Prague evaluated for EBA Divers find WWI sub Capital 6th for solo tourists
EC evaluation of Prague as possible site for EBA
Prague offers satisfactory office space and good transport facilities as a possible site for the European Banking Authority (EBA) according to an evaluation released by the European Commission. But it says the quality of facilities...
Weather
Sunday is expected to be cloudy with rain most likely in the west and north of the country. Daytime temperatures will range between 15 and 18 degrees Celsius. ...
Czech retailers condemn probe into butter price rise
The Czech Confederation of Commerce and Tourism, which group large and small retailers, has condemned as populism a government move to check on sharp price rises of butter. The check was announced by prime minister...
Czech divers explore likely wreck of WWI submarine
Czech divers have apparently been able to find and explore the wreck of an Austro-Hungarian submarine off the coast of Albania dating from WWI. The wreck of the U16 had previously not been discovered...
Prague placed sixth in world ranking for solo travellers
Prague has been placed as the sixth most attractive city in the world for tourists on their own by the news server Business Insider. It created a ranking of the 50 best locations based...
Drunk Czech policeman sentenced after car damage spree
Former Czech policeman Karel Kadlec received a conditional sentence of 20 months in prison suspended for four years from a Prague court for driving into and damaging 24 cars in a spree of damage in...
Ondřej Tunka takes gold on canoe slalom world championships
Czech canoe slalom competitor Ondřej Tunka has become world champion beating fellow Czech Vit Přindiš in the finals being staged in Pau, France. Tunka barely scraped into the finals and was given little chance of success. His victory margin was just two tenths of a second ahead of countryman Vit Přindiš,…
Gem on a hill: The Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk in Žďár
Built on a small hill called Zelená hora near Žďár nad Sázavou, it is one of the most spectacular and yet unassuming sights in the Czech Republic. The architectural significance of the church on the border of the historic lands of Bohemia and Moravia was officially recognized by UNESCO in 1994 when it...
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson for Czech Radio: We will make sure our friends and partners in the EU are not left in the lurch
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson visited Prague earlier this week on the first stop of a tour of European capitals to explain the British position on Brexit outlined by Prime Minister Teresa May in Florence. In an interview for Czech Radio the British foreign secretary spoke about his country’s aims and priorities in...