has so far registered a coronavirus infection.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

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