• ČD Cargo to issue 7-year bond worth 1 billion crowns
    07/16/2018

    Freight carrier ČD Cargo, a subsidiary of state-owned Czech Railways, plans to issue 7-year bonds worth 1 billion crowns by the end of July with the coupon of 2.55 per cent to fund the purchase of new wagons and towards other investment, the daily E15 reported on Monday. Two years ago, ČD Cargo issued papers worth 500 million crowns.
    Author: Brian Kenety

  • Film and theatre director Petr Weigl dies at 79
    07/16/2018

    The renowned Czech film and theatre director Petr Weigl, who achieved fame with his opera adaptions, has died at the age of 79 years.

    Mr. Weigl directed opera and ballet performances in Czech theatres as well as abroad and created a number of short and feature films for the Czech and Slovak Television, as well as for German public channel ARD and ZDF, British channels BBC and Channel 4.

    Among his best-known works are the poetic film drama Radúz and Mahulena, starring Jan Tříska and Magda Vašáryová or a 1977 film version of Antonín Dvořák’s opera Rusalka.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Annual street art festival gets underway in Prague
    07/16/2018

    An annual festival of street art called Za Dveřmi or Behind the Door gets under way at Prague's Výstaviště exhibition grounds on Monday. Over the next four days, visitors can see over 40 performances by world and Czech troups, including DJuggledy, a performer, juggler and showman from Berlin. The tenth edition of the festival will kick off with a performance by Spanish stret theatre company Kamchatka.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Warm weather set to continue in next four weeks
    07/15/2018

    Temperatures over the next four weeks should not fall below average for the time of year, with daytime highs hovering around 25 degrees Celsius, according to a regular four-week forecast issued by the Czech Hydro-Meteorological Institute.

    The coming week should see temperatures around 29 degrees Celsius. Rain and storms are also expected but precipitation for the whole four-week period should be below the long-term average.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Czechs take two bronze medals at World Rowing Cup in Lucerne
    07/15/2018

    Czech rower Ondřej Synek took the bronze medal at the World Rowing Cup in Switzerland’s Lucerne on Sunday. The Czech World Champion came third in the men’s single skull event, finishing behind Robert Manson of New Zealand and Oliver Zeidler of Germany.

    Jakub Podrazil and Lukáš Helešic finished third in the men’s pair event and currently occupy the first place in the World Cup rankings.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Weather
    07/15/2018

    Monday is expected to be mostly sunny with occasional showers and daytime highs ranging between 25 and 29 degrees Celsius.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • PM Babiš: Czech Republic not to accept any illegal migrants
    07/15/2018

    The Czech Republic will not accept any illegal migrants, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš told the Czech News Agency on Sunday in reaction to Italy’s appeal to the EU for help with taking in African migrants.

    Mr Babiš pointed out that the EU agreement on migration was based on a voluntary basis. He said taking in more migrants was not a solution, and would only increase Europe’s problem.

    Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has appealed to EU countries to take in some of the 450 migrants rescued from an overcrowded ship in the Mediterranean on Saturday. France and Malta have already agreed to host 50 people each and other EU members states will also take some of the asylum seekers.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Czech scientists call for better water management and measures against drought
    07/15/2018

    Czech scientists urge politicians to step up their efforts in dealing with water management and drought. In an open letter addressed to Czech political leadership, scientists from the Czech limnological society have called for improving the country’s water management policy, that would take into account landscape as a whole.

    According to the head of the society, Martin Rulík from Palacký University in Olomouc, insufficient care of the landscape results in wiping out of forests, degradation of agriculture land and the heating of cities.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Krejčíková and Siniaková win doubles final at Wimbledon
    07/15/2018

    The Czech pair Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková have won the women's doubles final at Wimbledon, defeating Czech-US duo Květa Peschkeová and Nicole Melichar 6-4, 4-6 and 6-0.

    They are only the second ever Czech female doubles pairing to take a trophy at Wimbledon, following Jana Novotná and Helena Suková who won in 1989 and 1990.

    Krejčíková and Siniaková, who are both 22, have also won the women’s doubles title at this year’s French Open in Paris.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • OECD general secretary to present report on Czech economy in Prague
    07/15/2018

    General Secretary of the OECD, Ángel Gurría, is set to arrive in Prague on Sunday. Mr Gurría will present the organisation’s regular economic survey and the environmental performance review of the Czech Republic.

    OECD’s Secretary General is scheduled to hold meetings with PM Andrej Babiš, as well as with several other high-level officials on Monday. He will also meet with the representatives of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic and with the leaders of the unions.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

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