Czech lottery and betting company Sazka saw its profits rise by around one-fifth to over CZK 13 billion in 2018, the website seznam.cz reported on Thursday. The company boosted its turnover mainly due to Eurojackpot;...
Prime Minister Babiš and President Zeman have New Year’s lunch
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš brought his wife to the presidential country retreat of Lány on Thursday, to honour an established tradition of both the head of government and head of state having lunch together...
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West Nile Fever in Czechia? EU’s East StratCom Task Force issues “top absurd” fake news list for 2018
This time of year, everyone is naturally taking stock of 2018 – the highs and lows of the past year – and what may lie ahead. Meanwhile, in Brussels, the EU’s direct initiative to identify,...
Deadly African disease causes sharp decline of blackbirds
The common blackbird has disappeared from about 50 percent of Czech gardens, following the outbreak of a dangerous mosquito-carried African bird disease in the summer of last year, the Czech Union for Nature Conservation said on...
Court rules large supermarkets must provide unsold items to food banks
Supermarket chains in the Czech Republic must continue providing unsold goods for free to food banks. The country’s highest court has thrown out an appeal from a group of senators, who argued that the practice...
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Friday is expected to be overcast with occasional snowfall and daytime highs ranging between minus 3 and 0 degrees Celsius.
Czech David Pastrňák to be part of 2019 NHL All-Star team
The Boston Bruins’ forward David Pastrňák has been included in the 2019 NHL All-Star team. It is the first All-Star Game selection for the 22-year-old Czech, who currently leads the Bruins in scoring with 24...
Police suspend investigation into EU subsidies fraud at Ministry of Regional Development
According to newspaper Lidové noviny, the Czech police have suspended their investigation of a 2013 computer system tender at the Ministry of Regional Development, which Ministry of Finance auditors had judged to be in violation of...
Nominees for Czech Film Critic’s Awards announced
The nominations have been announced for the ninth annual Czech Film Critics’ Awards to be presented on February 2 at Prague’s Archa Theatre. Director Robert Sedláček’s film Jan Palach about the student who took his own...
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