ČNB raises rates, Pirates win mock elections, Jiří Menzel honoured in Israel
Czech secondary school students vote in mock-local elections
Less than a fortnight before Czechs go to the polls to vote in local and Senate elections, the country’s teenagers had a chance to cast their ballot in mock local elections. The undertaking aims to...
Czechs living in US call for introduction of postal vote
The Czech parliament is set to debate a proposal that would make it easier for Czechs voting in elections abroad to cast their vote by post. A Czech community in the United States is petitioning...
Czechs increasingly fond of foreign online-stores
Czech customers spent some 19.5 billion crowns on purchases from foreign e-shops and on online booking of air-tickets and accommodation in the first six months of 2018. ...
ČNB raises main interest rate to 1.5 pct
The Czech National Bank (ČNB) board has increased the two-week repo rate by 25 basis points to 1.5 percent. At the same time, it increased the Lombard rate to 2.5 percent and the discount rate to...
TI: Most transparent campaigns led by Pirates, Greens, STAN, TOP 09
The Czech branch of the anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International has released a report on which parties and candidates for the Senate have conducted the most transparent campaigns. According to the report, the campaigns of ...
Garden atelier of artist Hana Wichterlová declared cultural monument
The Ministry of Culture has declared the atelier of the painter and sculptor Hana Wichterlová a cultural monument. She had lived and worked in the small garden building in Prague’s Malá Strana district for more...
Academy of Sciences names Academic Award winners
The Czech Republic’s top academic institution, the Academy of Sciences (AS ČR), has announced the winners of its biggest annual prize, the prestigious Academic Award - Praemium Academiae. The winners are Jiří Hejnar from the...
Weather outlook
Thursday should be sunny nationwide, with daytime highs of between 20 and 24 degrees Celsius. Clouds are set to roll in overnight, with rain in the forecast for northern Bohemia on Friday. ...
Jiří Menzel honoured at Haifa Film Festival
Czech film director and actor Jiří Menzel has been honoured for his life's work at the Haifa Film Festival. His wife Olga accepted the prize on his behalf in Israel. The 80-year-old Oscar-winner recently co-starred in the bittersweet road movie The Interpreter, about an elderly Jew searching for…