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09/11/2019
A unique grave of a second century warlord has been found in the south-east Moravian town of Uherský Brod. Aside from human remains, the grave’s contents include bronze crockery and a knife. It is the first discovery of this kind from the Roman period in the region, the Czech News Agency reports.
According to the head of the Archaeology Department at the Museum of Moravian Slovakia Tomáš Chrástek the grave was found by chance when, during the construction of a rainwater sewer, a digger operator noticed his bucket had become stuck on something. Archaeologists from the museum then identified the object as a bronze pan from the Roman period.
According to Mr. Chrástek the body belongs to an influential warlord, who possibly ruled over the wider region. The archaeologist notes that the objects with which the skeleton is buried were imports made on the territory of the Roman Empire.
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09/11/2019
The largest Czech small-arms manufacturer CZ Group - Česká zbrojovka could be preparing to enter the Prague stock exchange, the Czech news site iHNed reported on Wedneday, referring to its own sources. The President of the Group Holding, Lubomír Kovařík, told the site that the company is indeed considering a public sale of shares, but that these thoughts are only in their initial stage. He refused to offer any details on the size and timing of the transaction.
According to iHNed, the company could use the capital raised by share sales to boost its investment in the United States, where it is currently building a new factory and preparing to compete in the local defence tenders.
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09/11/2019
Stanislav Fiala has been named Czech Architect of the Year for his contribution to architecture over the last five years. He received the award at Prague’s CAMP venue on Tuesday night.
Fiala has designed dozens of original buildings, including the Špork Palace on Hybernská in Prague and the DRN Palace on the city’s Národní.
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09/11/2019
The Czech Republic beat Montenegro 3:0 in a Euro 2020 qualifying game in Podgorica on Tuesday evening. The Czechs’ goals all came in the second half, through Tomáš Souček, Lukáš Masopust and Vladimír Darida, who converted a penalty in time added on. The reverse tie in Olomouc in June ended in the same result.
Tuesday’s result leaves the Czech Republic second in their group behind leaders England with five of their eight qualifiers played. The Czechs’ next Group A game is against England in Prague next month.
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09/10/2019
Škoda Auto’s first electric car, the Citigio, is set to become the cheapest vehicle of its kind on the Czech market. The Czech-based automaker presented the Citigo at a car show in Frankfurt on Tuesday. It will go on sale at the start of 2020 at a cost of CZK 429,000 in the Czech Republic.
The first 500 buyers of the Citigo will receive free electricity from a public network of CEZ charging stations for a period of one year.
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09/10/2019
The opposition TOP 09 party have called on the Czech minister of foreign affairs, Tomáš Petříček, to summon the Russian ambassador to Prague. They want the diplomat to explain why the Russian minister of culture, Vladimir Medinsky, said the mayor of Prague 6, Ondřej Kolář, was behaving like a Nazi in connection with a divisive statue of Red Army commander Ivan Konev in the district.
TOP 09 chairman Jiří Pospíšil said it was not possible that the incident could conclude with Minister Petříček making a statement in the media.
Mr. Petříček said on Monday that the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs would take more steps over the matter, but did not specify what kind.
The statue of Konev has repeatedly been vandalised. The Prague 6 Town Hall recently covered it, sparking protests, and later abandoned that approach.
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09/10/2019
European Commission president-elect Ursula von der Leyen has offered the Czech Republic’s Věra Jourová the values and transparency portfolio on the next Commission. Ms. Jourová will also be a deputy president of the European Commission.
Věra Jourová was in charge of justice, gender equality and consumers on the previous European Commission headed by Jean-Claude Juncker.
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš pointed out that it was the first time the country had ever received a European Commission deputy president’s post. He said the awarding of the values and transparency portfolio represented a show of trust by Ms. von der Leyen.
Czech opposition politicians have been critical. Vít Rakušan of the Mayors and Independents said it was absurd that the values and transparency post had gone to a country whose prime minister stands accused of not adhering to EU values.
The Civic Democrats’ Petr Fiala said Ms. Jourová’s task would be to keep the recalcitrant Visegrad Four states in line, adding that the portfolio had no real influence.
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09/10/2019
It should be quite sunny in the Czech Republic on Wednesday, with temperatures of up to 21 degrees Celsius. Similar weather is forecast for the following days.
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09/10/2019
The Chinese Embassy in Prague says the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra itself chose to cancel a tour of China. Officials issued a statement to that effect after the Czech minister of culture, Lubomír Zaorálek, protested China’s blocking of the tour during a meeting with Ambassador Zhang Jianmin on Monday.
A spokesperson for Czech Radio, which operates the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, described the Chinese Embassy’s assertion as nonsense, explaining that the ensemble had failed to receive the necessary permits to tour China.
The Chinese authorities have blocked a number of planned tours by Czech classical music ensembles. This follows a move by Prague’s mayor to excise an article recognising the One China policy from the city’s partnership agreement with Beijing.
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09/10/2019
The arrival of cooler weather has led to the “heating season” beginning in some parts of the Czech Republic. Temperatures fell to as low as nine degrees Celsius in some places on Monday, with particularly low temperatures registered in the Ore (Krušné) Mountains. This has led to the municipal heating being turned on after a break of several months in a number of spots, such as in Ostrov in the Karlovy Vary Region.
Some of the low temperatures recorded on Monday are not usually seen until the end of September.
A meteorologist at a station in Šindelová in the Karlovy Vary Region said that such a dramatic turn in the weather was only seen once every eight or 10 years.
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