• Czechs to honour war veterans by series of events
    11/08/2019

    A number of events are being held around the Czech Republic starting this Friday marking International Veterans Day, which falls on Monday, November 11. An ecumenical service will be held at the Church of St. John of Nepomuk in Prague’s Hradčany district on Friday to honour the victims of armed conflicts. There will also be a concert by the Czech Army Central Band at Prague’s Rudolfinum concert hall.

    On Sunday, the non-profit organisation Post Bellum will hold a remembrance day at the city’s Kasárna Karlín. The main event marking Veterans Day, a ceremony at the National Memorial on Vítkov Hill, will take place on Monday.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Hockey: Czechs get season off to winning start against Sweden in Karjala Cup
    11/08/2019

    The Czech national hockey team defeated Sweden 3:1 in their first match in the Karjala Cup, the opening competition in the four-nation Euro Hockey Tour.

    Czechs, who won their opening game of the season for the first time in seven years, are set to face Finland in their next match on Saturday.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Eurostat : Czechs more satisfied with life than average EU citizens
    11/07/2019

    Czechs are more satisfied with their lives than the average EU citizen, suggests a new poll released by the European Statistical Office, Eurostat, on Thursday. The survey asked people across the European Union aged 16 and over how satisfied they were overall with their lives on a scale from 9 to 10.

    With an overall average of 8.1, inhabitants of Finland were the most satisfied with their lives in the EU, closely followed by Austrians, Danes and Poles. The Czech Republic finished in the tenth place with 7.5 points, just ahead of Germany, Spain and France. The average life satisfaction of EU residents increased from seven point in 2013 to 7.3 in 2018.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Bronze Age sword unearthed in north-east Bohemia
    11/07/2019

    A sword dating back to the early Bronze Age has been unearthed in the region of Rychnov nad Kněžnou in north-east Bohemia, the Czech News Agency reported on Thursday. According to the archaeologist Martina Beková from the Rychnov museum, the weapon has an ornamental engraving and a very sharp blade. She estimates it was made sometime around the year 1200 B.C.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • European Commission lowers Czech GDP growth outlook to 2.5 percent
    11/07/2019

    The European Commission on Thursday revised its outlook for Czech economic growth for this year. In the newly released macro-economic forecast it sees the country’s gross domestic product growth falling to 2.5 percent.

    The report expects growth next year to reach 2.2 percent. Earlier this year it predicted a figure of 2.5 percent for 2020.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Weather
    11/07/2019

    Friday will be mostly overcast with daytime temperatures ranging between 10 and 14 degrees Celsius.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Czech deputies approve mutual protection of Czech and Slovak airspace
    11/07/2019

    Czech lower house of Parliament on Thursday approved a proposal for mutual cooperation in protecting the Czech and Slovak airspace.

    The so-called common Czech-Slovak sky project was signed in February 2017 by the Slovak and Czech defence ministers and subsequently ratified by the national parliaments and presidents of both states.

    The agreement assumed mutual assistance in the face of a terrorist threat or in the event that one of the countries was unable to ensure the protection of its airspace.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Czech president and foreign minister to mark the fall of Berlin Wall
    11/07/2019

    Czech President Miloš Zeman and Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček will travel to Berlin on Saturday to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. On the eve of the festivities, President Zeman will meet with the former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and former European Commissioner Günter Verheugen.

    On Saturday, the Czech head of state, along with his Visegrad Four counterparts, will be received by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Angela Merkel. Together they will attend the main commemorative event at the Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße.

    Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček will represent the Czech Republic at the festivities at the Brandenburg Gate on Saturday evening.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Annual Mezipatra Queer Film festival gets underway
    11/07/2019

    The annual Mezipatra Queer Film Festival gets underway on Thursday evening in Prague, with the main theme called Wind of Change.

    The event, which is now in its 20th edition, will present around a hundred Czech and foreign films focusing on the LGBTQ issues, before moving on to the Moravian metropolis of Brno.

    The opening film will be Adam, a coming-of-age comedy by U.S. director Rhys Erns.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Renovated Lennon Wall to be unveiled in Prague
    11/07/2019

    The Lennon Wall, one of Prague’s most popular tourist landmarks and a symbol of Czech opposition to the communist regime, will be unveiled on Thursday afternoon after a month-long renovation.

    Since the assassination of John Lennon in 1980, young Czechs would use the wall to write their grievances against the regime. In recent years, however, the place has been repeatedly vandalised.

    The Sovereign Order of Malta, which owns the property, decided to turn the place into an open-air gallery with artworks from more than 30 Czech and foreign artists.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

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