• Weather
    03/22/2023

    Friday should see temperatures range around 17 degrees Celsius with overcast skies and rainfall in the northwest of Czechia.

  • Granary and garden named monuments of the year
    03/22/2023

    The špýchar granary, which lies within the wider farm in Myštice, South Bohemia, and Kumpánova garden within the Benar park in Slaný, Central Bohemia, were named Monuments of the Year on Tuesday by the Association of Historical Settlements in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia.

    A total of 45 monuments were in the running at the annual competition, which hands out awards for the best reconstruction of a historical monument. The granary took first place in the minor category for reconstructions up to CZK 2 million, while the First Republic era Benar park, won in the large reconstruction category, for reconstructions above the afore mentioned cost.
    Author: Thomas McEnchroe

  • Terezie Lexová and Štěpán Smetana win Grand Designer of the Year award
    03/22/2023

    The main prize at the 2022 Czech Grand Design Awards went to the creative duo Terezie Lexová and Štěpán Smetana, who won the title of Grand Designer of the Year for the third time in succession. They impressed the Czech Design Academy with their collection of seating furniture. The late industrial designer Otakar Diblík, who significantly influenced the shape of public transport vehicles in the country, was ushered into the Czech Design Hall of Fame in memoriam.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • One World Human Rights Film Festival kicks off in Prague
    03/22/2023

    The One World International Human Rights Film Festival kicks off in Prague on Wednesday evening. The 25th edition of the biggest human rights film festival in the world will offer 75 feature-length documentaries and ten virtual reality films. There will also be a discussion program with guests from around the world and short films for children. They main theme this year is “the price of safety” relating to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the energy crisis, climate change and social insecurity. The festival will run in Prague until 30 March and in 27 other cities across the country until 2 April. The films will be shown online from April 2-16.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Weather forecast
    03/21/2023

    Wednesday should be partly cloudy to overcast and mostly dry around the country, with day temperatures between 15 and 19 degrees Celsius.

  • Amper trade fair underway in Brno
    03/21/2023

    The Amper trade fair opened at the Brno Exhibition Centre on Tuesday. Over 400 companies from 24 countries are presenting innovations in the field of electrical engineering, energy, electronics, automation and digitization. The event is intended primarily for professionals and photovoltaics is a dominant area of interest this year. The organisers expect up to 30,000 visitors. The largest foreign representation is from Czechia’s neighbor states, but representatives from Turkey, Taiwan, China, the US and the United Arab Emirates are also present.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Population of Czechia growing thanks to migrants
    03/21/2023

    The population of Czechia  increased by roughly 16,700 inhabitants to 10.5 million last year, according to data published by the Czech Statistics Office on Tuesday. The upward trend was driven mainly by migration. Roughly 57,000 people immigrated to the country in 2022, while around 20,000 emigrated. The office registered just under 100,000 newborns, the lowest number in 17 years. Over 120,200 people died last year.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Patrik Schick voted best Czech footballer of the year
    03/21/2023

    Leverkusen striker Patrik Schick has been voted the best Czech footballer of the year for the second year in a row. The 27-year-old defending champion won the title in a poll conducted by the Football Association of the Czech Republic, coming more than 200 points ahead of Fiorentina midfielder Antonín Barák. Plzeň goalkeeper Jindřich Staněk finished third by just one point.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Industry minister says energy saving policy worked well
    03/21/2023

    Czechia has come through the winter months well thanks to a significant reduction in gas consumption, Industry and Trade Minister Josef Sikela told reporters in Prague on Tuesday. He said storage tanks are now more than half full, which is a significant improvement on last year. He predicted that if the energy-saving policy continues at the same level, the country should withstand the coming winter without great difficulty as well. He also stressed that Czechia has not received any natural gas from Russia since the beginning of the year.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • ČEZ Energy Group posts record profits
    03/21/2023

    The ČEZ Energy Group reported a record net profit of CZK 80.7 billion last year, up from CZK 9.9 billion the previous year. According to the company, the significant increase reflects the soaring energy prices due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, record profits from commodity trading on foreign markets and the high operational reliability of ČEZ power plants. The result has far surpassed analysts' estimates.

    Prime Minister Petr Fiala said he wants to use roughly CZK 100 billion of the ČEZ energy group's levies to help deal with high electricity prices, build motorways and boost defence spending.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

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