• Weather forecast
    07/23/2017

    Bright spells should alternate with rain in the Czech Republic on Monday, with temperatures of up to 23 degrees Celsius expected. There should be similar weather throughout most of the week.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Lower than average temperatures expected in next month
    07/23/2017

    Temperatures in the Czech Republic should be lower than average for the time of year over the next month, the Czech Hydro-Meteorological Institute said in a regular four-week forecast. Daytime highs can typically be expected to reach a maximum of about 22 degrees Celsius until the middle of August, they said. Rainfall will be higher than average for the time of year.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Motocross rider dies after fall
    07/23/2017

    A competitor died following a bad fall in a motocross world championship event in the West Bohemian town of Loket on Saturday. The 13-year-old rider has been named as Igor Cuharciuc from Moldova. Doctors attempted to resuscitate him for 45 minutes but he succumbed to his injuries at the race venue. Organisers Autoklub ČR said the relevant safety procedures had been adhered to and that the course met all safety standards.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Zeman regional visits not part of re-election campaign, says spokesman
    07/23/2017

    President Miloš Zeman will continue touring the regions of the Czech Republic from September but such visits do not represent part of a campaign to win re-election next January, his spokesman Jiří Ovčáček said. However, Jan Outlý from the state agency that oversees party financing says that Mr. Zeman should at least consider including the cost of regional visits in his total campaign budget, which has a cap of CZK 50 million. Mr. Ovčáček says the president has been touring the regions since 2013 and is making good on a promise to speak directly to citizens. Mr. Zeman has said he will not actively campaign for re-election or take part in debates with other candidates.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Summer school of Slavonic Studies starts in Olomouc
    07/22/2017

    An annual summer school of Slavonic Studies got underway in the Moravian city of Olomouc on Saturday. Over 100 students from 23 countries around the world are attending the course, with the youngest a 16-year-old girl from China and the oldest an American man of 73. The summer school is being held at Olomouc’s Palacký University for the 31st time.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Woman badly hurt after parachuting onto house
    07/22/2017

    A woman was left seriously injured after she landed on the roof of a house near the Líně airfield in the Plzeň district during a solo parachute jump on Saturday morning. A police spokesperson said the woman, who is aged around 25, had suffered numerous injuries but was still conscious. She was apparently coming in to land on a grassy area before wind carried her onto the house in the village of Nová Ves.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Brno police publicising good deeds by locals on website
    07/22/2017

    Police in Brno are publicising good deeds by local people on their official website, Czech Television reported on Saturday. They began posting such stories two weeks ago and have been adding one a day in a bid to encourage Brno residents to take greater interest in their surroundings. Examples to date include the story of a man who prevented thieves from stealing expensive equipment from a doctor’s surgery and the saving of a squirrel from a car showroom. The police said they had found inspiration in the work of writer Jaroslav Foglar, whose books were intended to inspire young people to socially-minded behavior.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Weather forecast
    07/22/2017

    It should be quite sunny with the chance of storms in the Czech Republic on Sunday, with daytime highs of up to 27 degrees Celsius expected. Temperatures are set to fall to the low 20s Celsius during the week.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Senior Czech justice officials denounce Polish judicial reforms
    07/22/2017

    Top Czech judges have denounced judicial reforms in neighbouring Poland as an attack on the rule of law. In a statement published on Friday, the Czech constitutional and supreme courts, supreme state attorney and Ombudswoman said that they could not remain silent in the face of steps that undermined the values of European civilization, humanism and fundamental rights and freedoms. Polish lawmakers have approved a bill from the governing Law and Justice party under which all current judges will be forced into retirement and the president given powers to choose which ones to reinstate.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Kubera refuses to confirm presidential run despite collecting signatures
    07/22/2017

    Veteran Civic Democrat politician Jaroslav Kubera has refused to confirm whether he will stand for president, despite the news this week that he had collected the necessary signatures from other senators to enter January’s election. In an interview with Lidovky.cz on Saturday, Mr. Kubera said his current activities a “probe” and could help provoke another candidature that he himself would support. Aged 70, Mr. Kubera is a former mayor of Teplice and is known as a strong advocate of smokers’ rights.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

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