Monday saw unusually mild weather across many parts of the Czech Republic, with a new record for warmest temperature set in more than 100 years in České Budějovice. On the date of October 16, the warmest...
More than one hundred year record for temperature on this date broken in České Budějovice
Monday saw unusually mild weather across many parts of the Czech Republic, with a new record for warmest temperature set in more than 100 years in České Budějovice. On the date of October 16, the...
Construction begins on state-of-the-art battery factory
Construction began on Monday at an industrial zone in Horní Suchá, near Havířov in the region of Moravia-Silesia on what investors are promising will be the world’s most modern battery factory. Czech investors under the Battery...
Social Democrats hit back at ANO and communists in lower house meeting over lithium
The Social Democrats criticised ANO and the Communist Party in a special session in the lower house on Monday for, in their view, artificially inflating an affair over lithium mining in the Czech Republic. ANO...
Semyon Bychkov appointed Czech Philharmonic chief
Semyon Bychkov has just been appointed as successor to the late Jiří Bělohlávek as principal conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.
Daily news summary 16.10.2017
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Weather
Mostly sunny weather is expected on Tuesday. Daytime temperatures should reach highs of about 19 degrees Celsius.
Jan and Eliška most popular names for newborns in January, ČSÚ reveals
The most popular names given to newborns born in the Czech Republic in January this year were Jan for boys and Eliška for girls, the Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) revealed on Monday. The bureau has...
Bychkov signs contract to be next chief conductor of Czech Philharmonic
The director of the Czech Philharmonic David Mareček presented a contract to American conductor of Russian descent Semyon Bychkov on Monday, signing him as chief conductor of the philharmonic for five years. The signing was attended...
Czech ministry mulls massive recruitment of foreign workers to fill jobs
Wages and jobs have been pushed as one of the main themes of Czech parliamentary elections. And a proposal from the finance ministry to open the door to around 200,000 foreign workers has sparked fresh...
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