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07/18/2024
Czech scientists have become the first in the world to reveal the surface structure of a chromosome in its native state. The new imaging method, called advanced environmental scanning electron microscopy, is the result of cooperation between experts from the Czech Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Instrumentation and the Institute of Experimental Botany.
According to the experts, the discovery of the chromosome’s surface structure could have major implications for medicine and agriculture. Chromosomes are tiny, thread-like structures in cells that carry hereditary information.
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07/18/2024
Production of passenger cars in Czechia increased by 4.9 percent year-on-year to a record 774,310 cars in the first half of 2024, the Czech Automobile Industry Association announced on Thursday. This is the highest output recorded in the country’s modern history.
Škoda Auto, the largest domestic carmaker, produced 473,582 passenger cars from January to June, up 2 percent year-on-year. Production at Hyundai’s Nošovice plant fell by 0.6 percent to 175,950 vehicles, while output at Toyota’s Kolín plant rose by 28.6 percent to 124,778 cars.
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07/18/2024
Czechia’s national football team has dropped by 13 positions to 47th place in the latest FIFA rankings, their lowest ranking since April 2019, following their poor showing at the European Championships in Germany. Coach Ivan Hašek's team recorded the biggest drop of any country in the July edition of the rankings.
Argentina held on to the top spot after their triumph at Copa América, with France coming second. The fresh European champions, Spain, jumped five places to third spot.
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07/18/2024
The Czech government will nominate the minister of industry and trade, Jozef Síkela, for the position of Czech member of the next European Commission, Deník N reported. The cabinet made an informal decision to that effect at a meeting on Wednesday, the news outlet said, citing two sources close to the matter.
There are two other candidates for the post, recently elected MEP Danuše Nerudová of the Mayors party and Marcel Kolaja of the Pirates.
Deník N said if Mr. Síkela was offered a relatively unimportant portfolio he might turn it down, paving the way for Mrs. Nerudová to be put forward.
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07/18/2024
A fire broke out at the Czech Embassy in Paris on Wednesday. The building was evacuated after the blaze started in an apartment and part of the embassy is now out of operation.
Two people inhaled smoke and they and another person were taken to hospital for observation.
The Czech ambassador to France, Michal Fleischmann, said the building, which is by the Eiffel Tower, would be open for regular business by the start of the Olympic Games next week.
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07/17/2024
The Czech government on Wednesday postponed the approval of a new state energy plan and two related climate documents. Ministers said one reason was that they had been focused on a tender to build new nuclear units in Dukovany.
The minister of industry and trade, Jozef Síkela, and the prime minister, Petr Fiala, denied suggestions that the cabinet’s green concept would lead to higher prices of energy and fuel.
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07/17/2024
It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Thursday, with an average high temperature of 27 degrees Celsius. Similar weather is expected on the following days.
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07/17/2024
The Czech president, Petr Pavel, will receive Wimbledon winners Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková at Prague Castle on Thursday, his office said.
Krejčíková won the women’s singles title for the first time on Saturday for the second Grand Slam of her tennis career. President Pavel described the win as wonderful news and good for national pride.
Saturday also saw Siniaková, Krejčíková’s former doubles partner, take the women’s doubles trophy at the All England Club, her ninth major title.
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07/17/2024
The Czech government has decided to award a contract to build two new nuclear units at the Dukovany power station to the South Korean company KHNP.
France’s EDF had also been in contention for the largest tender in the history of the Czech state.
Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Wednesday that the cabinet had so far approved the building of two units at Dukovany. It will also discuss an option for up to two more units at the country’s second nuclear power plant, Temelín, he said.
Mr. Fiala said KHNP’s bid had been the best in all respects. He said the price of one unit would be CZK 200 billion, but analysts say the actual price will be higher.
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07/17/2024
Czechia has sent a group of fire officers to Bulgaria, where large blazes have been spreading in the Staro Zagora province. After two air rescuers and a support team with large capacity water tanks left on Tuesday, two specialised Czech helicopters were flown to the area on Wednesday morning.
Bulgaria had appealed for help from other countries in view of the fact the fires are affecting inaccessible areas.
Czech officials said high temperatures and very strong winds were hampering the fire-fighting effort.
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