• Olomouc suffer home defeat to Sevilla in Europa League qualifier
    08/24/2018

    Olomouc suffer home defeat to Sevilla in Europa League qualifier

    Sigma Olomouc lost 1:0 at home to Sevilla in the opening leg of a Europa League fourth qualification tie on Thursday evening. The Czech side had managed to hold out until the 84th minute before conceding a goal from Sevilla’s Pablo Sarabia.

    The second leg takes place in Spain next Thursday. Sevilla have won the Europa League, the continent’s second-tier international club competition, a record five times.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Renovation of Prague’s Negrelli viaduct to take longer than planned
    08/23/2018

    Renovation work on Prague’s Negrelli viaduct will take longer than planned. Some of the arches in the historical structure, which serves as a rail bridge across the Vltava, are in a worse state than originally believed, representatives of the Railway Infrastructure Administration told Czech Television on Thursday.

    Trains ceased using the structure, which dates back to 1850, in July last year. They were due to return in September 2019 but it now appears that April 2020 is a more likely date.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Weather forecast
    08/23/2018

    Friday should see rain in the Czech Republic and temperatures of up to 26 degrees Celsius. Daytime highs are expected to reach as low as 18 degrees Celsius at the weekend and will hover around the 20 degree mark next week.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Tomáš Řepka jailed for attack on ex-wife using fake online sex ads
    08/23/2018

    The former Czech football international Tomáš Řepka has been jailed for six months. The Municipal Court in Brno on Thursday found Řepka guilty of advertising sexual services on the internet in the name of his ex-wife Vlaďka Erbová. The 44-year-old’s current partner Kateřina Kristelová has been fined CZK 50,000 for her part in posting the first of three online ads under the guise of being Ms. Erbová. The classifieds were accompanied by the victim’s phone number.

    Řepka earned 45 caps for the Czech Republic and played for a number of clubs, including Italy’s Fiorentina and the English Premier League side West Ham United.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Kvitová reaches quarter-finals in New Haven
    08/23/2018

    The Czech women’s tennis number one, Petra Kvitová, has reached the quarter-finals of the Connecticut Open in New Haven. Kvitová advanced after overcoming qualifier Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan 6-1 5-7 6-2.

    The world number five’s next opponent will be Spain’s Carla Suarez, who earlier overcame the Czech Republic’s Barbora Strýcová. Kvitová is seeded third in the Connecticut Open, a competition she has won three times.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Boat traffic on Baťa Canal reduced due to drought
    08/23/2018

    Boat traffic on the Baťa Canal in Moravia has been curtailed after a marked fall in the level of the waterway. This follows an intense drought and a falling of the water level in the adjacent Morava River. Only boats whose submersion does not exceed 60 centimetres are now allowed on the Baťa Canal, operators said in a statement on Thursday.

    It is the first time such restrictions have been imposed on the waterway, which was opened in 1938. They are set to remain in place until September 2.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Dozens of people commemorate interwar politician Antonín Švehla
    08/23/2018

    Several dozen people, including former president Václav Klaus, gathered in Prague ’s district of Hostivař on Saturday to commemorate the interwar politician Antonín Švehla, founder of the Agrarian Party.

    Antonín Švehla served as prime minister of Czechoslovakia for six years during the First Republic and headed the Agrarian Party from 1909 to his death in 1933.

    Antonín Švehla was prime minister of Czechoslovakia for six years during the First Republic and headed the Agrarian Party from 1909 to his death in 1933.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Škoda to unveil new Kodiaq RS at Paris Motor Show
    08/23/2018

    Škoda Auto will present its Kodiaq RS sports utility vehicle at the Paris Motor Show in October, powered by the strongest diesel engine in the history of the brand, a two-litre TDI with a two-turbine.

    German parent company Volkswagen has used the four-cylinder biturbo, but it’s a first for the Czech carmaker. Škoda has also announced its smaller Fabia and Rapid diesel models will be phased out, with new models featuring CNG engines.
    Author: Brian Kenety

  • International Bagpipe Festival gets underway in Strakonice
    08/23/2018

    The 23rd International Bagpipe Festival opens in the south Bohemian town of Strakonice on Thursday with a concert of Czech and foreign soloists accompanied by the Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra.

    Over four days, some 1,200 musicians and 40 ensembles from 17 countries will perform, in many cases winding their way through the city centre in processions.

    The bi-annual festival has been going strong now for over 50 years and in 2016 attracted some 20,000 visitors. Apart from bagpipe performances, the programme this year includes an open-air cinema, exhibitions and an ongoing fair at Strakonice castle, and open doors at the local brewery.
    Author: Brian Kenety

  • Poll: Most Czechs distrust their partner’s ability to manage money
    08/22/2018

    Most Czechs distrust their partner’s ability to manage money properly, according to a new poll by the Poštovní spořitelna savings bank, which surveyed 1,500 respondents. They are also reluctant to lend their partners money.

    Some 19 per cent of women polled blame their partners for spending too much on cigarettes, while 15 per cent of men think women squander money on clothes.

    But around one-third of respondents said they themselves spend too much on food and credit their partners with being better at saving for a rainy day.
    Author: Brian Kenety

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