• Canoeist Jiří Prskavec claims K1 World Cup title
    09/09/2018

    The Czech Republic’s Jiří Prskavec has won the World Cup title at the canoe slalom World Cup finals in Seu d'Urgell in Spain. The 25-year-old Czech Olympian finished third in the men’s K1 event on Sunday, which was enough to secure the overall win.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Czechs more willing to change jobs
    09/09/2018

    Some 15 percent of Czech employees changed jobs in the past six months, according to a survey carried out by the recruitment agency Randstadt.

    A quarter of Czechs are considering finding a new employment or are actively searching for it, which is five percent more than in the previous six months. People employed agriculture, forestry, hospitality and catering changed jobs were most willing to change jobs.

    The study also suggest that 62 percent of Czech employees are happy with their current employer, while ten percent are dissatisfied.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Mass commemorates Ryszard Siwiec’s self-immolation
    09/09/2018

    Roman Catholic Bishop Václav Malý on Sunday served a special mass at Prague St Vitus Cathedral for the Czech and Polish nations. The mass also commemorated Ryszard Siwiec, the Polish man who set himself alight on September 12, 1968 in protest at his country’s participation in the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia. The name of Ryszard Siwiec was unknown for decades after his self-immolation, as Poland’s communist government tried to erase his act from the public consciousness. A monument to the Polish protester was unveiled in 2010 in front of Prague’s Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • President pays tribute to Czechoslovakia’s first president T. G. Masaryk
    09/09/2018

    President Miloš Zeman and other politicians paid tribute to Czechoslovakia’s first president Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk at his grave in Lány on Saturday on the occasion of the 81st anniversary of his death.

    The Czech head of state also lit the annual ceremonial fire, along with the honorary head of TOP 09 party Karel Schwarzenberg, mayor of Lány Karel Sklenička and a group of voluntary firefighters. Dozens of people attended the traditional event, which was established in 1935.

    Masaryk had great merit in bringing about the establishment of an independent state of Czechs and Slovaks after WWI. Dubbed the Father of the Nation, Masaryk was a much loved and respected politician and is revered to this day.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Czech pilot completes round-the-world flight
    09/08/2018

    Czech pilot Roman Kramařík, who celebrated the centenary of the birth of Czechoslovakia by flying around the world in a small Cessna place, landed in Prague’s Letňany Airport on Saturday.

    The one-time aerobatic pilot flew over the Persian Gulf, India, Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, the Pacific Ocean, the US, the Azores and then Britain before returning to the Czech Republic. The journey took him 46 days across three oceans and three continents.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Temperatures set to reach 30 degrees next week
    09/08/2018

    Temperatures over the next month should stay above-average for the time of year, according to a regular four-week forecast issued by the Czech Hydro-Meteorological Institute. The coming week should see temperatures approaching 30 degrees Celsius. Towards the end of the month, daytime temperatures should gradually drop to around 17 degrees Celsius. Precipitation over the next four-week period should not exceed the long-term average.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Czech and Slovak cabinets to hold joint session in Košice
    09/08/2018

    The Czech and Slovak governments are to hold a joint working session in Košice on on September 17. The main focus of the talks will be the joint celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia. Migration and regional cooperation among V4 countries are also expected to be high on the agenda.

    The joint session will open with a ceremony in the Historical Town Hall of Košice. The joint meeting will be followed by bilateral negotiations between Czech and Slovak Prime Ministers, Andrej Babiš and Robert Fico, and the respective department heads.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Weather
    09/08/2018

    Sunday is expected to be mostly sunny with daytime highs ranging between 21 and 25 degrees Celsius.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • President Zeman to visit Germany in September
    09/08/2018

    Czech President Miloš Zeman is due to pay a three-day official visit to Germany from September 19 to 21, the Czech News Agency reported on Saturday. The head of state will be meeting with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier, chancellor Angela Merkel and Brandenburg state governor Dietmar Woidke.

    The talks are expected to focus on cross-border cooperation, EU reform ad budget, relations with Russia and migration. It will be President Zeman’s first visit to Germany since his reelection for a second term in office.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Largest ever performance of Bartered Bride staged in Pilsen
    09/08/2018

    Thousands of people attended an open-air performance of The Bartered Bride in the West Bohemian town of Pilsen on Friday evening. The largest ever performance of Bedřich Smetana’s popular opera was staged on the town’s central square as part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia. The performance ended with the sound of bells from the Cathedral of St. Bartholomew, which is located on the square.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

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