• Sparta’s Lafata set for retirement after scoring nearly 200 league goals
    05/09/2018

    The captain of Sparta Prague football club, David Lafata, has announced that he is retiring at the end of this season, the club said in a statement on its website. The striker, who is 36, is currently the top scorer in the Czech top flight with 198 goals.

    Lafata said he would like to say goodbye to fans at Sparta’s last home game of the season against Olomouc on May 19. The veteran player picked up 41 caps for the Czech national team, finding the net nine times.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • This April Prague’s second warmest in almost 250 years
    05/09/2018

    This year’s April was the second warmest in Prague since 1775, when a weather station at the city centre Clementinum first began keeping records. The average temperature in the fourth month of the year was 15.6 degrees Celsius. This was over 6 degrees Celsius warmer than the long-term average for April.

    The jump in average temperature from March to April was 11.7 degrees Celsius. That was the third highest change between months since 1775.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Weather forecast
    05/09/2018

    Thursday should see some clear spells but also the chance of rain and storms in the Czech Republic. Daytime highs are expected to reach up to 24 degrees Celsius. More wet weather is likely for much of the following week.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Hamáček demands apology from Foldyna over Night Wolves spats
    05/09/2018

    The chairman of the Social Democrats, Jan Hamáček, has called on deputy leader Jaroslav Foldyna to apologise for his behaviour at a gathering of Russia’s Night Wolves bike gang in Prague on Monday. At the event Mr. Foldyna got into altercations with protesters against the nationalist bikers, who have been linked to President Vladimir Putin.

    However, the Social Democrats deputy chairman has declined to say sorry for his actions. Mr. Foldyna released a video – recorded by weights in a gym – refusing to apologise and describing himself as a patriot.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Mikolas Josef reaches final of Eurovision
    05/09/2018

    The Czech Republic’s Mikolas Josef has progressed to Saturday’s final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon. Josef, with the song Lie to Me, was one of nine entrants to make it out of the first semi-final of the Europe-wide competition on Tuesday night.

    The 22-year-old’s participation in Eurovision had been threatened after he sustained a spinal injury in a fall during rehearsals last week. He is only the second Czech to reach the final of the competition.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Czechs beat Swiss 5:4 after penalties at ice hockey worlds
    05/09/2018

    The Czech Republic beat Switzerland in their third game at the Ice Hockey World Championships in Denmark on Tuesday evening. A dramatic match was tied at 4:4 at the end of the third period but the Czechs managed to win 5:4 after penalties with the decisive goal coming from Michal Řepík.

    The result leaves the Czech Republic fourth in Group A at the worlds with four points. They had previously beaten Slovakia in overtime and lost to Sweden.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Kvitová into third round in Madrid
    05/08/2018

    Petra Kvitová has reached the third round of the Madrid Open. The 28-year-old, who won the clay court Prague Open last week, continued a good run on the surface with a 6-3 7-3 victory over Monica Puig of Puerto Rico.

    Kvitová's compatriot Kristýna Plíšková also reached the third round in Madrid on Tuesday, joining her twin sister Karolína at that stage of the tournament.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • President appoints six generals, ignores two government recommendations
    05/08/2018

    President Miloš Zeman appointed six new generals on Tuesday in connection with the anniversary of the end of WWII. Four of those promoted to that rank were soldiers, while the other two were the director of the national anti-drug agency and a regional fire chief.

    Mr. Zeman declined to make generals two men who had been proposed for the rank by the government: Petr Procházka, deputy commander of the country’s ground forces; and Michal Koudelka, director of the BIS intelligence service.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Statue of Red Army’s Konev defaced with pink paint
    05/08/2018

    A statue of the Soviet military commander Ivan Konev in Prague has been vandalised. During Monday night, pink paint was poured over the monument to the World War II leader. Police are investigating the matter, a spokesperson said.

    Konev helped liberate Prague in May 1945, an anniversary that is being marked on Tuesday. The statue, which stands in the city’s Bubeneč district, was also defaced a year ago.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Pirates remove Ruml from ticket for Senate after vote
    05/08/2018

    Former minister of the interior Jan Ruml will not now stand for the Pirate Party in elections to the Senate later this year after a national party vote opted to remove him from the ticket. Two-thirds of participants voted to remove Mr. Ruml, a spokesperson said.

    Pirates’ leader Ivan Bartoš said the move was an example of direct party democracy in practice. Former dissident Ruml was a leading member of the Civic Democrats in the 1990s and was previously senator for the Prague 6 constituency.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

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