• Weather forecast
    10/08/2017

    Monday should bring partly cloudy to overcast skies with day temperatures between 9 and 13 degrees Celsius.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Unemployment at 3.9 percent
    10/08/2017

    Unemployment in September dropped to below four percent, in line with analysts’ predictions, the ctk news agency reported. September’s unemployment was 3.9 down from 4 percent in August. According to economist Lukas Kovanda due to the lack of skilled workers more firms are now taking in graduates fresh out of school whereas in the past they demanded work experience. Unemployment had not dropped below 4 percent since October of 2008.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Czech Airlines’ plane bound for Moscow forced to turn back due to technical problem
    10/08/2017

    A Czech Airlines flight to Moscow was forced to turn back due to a technical defect early on Sunday, the ctk news agency reported.

    The plane returned to Prague’s Vaclav Havel Airport after the pilot reported a technical problem, fully in line with regulations, a Czech Airlines spokesman said.

    The passengers boarded another plane for Moscow two hours later. The character of the technical problem was not specified.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Forum 2,000 opens in Prague
    10/08/2017

    The 21st Forum 2,000 conference opens in Prague on Sunday. The annual event, established by the late president Vaclav Havel, brings together personalities and thinkers from around the world to discuss issues related to democracy and human rights.

    This year’s theme is strengthening democracy in uncertain times and will focus on the impact of social media on democracy, the situation in Turkey and other topics.

    Among the participants this year are Albert II, Prince of Monaco and the former Austrian president Heinz Fischer.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Plzen celebrates birth of famous lager
    10/08/2017

    The west Bohemian city of Plzen celebrated 175 years since the birth of its famous Pilsner brew at the weekend.

    On October 5, 1842 beer master Josef Groll made the first Pilsner beer, the world’s first-ever pilsner type blond lager, which inspired much of the beer produced in the world today, many of which are named Pils, Pilsner and Pilsener. He used hops from Žatec, soft water and his own malt. The recipe has not changed over the years.

    Open air celebrations with Pilsner beer, good food and music took place on the main square on Saturday.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Weather forecast
    10/07/2017

    Sunday should bring overcast skies with rain around the country and day temperatures between 10 and 14 degrees Celsius.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Voting in general elections abroad to start a day early
    10/07/2017

    Elections to the lower house of Parliament will start a day early in some polling stations abroad in order to make up for the time difference, the ctk news agency reported.

    The first voters will be able to cast their ballot on Thursday, October 19, in Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, the US and Canada. People will be able to vote at 108 polling stations abroad, mostly at embassies, cultural institutions or military army bases where Czech soldiers are serving in foreign missions.

    Polling stations around the Czech Republic will close at 2pm on Saturday and the preliminary results should be announced a few hours later.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Physicist and scientist Armin Delong dies at 92
    10/07/2017

    Czech physicist and scientist Armin Delong has died at the age of 92, the ctk news agency reported citing family sources. Professor Delong was the founder of electron microscopy in Czechoslovakia. In 1990, he served briefly in the Czechoslovak government of prime minister Marián Čalfa. Delong created the prototype of the table microscope for which he received the gold medal award at the World EXPO58 in Brussels.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Former boss of Russia‘s federal state budget facing extradition
    10/07/2017

    The former boss of the Russian federal state budget Alexandr Alexandrovich Nikolayev is to be extradited to his homeland where he will face charges of conspiracy and fraud, the ctk news agency reported. The extradition order was signed by Justice Minister Robert Pelikan.

    The Russian authorities claim Alexandr Alexandrovich Nikolayev embezzled millions of roubles from state coffers. He had sought asylum in the Czech Republic saying he was the victim of a new wave of repressions.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Wolves escape from national park near Czech-German border
    10/07/2017

    Six wolves have escaped from the Bavarian national park near Ludwigsthal. The park is located near the Czech German border and the authorities say the animals could appear in the Šumava Mountains.

    In the event of sighting them people have been asked not to approach them, try to feed them or take pictures.

    The head of the national park Franz Leibl said an all out effort was being made to recapture the wolves. Since they were bred in an enclosure their chances of survival in the wild are extremely slim, he said.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

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