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06/18/2024
Czech students showed average performance in an international benchmarking study on creative thinking. Students from 64 OECD countries were tested in how well they generate creative ideas, as well as evaluate and improve on them in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022.
A total of 6,600 students participated in the study. Singapore came first in the ranking, followed by South Korea, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Estonia and Finland.
The results showed a significant performance gap between the best and worst performing countries. They also revealed that countries with above-average scores in maths, reading and science knowledge and skills also outperformed the OECD average in creative thinking.
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06/18/2024
Two Czechs, a man and a woman, died in a rafting accident in the French Alps on Monday, the Czech News Agency reported. The news was confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Two rafts, each carrying five Czechs, were crossing the Guil River in the Château-Ville-Vieille area when they capsized due to the strong current and high water.
The man was pronounced dead on the spot, while the woman died in hospital. According to French media, both victims were around 60 years old.
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06/18/2024
Meteorologists have issued a heatwave warning for the coming days. Temperatures in Prague, central Bohemia and South Moravia are expected to exceed 31 degrees Celsius on Tuesday. On Wednesday, temperatures in Moravia could reach the 33 degree mark.
People have been advised to stay out of the sun, use sunscreen and increase their intake of liquids.
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06/18/2024
The Czech national soccer team play their first game at the European Football Championship in Germany on Tuesday night. Their opening opponent in the tournament’s Group F will be Portugal, who are among the favourites to win the whole thing.
Coach Ivan Hašek’s team will then face Georgia, who are considered outsiders, and Turkey.
The independent Czechia’s greatest success at the Euros was in 1996, when they were beaten in the final. Czechoslovakia won the tournament in 1976.
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06/17/2024
The Mayors are putting forward two candidates for the post of Czechia’s next member of the European Commission. The party, who received the right to nominate somebody for the post under the deal under which the governing coalition was formed, said after a meeting on Monday that it would ask the cabinet to consider both Danuše Nerudová, a freshly elected MEP, and the minister of industry and trade, Jozef Síkela.
Prime Minister Petr Fiala says the government will reach a decision on the matter by August.
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06/17/2024
Czech archaeologists in the Hradec Králové area in East Bohemia have discovered what is probably the longest prehistoric mound in Europe, the Czech News Agency reported on Monday.
The mound, which was found along the route of a future motorway near the village of Dohalice, is about 190 metres in length and has a maximum width of 15 metres.
The structure is believed to come from around the fourth century BC, dating from what is known as the Funnelbeaker culture.
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06/17/2024
Around 10 Czechs injured in a bus accident in Iceland remained in hospital on Monday morning, three days after the incident, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Twelve people were hurt in the crash and five ended up in intensive care with serious injuries.
There were 20 passengers on board the bus when it crashed in Öxnadalur, in the northern part of Iceland, on Friday night. A number of them have already returned to Czechia.
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06/17/2024
An ammunitions explosion at a military training area at Libavá in the Olomouc Region on Monday morning left one soldier dead and eight injured, the Czech Army said on social media.
The army described the accident as “serious”. Two of the injured were taken away by rescue helicopter and four were transported to the Olomouc Military Hospital. The matter is being investigated by the Military Police.
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06/17/2024
Former Czech footballer Karel Poborský says he hopes superstar Cristiano Ronaldo starts for Portugal against Czechia at Euro 2024 on Tuesday. Poborský told the Czech News Agency on Monday that the fact Ronaldo is now 39 meant he had some shortcomings to his game.
The Czechs beat Portugal through a goal by Poborský at Euro 96.
The two nations meet in what is for both their opening game at the current European Championships on Tuesday evening in Leipzig.
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06/17/2024
It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Tuesday, with an average high temperature of 27 degrees Celsius. Similar temperatures are expected on the following days.
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