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10/13/2018
The Christian Democrats have suffered two major defeats in the Senate elections. The head of the party, Pavel Bělobrádek, lost against former police president Milan Červíček in the Náchod region.
Meanwhile, former culture minister Daniel Herman lost in the district of Havlíčkův Brod and Chrudim with the candidate of the Civid Democrats, Pavel Tecl. The only Christian Democrat candidate to secure a seat in the Senate is Jiří Čunek, current governor of the Zlín region, who was reelected to the upper chamber in the first round representing Vsetín.
At the Christian Democratic Party conference on Saturday, Pavel Bělobrádek announced that he would not defend his position as the party head, saying that the party would benefit from having a new leader.
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10/13/2018
Former presidential contenders, Marek Hilšer and Pavel Fischer, both running as independent candidates, have been elected as the new senators in the second round of elections to the upper house of Parliament.
Czech doctor and political activist, Marek Hilšer defeated Libor Michálek of the Pirate Party in Prague districts 2 and 3.
Former diplomat Pavel Fischer won in Prague 12 over Eva Tylová, former head of the The Czech Environmental Inspectorate.
Another former presidential contestant, Jiří Drahoš, won his senate bid in the first round as an independent candidate running on the ticket of the Party of Mayors and Independents.
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10/13/2018
The Czech Hydro-Meteorological Institute has issued a warning against strong winds for most parts of the Czech Republic. The warning is valid from Saturday evening until Monday morning.
According to meteorologists, Krkonoše and Jeseníky mountains could see winds of put to 110km/hour.
The authorities have advised people to secure their windows and garden furniture and avoid trees and older buildings as their roofs could be ripped off.
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10/13/2018
Sunday is expected to be mostly sunny with daytime highs ranging between 20 and 24 degrees Celsius.
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10/13/2018
An exhibition featuring the manuscript of Antonín Dvořák's famous Cello Concerto in B minor, gets underway at the Czech Centre in New York on Saturday. The unique score, the last work Dvořák composed in America, will be on display in the U.S. for the first time ever.
The exhibition, which was prepared in collaboration with the National Museum in Prague, Carnegie Hall Archives, and the Czech Ministries of of Foreign Affairs and Culture,will run at the Czech Centre's Gallery until November 9.
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10/13/2018
Czech tennis player Karolína Plíšková has booked a spot in the final of the Tianjin Open, after defeating Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky, 6-2, 6-1 on Saturday, improving her hopes of qualifying for the WTA Finals in Singapore. The 26-year-old Czech will face Caroline Garcia of Spain in her fight for the third title of the season.
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10/12/2018
One lane of Prague’s Vinohradská street was closed for three hours from midday Friday for the funeral of Jan Kočka junior, a member of the influential Kočka family clan.
The opulent funeral attended by thousands of people took place in the Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord at Jiřího z Poděbrad square in Prague.
The funeral procession then moved to Prague’s Olšany Cemetery, with the massive coffin placed in an ornate carriage drawn by three pairs of black horses.
The funeral procession severely restricted traffic, including city transport, which elicited criticism from the local authorities. Jan Kočka junior was killed in a car crash that he caused speeding two weeks ago.
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10/12/2018
Saturday should be bright and sunny around the country with day temperatures between 19 and 23 degrees Celsius.
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10/12/2018
The presidents of Slovakia and Poland have defended the EU sanctions against Russia as justified.
Speaking at a press briefing following a Visegrad Group summit of heads of state, Slovak President Andrej Kiska said the EU could not remain indifferent to the 2014 annexation of Crimea which was a blatant violation of international law and said he welcomed the fact that EU members had acted in unity in enforcing sanctions. Polish President Andrzej Duda also said the sanctions were fully justified.
Czech President Zeman, who is one of the most vocal opponents of the sanctions and who has repeatedly called for them to be lifted, made no comment, saying sanctions had not been on the agenda of the meeting. Hungarian President Janos Ader likewise refrained from commenting on the issue.
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10/12/2018
Czech President Miloš Zeman has criticized the EU for trying to interfere in the internal affairs of the Visegrad Group states.
Speaking at the close of a two-day summit of the presidents of Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland in the High Tatras on Friday, President Zeman said this alienated the countries in question and led to new divides in Europe.
Slovak President Andrej Kiska, who hosted the summit of V4 presidents, said individual EU member states should listen to each other more and work towards mutual understanding, since each of them has its history, its problems and in many respects, also a different view of the EU.
He stressed that in the face of differences, the Visegrad Group heads of state should be more vocal in stating their allegiance to the EU and all members should work to prevent a new division of Europe into East and West.
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