• Neighbours come together for outdoor festival
    09/15/2018

    More than 100 neighbourhoods in Prague and 23 other towns and cities joined the annual outdoor festival Zažít město jinak (Different City Experience) organized by the civic association Auto*Mat.

    Billed as a celebration of public space, the event involves neighbours getting together for a meal outdoors, concerts, theatre performances and workshops.The event has gained increasing popularity and is being held for the thirteenth time this year.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • NATO changes strategy for patrols in Afghanistan
    09/15/2018

    Czech soldiers serving in NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan will no longer be in the front line of patrols, deputy head of the Joint Operation Centre Štefan Muránský told the daily Pravo.

    The NATO command centre changed its strategy after three Czech soldiers were killed by a suicide bomber while patrolling an area near Bagram Military Base in August. In future patrols will be led Afghan soldiers who will be covered by NATO troops.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Weather forecast
    09/15/2018

    Sunday should bring clear to partly cloudy skies with day temperatures between 20 and 24 degrees Celsius.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Woman convicted of hate speech given suspended sentence
    09/15/2018

    The regional court in Tachov has revealed details of the verdict in the case of a 26-year-old woman charged with hate speech against a mixed class of first-graders.

    The woman, who was found guilty of inciting racial hatred on social networks was handed a suspended sentence and fined 20,000 crowns. The verdict may still be appealed.

    The woman commented on a class photo of largely Romany, Arab and Vietnamese first-graders in a local school, saying they should all be shot. The incident caused public outrage and the school was given special police protection.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Constitutional Court turns down complaint by Nikulin
    09/15/2018

    The Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic has turned down a third complaint by alleged Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin that he was wrongly refused asylum in the Czech Republic and extradited to the United States to face charges.

    The verdict upheld earlier rulings by lower-instance courts which said Nikulin did not have the right to asylum in the Czech Republic on humanitarian grounds.

    Nikulin was arrested in Prague in 2016 with both Russian and US authorities calling for him to be handed over.

    In March of this year he was extradited to the US where he is suspected of hacking computers at Silicon Valley firms including LinkedIn and Dropbox. The decision sparked protests from Russia and was criticized by President Miloš Zeman.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Tripartite agrees on budget priorities for 2019
    09/15/2018

    Government officials, employers and trade union leaders on Friday approved the priorities outlined in the government’s draft budget for 2019.

    The Finance Ministry has proposed a state budget with a 40 billion crown deficit, that envisages a hike in public sector wages, higher pensions and more money for investments.

    The government aims to scrap 1300 jobs in public administration, which should save around 3.4 billion crowns.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Twenty-two people treated for intoxication after taking dangerous, synthetically-made drug
    09/14/2018

    Twenty-two people have now been treated for intoxication after taking a dangerous synthetically made drug that has appeared in Ostrava. One addict died and another is in grave condition.

    Police have warned there could be thousands of doses of the synthetic drug among addicts. Six people have been charged in connection with the case.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • President Zeman to visit Germany
    09/14/2018

    Czech President Milos Zeman is to pay an official three-day visit to Germany next week. Mr. Zeman will arrive in Berlin on Wednesday afternoon but his talks with the country’s leaders are scheduled for Friday.

    He will be received with military honours by his German counterpart President Frank Walter Steinmeier on Friday morning and then meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday afternoon. The talks are expected to focus on a wide range of issues including bilateral cooperation, EU reform, the migrant crisis or relations with Russia.

    The president will also meet with representatives of German companies doing business in the Czech Republic.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Weather forecast
    09/14/2018

    Saturday should be partly cloudy to overcast with rain in places and day temperatures between 18 and 22 degrees Celsius.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Šimandl takes over as head of country’s civilian intelligence
    09/14/2018

    IT expert Marek Šimandl officially took up his post at the head of the country’s civilian intelligence agency on Friday.

    Interior Minister Jan Hamáček said he was convinced that Šimandl was the right man for the job, who would stabilize the service and secure a high level of performance in the best interests of the Czech Republic.

    Šimandl previously served as deputy head of the National Cyber and Information Security Agency where he was in charge of cyber security.

    He replaces Jiří Šašek who was dismissed in May of this year following an audit into the service’s financial management.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

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