Ruth Fraňková

Cigarette consumption in the Czech Republic dropped by more than 60 million over the past year. The biggest drop in consumption was recorded during the state of emergency.

The Council of Europe calls on the Czech Republic and other member states to include the history of the Roma in the school curriculum and teaching materials.

With the start of the summer holidays, most of the Czech Republic’s castles and chateaux, as well as other tourist destinations, are opened to the public again.

The Giant Mountains are one of the most popular tourist destinations in Czechia, but dealing with the ever growing numbers of tourists is becoming increasingly difficult.

Interest in purchasing summer homes and cottages is far higher this year while the number of such recreational homes on sale has dropped, the website Aktuálně reports.

A new exhibitionat the Kampa Museum in Prague, brings together the Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha and contemporary pop artist Pasta Oner.

Thanks to a new augmented reality application, visitors can now admire Braun’s Nativity Scene as it looked at the time of its creation.

Czech adventurer Jaromír Zaoral, who lives in Sweden, has set an unusual world record – he conquered the highest peaks of Europe in less than a year.

Thirty children from the Czech Republic found a new home abroad last year. Most of the children were boys of up to five years old.

One third of Czech households have experienced a drop in income due to the restrictions related to the Covid-19 outbreak, according to the results of a poll by CVVM.