Less than half of Czechs aged under 35 have a positive view of the European Union, according to research published by the Bratislava-based Globsec institute. The survey found that young Czechs were more sceptical regarding the...
1935 – 18th segment: I’d Like to Have Your Photo (Já bych chtěl mít tvé foto)
In this series we introduce 100 songs that have gone down in the history of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. Vote in the big poll of the 100 Hits of the Republic and pick the...
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Big EU budget net gain, Babiš: Czechs should keep lithium, Jágr joins Kladno
Arguments re-erupt over Czech lithium reserves
Arguments about how to exploit a lucrative and strategic Czech raw material, lithium, have flared up again. Outgoing prime minister Andrej Babiš is demanding that a memorandum with an Australian-based mining company is scrapped and th...
Net gain of CZK 55.4 billion for CR from EU in 2017
The Czech Republic gained CZK 55.4 billion more from the European Union budget than it paid in last year. The figure stems from data released by the Czech Ministry of Finance on Wednesday. In 2016...
Babiš pours cold water on Trump comparison
The Czech prime minister in resignation, Andrej Babiš, says the only thing he has in common with US leader Donald Trump is that they have had Czech wives. Mr. Babiš, who has frequently been dubbed...
Renovation of Wenceslas Square to begin next week
The City of Prague has received the necessary construction permit for the long planned renovation of Wenceslas Square to begin. At least half. The spokesman for City Hall, Vít Hofman, confirmed that work on the...
Okamura denies connection to firm to which party paid millions
Tomio Okamura has revealed the name of a company to which his Freedom and Direct Democracy party paid CZK 7.4 million for PR and analyses, iDnes.cz reported. Mr. Okamura had previously declined to reveal the...
New flat prices in Prague rise by almost 20 percent in 2017
The average price rise for new flat in the Czech capital Prague rose last year by around 19.1 percent to reach around 85,223 crowns per square metre, according to a group of the leading developers...
Jágr signs contract with Kladno after arriving from US
Czech ice hockey legend Jaromír Jágr has signed a new contract with his hometown club Kladno after arriving on a plane from the US. Jágr’s glittering career in the NHL came to a close after...
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