• Beef and pork production down
    07/31/2017

    Beef and pork production in the Czech Republic decreased in the second quarter of the year while poultry production rose, according to figures released by the Czech Statistical Office. Overall production was down 3.4 percent compared with the same period in 2016. Beef production took the biggest dip, down 8.1 percent, followed by a 6.6 drop in pork production. However, poultry production rose 3.2 percent. Beef and pork prices rose but poultry prices fell.
    Author: Jan Velinger

  • Czech police officers leave for Macedonia and Serbia
    07/31/2017

    Fifty-five Czech police officers departed for foreign missions in Macedonia and Serbia on Monday where they will serve until September 11, when they will rotate out. The news was confirmed by the police president Petr Petřík. The Czech officers will help guard Macedonia’s border with Greece and Serbia’s with Bulgaria. The move is part of a continuing operation in response to the migration crisis.
    Author: Jan Velinger

  • Shareholders agree sale of controversial pig farm to the state
    07/31/2017

    A majority of shareholders in AGPI, an agriculture company owning a controversial pig farm in South Bohemia, agreed on Monday to the farm’s sale to the state. For years, the pig farm stood partly on the site of a former labour and later WWII concentration camp where Romanies were interned. Some 300 people died there and an additional 500 people were sent to Auschwitz. According to the Czech News Agency, 88 percent of shareholders were in favour and 11 percent were against. The government is still keeping details, including the buyout price, under wraps; however, AGPI is expected to release the details once the sale is completed. Human rights activists and Roma groups have long sought the removal of the pig farm, calling it a stain on the memory of those who suffered and died at the former camp.
    Author: Jan Velinger

  • Sparta Prague draw 1:1 in season opener against Bohemians
    07/31/2017

    In football, Sparta Prague drew 1:1 in their first league game of the new season 1:1 against Prague rivals Bohemians 1904. David Lafata, with his 200th goal for the club, scored from the penalty spot in the 16th minute. Two minutes from time Martin Šmíd equalised. Tomáš Rosický came on for Sparta in the 71st minute.Sparta’s Italian manager Stramaccioni described the performance as an improvement on the Europa League qualifier against Crvene Zvezde Belgrade last week when Sparta lost 0:2.
    Author: Chris Johnstone

  • Police investigate fewer cases of parents not paying share for raising children
    07/31/2017

    The number of cases where parents of split families are failing to make payments for raising children has fallen for the fourth year running. In 2016, police investigated just over 10,600 cases where payments were not being made. That is around 1,500 fewer than the previous year. Higher employment and the possibility of withdrawing driving licenses from non-paying parents are among the reasons given for the fall. There are around 180,000 single parent families in the Czech Republic.
    Author: Chris Johnstone

  • Czech Republic best prepared country in Central Europe to withstand shock developments
    07/30/2017

    The Czech Republic is the best placed country in Central Europe to reacted to unexpected global, political, or economic developments according to a ranking drawn up by the consultancy company KPMG. The ranking place the Czech Republic 25th in the world in terms of preparedness. The best placed countries were Switzerland, Sweden, and the United Arab Emirates. The Czech Republic improved three places compared with its standing when the survey was last carried out.
    Author: Chris Johnstone

  • Krejčiková loses in Bastad doubles final
    07/30/2017

    In tennis, Czech player Barbora Krejčiková lost in the doubles final of the Bastad open with partner Maria Irigoyen. Opponents Quirine Lemoine and Arantxe Rus won 3:6, 6:3, 10:8. Twenty-one year old Krejčiková was looking for her second WTA doubles triumph.
    Author: Chris Johnstone

  • Heaven Labs eyes expansion on US market
    07/30/2017

    The Czech start- up Heaven Labs says it is going to expand in the US with planned production and storage for its energy drink Mana. The company this year expects turnover of 200 million crowns, twice the level of 2016. It already exports to 26 countries with exports accounting for 27 percent of sales. the biggest export demand currently comes from Germany. Transport is offered free to foreign buyers. The expansion in the US is taking time due to administrative procedures.
    Author: Chris Johnstone

  • Weather
    07/30/2017

    The weather on Monday will be overcast with sunny intervals. Top temperatures will range between 27 and 33 degrees Celsius.
    Author: Chris Johnstone

  • Hop growers lack pickers as summer season nears
    07/30/2017

    Organisers of hop pickers for the upcoming season due to start in the second half of August say there are still short of workers. Chmelda, one of the organisations specialising in recruitment reported the shortage to the Czech News Agency. In spite of technological advances, hundreds of extra pickers were essential to the annual harvest recruiters said. One recruiter said the situation surrounding the summer season was the worst she could remember.
    Author: Chris Johnstone

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