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06/02/2024
The latest addition to Prague Zoo’s orangutan family was officially named Harapan during a ceremony at Prague Zoo on Sunday. The name was selected from around 2,000 suggestions sent in by the public. The name comes from Indonesian and translates as 'hope'.
Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský, British Ambassador to Prague Matt Field and Deputy Mayor Jana Komrsková participated in the official ceremony, which took place on Harapan’s one-month birthday.
The mother of the orangutan cub is 11-year-old Diri, who was also born in Troja. Prague Zoo has been breeding orangutans almost continuously since 1961.
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06/02/2024
ANO would come first in Czechia’s elections to the European Parliament with 23.1 percent of the vote, according to the latest poll by the STEM/MARK agency, released on Sunday. The Together alliance of the Civic Democrats, TOP 09 and the Christian Democrats would come second with 21.5 percent.
According to the survey, the Mayors and Freedom and Direct Democracy would win a 10.3 percent voter support. The coalition of Freedom and Direct Democracy and Oath would place fourth with 9.5 percent, closely followed by the Pirate Party with 9.4 percent.
The European elections take place in Czechia on June 7-8.
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06/02/2024
The flood warning issued by the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute on Friday is still in force in several places in the Plzeň. Domažlice and Klatovy regions on Sunday. However, water levels are expected to gradually recede.
Rivers and streams in western Bohemia reached flood levels due to heavy rains on Friday and Saturday, even reaching the highest, third-level degree in several places.
Firefighters responded to over 300 emergencies on Saturday due to heavy rain. They were called mainly to drain water from flooded cellars and remove fallen trees.
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06/01/2024
Sunday will be mostly overcast and rainy with day temperatures ranging between 20 and 24 degrees Celsius.
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06/01/2024
Several hundred people gathered on Wenceslas Square in Prague on Saturday afternoon for a demonstration calling for peace in Ukraine. The protesters carried banners demanding withdrawal from NATO or an end to the fighting in Ukraine. Among the participants was former Czech Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek and former Slovak politician Ján Čarnogurský.
One of the people behind the event was Ladislav Vrabel from the group “Czechia first”, who organised a series of anti-government protests in Prague in September and October 2022, attracting tens of thousands of people. Vrabel himself has been accused of spreading false information online and is currently facing insolvency related legal proceedings.
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06/01/2024
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has cancelled his #dearMoon mission, which involved a journey around the Moon on a SpaceX rocket with a crew made of eight celebrities, including Czech choreographer Yemi A.D. According to the Japanese fashion mogul, the project, first announced in 2018, was cancelled due to development delays.
The Czech artist shared the news on his Instagram profile, adding that he will continue to pursue his other projects. Among the other crew members selected for the #dearMoon Project was DJ Steve Aoki, YouTuber Tim Dodd, Irish photographer Rhiannon Adam, photographer Karim Iliya, Indian actor Dev Joshi, documentary filmmaker Brendan Hall and South Korean K-pop star TOP.
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06/01/2024
Firefighters responded to dozens of calls on the night from Friday to Saturday due to heavy rain. In central Bohemia, 29 emergencies were reported in the course of the night. The firefighters were called mainly to drain water from flooded cellars and remove fallen trees.
Much of the western part of Czechia is currently being threatened by floods. The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute has declared the highest flood-warning level for part of the Plzeň region, namely the Mže and Radbuza Rivers, which could potentially burst their banks.
Heavy rain has also raised water levels in the Šumava Mountains in southern Bohemia. First-degree flood alert is now on place on the Ostružná and Křemelná Rivers.
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06/01/2024
Czech tennis player Markéta Vondroušová reached the last 16 of the French Open on Friday after beating Chloe Paquet of France 6-1, 6-3. The 24-year-old Czech, who became the first unseeded player to win Wimbledon last year, lost the finals at Roland Garros in 2019. The fifth seed will face Serbia’s qualifier Olga Danilovic in the next round.
Another Czech, Marie Bouzková, was defeated by world number one Iga Swiatek 6-4, 6-2. In the men’s singles, Tomáš Macháč will face Daniil Medvedev in the third round after defeating Portugal’s Nuno Borges.
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06/01/2024
A ceremony was held on Saturday at Prague’s Ďáblice Cemetery to remember the child victims of Czechoslovakia’s communist regime. The event, which falls on International Children’s Day, was organised by the civic association BEZkomunistu.cz.
There are 43 gravestones of children at the Ďáblice cemetery who were born in prisons and died due to insufficient care or after being mistreated. There are also an unspecified number of children who were buried at sites without any names or other details.
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06/01/2024
The Kramář Villa, the official residence of Czech prime ministers, will open its doors to the public on Saturday June 1. The building, which offers stunning views of Prague, now mainly serves to host meetings with diplomats and foreign statesmen. It is named after the first Czechoslovak Prime Minister Karel Kramář who had it built in 1915. The guided tours start at 9am and end at 4pm.
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