Teen killed in raft accident

A 16-year-old girl drowned after a raft she was on with four others flipped over on the Ohře River near Karlovy Vary. The accident happened shortly after noon on Sunday when the raft attempted to shoot through a sluice. After it flipped, four made it to the river's edge. Rescue workers found the girl’s body late on Sunday, and relatives have confirmed her identity. None of the rafters were wearing safety vests and they had all had alcohol before setting out on the river.

Number of single households increasing

Statistics show a rise in the number of single households with one in four Czechs now living alone. In Prague the number of single households has reached 40 percent. The increase monitored in the past seven years is attributed to the growing number of young people who remain single and also seniors living on their own. However around the country, the number of family households is still substantially –minimally twice - higher than that of single households.