• Thousands join Avon walk to end cancer
    06/09/2018

    Thousands of people joined the annual Avon walk to end breast cancer through the centre of Prague on Saturday. The charity fundraising walk aims to raise awareness of the need for prevention and provide more information to patients and family members.

    It is supported by a number of Czech celebrities, among them singers Tonya Graves and Debbi, and actresses Iva Pazderková, Vanda Hybnerová and Hana Holišová. In its 18th year, the walk has raised 110 million crowns to date.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Weather forecast
    06/09/2018

    Sunday should be partly cloudy to overcast with rain in places and day temperatures between 27 and 31 degrees Celsius.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • PM Babiš summoned for questioning by police
    06/09/2018

    Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, who is charged with EU subsidy fraud, was summoned by the police on Thursday for questioning in connection with the case, the daily Právo reported on Saturday. His wife Monika and daughter Adriana were also questioned.

    Babiš and six others are suspected of having illegally acquired a 50 million crown EU grant for the Stork’s Nest farm and hotel compound which was part of his multi-billion crown empire after orchestrating a fake transfer of ownership to enable it to qualify for a grant intended for small and medium-sized businesses.

    If convicted Andrej Babiš could face up to ten years in prison.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Rosický to take his final bow at Sparta stadium in Prague
    06/09/2018

    The legendary Czech footballer Tomáš Rosický will end his career with a star-studded beneficiary game at Prague’s Sparta stadium on Saturday.

    The game will pit international stars such as Cesc Fábregas, Mathieu Flamini, Van Persie, Aleksandr Hleb and Jens Lehmann against a home team including Pavel Nedvěd, Karel Poborský, Jan Koller, Petr Čech and Milan Baroš.

    The game, which is hopelessly sold out, was due to start at 5pm, but had to be pospond due to heavy rain. There is an accompanying exhibition and gifts for fans.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Museum Night expected to attract thousands of visitors
    06/09/2018

    Seventy-seven Prague institutions will open their doors to the public within the increasingly popular Museum Night event held annually in the Czech capital.

    Now in its 15th year, Museum Night offers visitors a guided tour of various institutions, including areas usually off limits to the public, workshops, theatre and dance performances.

    Among the institutions which will open their doors to visitors between 9pm and 1am on Saturday are museums, galleries and Czech Radio. Admission is free of charge. The event traditionally attracts thousands of visitors.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Czechs growing more accepting of refugees
    06/09/2018

    The number of Czechs who are unconditionally against the Czech Republic taking in refugees has dropped by 11 percent, to 58 percent, according to a poll conducted by the CVVM agency.

    Eighty-two percent of Czechs consider refugees a potential threat to European security and 71 percent say they are a threat to global peace.

    Thirty-five percent of Czechs would agree to the Czech Republic taking in refugees until it is safe for them to return to their homeland. In the autumn of last year only 25 percent of Czechs expressed this view.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Open competition underway for police oversight agency head
    06/08/2018

    Prime Minister Andrej Babiš will call a second round of a job competition for a new head of the General Inspectorate of the Security Forces. Only one candidate entered the first round, which is insufficient to conduct the selection process.

    The inspectorate’s former director Michal Murín left his post at the end of April following criticism from the prime minister. The inspectorate investigates crimes committed by members of the police.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Weather forecast
    06/08/2018

    Saturday should bring partly cloudy to overcast skies, with rain in places, and day temperatures between 27 and 31 degrees Celsius.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Labe River closed to traffic at Nymburk
    06/08/2018

    The Labe River, a busy waterway which connects the cities of Melnik, Nymburk and Kolin with Berlin and the Baltic Sea has had to be closed to traffic at Nymburk.

    The Czech Water Management Office closed a stretch of the waterway to traffic after an inspection revealed that a footbridge over the river was in a critical state of disrepair and could collapse onto traffic passing under it.

    It is not yet clear when the footbridge will be pulled down. There is no alternative waterway.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Mayors and Independents Party: Senate should end talk about referendum on leaving EU
    06/08/2018

    The Party of Mayors and Independents, which is represented in the Senate, has said it will push the upper chamber to pass a resolution rejecting the idea of a law which would enable Czechs to vote on whether to leave the EU and NATO.

    Party leader Petr Gazdík said this would make it clear that the efforts of the Freedom and Direct Democracy Party to get such a law approved and support for the idea from the Communist Party have no chance of leading to fruition. All constitutional laws need to win approval in the Senate.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

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