• Five Czech police officers to temporarily return from Iraq mission
    01/09/2020

    Five Czech police officers who are part of a military mission in Iraq will temporarily return to the Czech Republic due to a restricted operation of the training centre in Baghdad, Police President Jan Švejdar said on Thursday.

    According to the police president’s spokeswoman, Kateřina Rendlová, the move has nothing to do with the development of the safety situation in the country. The police officers are due to return to Iraq as soon as the training resumes its operation.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Weather
    01/09/2020

    Friday is expected to be partly cloudy with daytime highs ranging between 6 to 10 degrees Celsius.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Unemployment up at 2.9 percent in December
    01/09/2020

    Unemployment in the Czech Republic rose to 2.9 percent in December, up from 2.6 percent in November, according to data released by the Czech Labour Office on Thursday.

    Despite the rise, it is the lowest figure for the period of December since 1996. According to the statistics, there are currently 215,500 people seeking employment.

    The lowest unemployment rate was in Prague, with 1.9 percent, while the highest number of unemployed, 4.4 percent, was registered in the region of Moravia-Silesia.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Sales oh hybrid cars up by 73 percent in 2018
    01/09/2020

    Sales of hybrid cars in the Czech Republic increased by 73 percent last year to over 8,300 vehicles, while the country’s automobile market dropped by four percent. Sales of electric cars increased by three percent to 636 vehicles.

    The share of hybrid vehicles combining a petrol or diesel engine with a battery and electric motor on overall car sales currently amounts to over 3.3 percent, according to data released by the Car Importers Association on Thursday.

    The highest number of hybrids, over 4,000, was sold by Toyota, followed by Audi and Mercedes-Benz. Czech car-maker Škoda sold 85 of its Superb iV plug-in hybrids last year.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Thursday 130th anniversary of writer Karel Čapek’s birth
    01/09/2020

    Thursday is the 130th anniversary of the birth of Czech journalist, novelist and dramatist Karel Čapek. Čapek was best known for his science fiction, including the 1936 novel War with the Newts, the 1920 play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), which gave the world the word “robot”. His older brother Josef Čapek was a well-known painter and writer.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • iRozhlas: Brussels demands return of CZK 1.6 billion in farm subsidies
    01/09/2020

    The European Commission is seeking the return of CZK 1.6 billion paid out in agricultural subsidies to the Czech Republic, iRozhlas.cz reported on Thursday. The penalty is based on an audit carried out three years ago aimed at establishing whether the funding was actually being used by farmers under the “active farmer” concept.

    The European Commission says the Czech Ministry of Agriculture failed to keep sufficient tabs on how the subsidies were being allocated.

    The Ministry of Agriculture disputes the findings of the EU audit and wishes to contest the amount set. It will therefore request a conciliation procedure, iRozhlas.cz said.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Špotáková changes coach ahead of final Olympics
    01/08/2020

    Czech javelin thrower Barbora Špotáková has parted company with her long-term coach Rudolf Černý. The world record holder, who is 38, will be trained by Jan Tylče for her last ever Olympic Games in Tokyo later this year.

    Špotáková was trained by Černý for most of her career to date, though between 2010 and 2014 she was coached by men’s javelin legend Jan Železný and in 2015 prepared alone.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • 2019 saw third fewest road deaths since 1963
    01/08/2020

    Last year 547 people died in road accidents in the Czech Republic, deputy police president Martin Vondrášek said at a news conference on Wednesday. The figure was 18 lower than for 2018 and was the third lowest since 1961.

    The number of people seriously injured in traffic accidents fell by 355 year-on-year to 2,110 in 2019, which was the lowest number recorded to date.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Last year second warmest in Czech Republic since 1961
    01/08/2020

    Last year was the second warmest in the Czech Republic since 1961, according to data published on Wednesday by the Czech Hydro-Meteorological Institute. The daily average temperature in 2019 was 9.5 degrees Celsius, which was 1.6 degrees Celsius above the long-term average.

    The hottest year since 1961 was 2018. The years 2014 and 2015 are tied for third hottest year in almost six decades.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Weather forecast
    01/08/2020

    Thursday should be rainy in the Czech Republic, with temperatures of up to 6 degrees Celsius. Daytime highs should fall to around 4 degrees Celsius at the weekend, when it will be overcast.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

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