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08/05/2024
The Czech railway system is struggling to compete with road transport. The EU wants to shift 50 percent of freight to rail by 2030, but in Czechia, this target seems unrealistic due to several challenges. According to an analysis by web portal Seznam.cz, rail transport faces higher costs and less flexibility compared to road transport. The imbalance is exacerbated by insufficient railway infrastructure and capacity, leading to overburdened routes, especially around major cities like Prague and Brno.
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08/05/2024
Regional Development Minister Ivan Bartoš fom the Pirate Party is under fire for persisting problems with the newly digitized system of construction management which has drawn complaints from civil servants around the country. The opposition parties are calling on him to resign and the minister’s coalition partners have indicated that if the system is not working smoothly by the end of August he should accept political responsibility for the failure.
The problems have significantly slowed the processing of construction permits with expert saying that the resulting losses could amount to billions of crowns and make newly constructed housing more expensive. Digitization in construction management was expected to reduce the construction permit processes from an average of 5.4 years to 1.25 years.
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08/05/2024
The annual Prague Pride festival celebrating LGBT+ culture kicks off in the Czech capital on Monday. The festival, which is in its 14th year, will offer more than 200 events, including debates, film screenings and exhibitions in different parts of the city.
The theme of the week-long festival, which focuses on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues, is the importance of unconditional family support and acceptance.
The festival will culminate with the traditional rainbow parade in the streets of Prague next Saturday.
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08/04/2024
Monday should be partly cloudy to overcast with scattered showers in the southern and eastern parts of the country and day temperatures between 20 and 24 degrees Celsius.
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08/04/2024
Firefighters intervened to rescue people stranded on a cable car in Mariánské Lázně on Sunday after noon, the ctk news agency reported. The cable car system stopped automatically for safety reasons when a fault occurred in the pressure valve that corrects the tension of the suspension rope. At the time there were 18 passengers riding in the cabins, including children, at a height of about ten metres above ground. The rescue operation lasted for an hour and a half and all passengers were brought down safely.
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08/04/2024
The War Veterans Support Agency, set up by the Czech Ministry of Defense three years ago, has expanded its support network and now helps dozens of veterans solve problems with war traumas, injuries, financial support, accommodation and other matters. Community centres for war veterans operate in Prague, Brno and Olomouc and the agency now has community workers in every region of the country. Czechia has about 16,000 war veterans who served in the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and other missions.
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08/04/2024
The legendary Czech striker and hockey coach Josef Beranek Sr. has died at 82, the Litvinov hockey club reported on its web page on Sunday. Beránek Sr. played for Litvínov appearing in 422 games in 14 seasons and accumulating 198 points for 113 goals and 85 assists. He coached hundreds of promising Czech players, including his son Josef Beranek Jr. who later played for the Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks, and Pittsburgh Penguins. In 1998 he was part of the Czech Republic's gold-medal winning Olympic ice hockey team in Nagano.
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08/04/2024
Some 130 cyclists from around Czechia and Slovakia set off from Uherský Brod on Saturday for a pilgrimage to the Italian town of Aquileia. According to the organizer of the event, Petr Gabriel from the sports organization Orel, the cyclists will ride to the Adriatic coast via Slovakia and Austria, covering almost nine hundred kilometers in nine stages. They should arrive in the Italian city of Aquileia, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, on Sunday 11 August. In previous years, the peloton has travelled to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, Budapest in Hungary, Cologne in Germany, Krakow in Poland, Fátima in Portugal and also to Svatá Hora in Czechia.
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08/04/2024
The cities of Prague and Brno are increasing the number of street lights with integrated electric vehicle charging points, in addition to regular charging stations. There are thirteen such street lamps in Prague and another one hundred should be added by the end of the year. Brno also plans to continue expanding this service. Ostrava, Plzeň and Karlovy Vary only have charging stations.
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08/04/2024
An increasing number of Ukrainian doctors and dentists can treat patients in the Czech Republic, after passing proficiency and linguistic assessment tests in this country. According to the Ministry of Health the number of Ukrainian doctors who successfully passed these exams in the course of the past year has exceeded two hundred. Preparing for them takes a minimum of one and a half years. Nearly three hundred more professionals from Ukraine are currently undergoing the approval process.
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