• Prague street called after Soviet general to be renamed after vote
    06/19/2023

    A Prague street called after Red Army commander Ivan Konev is to be renamed, following a City Hall vote on Monday. The proposal had come from the Prague 3 district, which said it wanted to rename the present Koněvova St. as Hartigova, after Karel Hartig, the first mayor of the local Žižkov district.

    Prague 3 said this would impact around 5,000 people, who will have six months to obtain replacement official ID cards, free of charge, once the change takes effect on October 1.

    General Konev took part in the liberation of the Czech lands at the end of WWII but was also involved in the Soviets' crushing of the Hungarian Uprising in 1956.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Unions plan four anti-government protests by holidays, more in September
    06/19/2023

    The Czech Confederation of Trade Unions is planning four protest actions against the government’s austerity programme by the start of July. The head of the unions umbrella body, Josef Středula, told reporters on Monday that if their demands were not met his members would hold more demonstrations in September.

    Mr. Středula called for a discussion on the government’s plans to make savings with representatives of the cabinet, unions and employers, to be chaired by President Petr Pavel.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Amazon opens second Czech centre in Olomouc Region
    06/19/2023

    The multinational online retailer Amazon opened a new distribution centre in the small town of Kojetín in the Olomouc Region on Monday. The 50,000 square-metre centre should employ up to 2,000 people, the company said.

    Amazon’s second distribution centre in Czechia is fitted with the latest robotic technology, a representative said.

    The firm opened its first Czech centre, on the outskirts of Prague, in 2015 and now employs 4,000 people in the country.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Weather forecast
    06/19/2023

    It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Tuesday, with an average high temperature of 29 degrees Celsius. Cloudy weather is expected for much of the week.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Senate to honour memory of General Alois Eliáš, protectorate PM executed by Nazis
    06/19/2023

    Chairman of the Senate, Miloš Vystrčil and vice-chairman Jiří Drahoš will honour the memory of General Alois Eliáš, the only head of government of an occupied state to be executed by the Nazis 81 years ago for collaborating with the resistance.

    Eliáš, who had fought in the Czechoslovak Legions in the first world war, was appointed prime minister during the occupation of Bohemia and Moravia in WWII.

    His fate is commemorated by a plaque on the Kolovrat Palace, which used to be the seat of the Protectorate government led by Eliáš and is now part of Senate.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • First tropical day of this year recorded in Czechia
    06/19/2023

    Temperatures in some parts of Czechia reached 30 degrees Celsius on Sunday, making it the country’s first tropical day this year, the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute has informed.

    The warmest temperature, 30.3 degrees Celsius, was recorded at the Bolevec station in the west Bohemian city of Plzeň. Last year, Czechia saw its first tropical day almost a month earlier, on May 20.

    According to meteorologists, high temperatures accompanied by occasional storms are expected to last until Friday.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Weather forecast
    06/18/2023

    Monday will be mostly sunny with occasional rain showers and storms. Day temperatures are expected to range between 26 to 30 degrees Celsius.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Toll on Czech motorways to increase next year
    06/18/2023

    The toll on Czech motorways could increase by 10 to 15 percent from next March, Transport Minister Martin Kupka said in an interview for Czech Television on Sunday, adding that the increase is needed to cover the investments in transport infrastructure.

    More than 100 kilometers of motorways should open in Czechia next year. According to Mr. Kupka, the toll increase should bring up an extra two billion crowns to the state budget, At the moment, the toll brings some CZK 14 billion into state coffers.

    Mr Kupka says the increase is made possible by a change in the European directive and that the toll can be increased by emission charges. The government has previously announced that the price of the annual motorway vignette will increase next year to CZK 2,300 from the current CZK 1,500.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • President Pavel to stay in Lumbe Villa on work days
    06/18/2023

    President Petr Pavel and his wife Eva will move into the Lumbe villa, located near Prague Castle, in the summer. They plan to live there during the work week, the president said in an interview for CNN Prima News on Sunday.

    Mr. Pavel is currently commuting to Prague from his permanent home in the village of Černouček in central Bohemia.

    The Lumbe Vila, which dates back to the mid-19th century, is the former residence of ex-presidents Miloš Zeman and Václav Klaus. It overlooks the Deer Moat, a natural ravine located below Prague Castle.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Newborn girl left in Vsetín babybox
    06/18/2023

    A newborn girl was placed in a babybox in Vsetín in eastern Moravia on Sunday morning. The girl, who was given the name Jindřiška, had an untreated umbilical cord but was otherwise in a good condition.

    The newborn girl is the sixth baby to be placed in a babybox this year and the 252nd since the first babybox was established in Czechia in June 2005. There are currently 85 such facilities, monitored by doctors, located across the country.

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