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Czech prime minister joins world leaders at climate change conference in Paris

Close to 150 world leaders have descended on Paris for a much anticipated UN climate change conference with the aim of producing a legally binding climate treaty that…
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Czech Republic seen in top 20 of most competitive global manufacturing locations

The Czech Republic should elbow its way into the top 20 countries in the world for manufacturing competitiveness by 2020 according to a survey by one of the world’s top…
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Czech government seeks to reduce number of children in institutional care

The Czech government’s Human Rights Council is to ask legislators to pass new laws preventing children younger than seven from ending up in institutionalized care. Instead…
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Group of Syrian refugees, whose children will receive medical attention, to arrive in Prague

The first group of Syrian refugees granted asylum in the Czech Republic will arrive in Prague on Monday. According to Czech Radio’s flagship Radiožurnál, as many as 70…
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Are the proposed new health food norms for school cafeterias over the top?

A proposed new directive banning the sale of junk foods in schools has elicited strong protests from students and headmasters alike. The list of banned foods compiled by…
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Battle breaks out over Czech frequency reallocation

An angry war of words has broken out over government plans to pave the way for a new frequency for terrestrial tv broadcasters as part of moves to free up space for mobile…
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Zeman loss could lead to Babiš “playing Kaczynski role”

The political future of current Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš seems rather up in the air at present. His perceived ally Miloš Zeman may struggle to win re-election in…
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Class photo in Teplice daily sparks hate speech on social networks

Police are investigating an incident of hate speech on social networks and in the media after a class photo of first-graders in a school in Teplice, which appeared in a…
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Exhibition seeks to counter Prague’s role as animal smuggling hub

An exhibition Wild for Life got underway at Prague airport this week, featuring large format photos of world famous celebrities morphed with pictures of animals endangered…
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Plans to exploit Czech uranium mine slag heap sparks furore

Slag heaps of broken rocks and stone are the clearest legacy of the uranium mining boom in the Czech Republic. But one company’s plans to get rid of some of the unsightly…
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Chemicals clean-up clears way for Holocaust memorial at Oskar Schindler site

The former factory in the small east-Bohemian town of Brněnec, where Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews from the Nazi Holocaust, has been a sorry sight for years. The former…
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Despite efforts to diversify, dependence on exports to EU growing

The Czech Republic has an export-dependent economy with the bulk of exports going to EU member states. The recent economic crisis and sanctions against Russia led the…
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Major transport projects set for green light as EC agrees exemptions

The Czech Republic has negotiated a deal in Brussels that spells a green light for a number of major transport projects, the country’s prime minister announced on…
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Government prepares legislation to assist excluded social groups

The Czech government has formally begun preparing new legislation, which will assist socially disadvantaged groups in finding employment in Czech businesses and public…
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Authorities pledge clampdown on car clocking

Czech officials have pledged to crack down on the widespread practice of altering used cars’ mileage. It is estimated that half of all second-hand vehicles sold are “…
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Budget approved for 2015 boosts social spending but cuts investments

The Czech lower house has passed a budget for 2015 that envisages a deficit of CZK 100 billion, less than 3 percent of gross domestic product. The country’s social…
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National parks re-drawing their conservation zones under close scrutiny from locals

National parks in the Czech Republic are re-drawing their conservation zones for the next 15 years. And once again the process of finding a balance between conservation…
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Czech government approves legislation banning paramilitary groups

The government has approved new legislation which would ban armed paramilitaries and vigilante groups pursuing a religious, nationalist or similar agenda. Those who break…
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Press Review

Campaigning for June's elections absolutely dominates the daily newspapers today. But of course, the Olympics make the main headlines in Czech daily newspapers today. Most…
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News of Radio Prague

Upper Austrian anti-nuclear activists plan another demonstration Anti-nuclear activists in Upper Austria have announced that they plan to hold another demonstration in…
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News of Radio Prague

Czechs to consider not putting Temelin in operation Czech foreign minister Jan Kavan and Austrian environment minister Wilhelm Molterer held talks on the controversial…
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News Saturday, JUNE 13th, 1998

And now the news in more detail. About two or three cubic metres of low-active cooling medium leaked out of the Dukovany nuclear power station on Friday morning, the CTK…
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News Sunday, MARCH 22nd, 1998

Those are the headlines, I'm Ray Furlong, and now the news in more detail. The Social Democrat leader, Milos Zeman, has indirectly accused the Freedom Union of being…
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Why are Czech students less happy to be back in school than their global peers?

Most children in the Czech Republic returned to school on Monday following the summer break. Compared to their peers worldwide, however, fewer look forward to being back…
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Prague plans ban on coal heating using outmoded stoves and boilers

From November 2020 the Prague authorities are planning to ban the burning of coal, briquettes and coke in old stoves and boilers with a view to improving the capital’s…
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