Friday is expected to be partly cloudy with scattered rain showers and daytime highs ranging between 19 and 23 degrees Celsius.
Czechs spent over CZK 152 billion on betting last year
Czechs spent a record sum on betting last year, placing bets worth 249.5 billion crowns. That’s a rise of just over 11 percent on the previous year. Winnings paid out from bets came to over...
Outgoing Slovak president visits Prague on his last foreign trip
Outgoing Slovak President Andrej Kiska has arrived in the Czech Republic for his final foreign trip as head of state. He was received by Czech president Miloš Zeman at Lány Chateau on Thursday afternoon. Mr Kiska...
Mexican animator and FAMU grad José García Moreno on surrealism, Švankmajer and Czech humour
Mexican animator José García Moreno studied at Prague’s famous film school FAMU and apprenticed at the animation studio Bratři v triku in the last years of communist Czechoslovakia. There, he made his fist short film, and...
Writer and ex-political prisoner Jiří Stránský dies at 87
The writer Jiří Stránský died on Wednesday at the age of 87. Mr. Stránský spent almost a decade in Communist labour camps as a political prisoner after being found guilty of “treason” in the hard-line...
No last trophy for Čech as Arsenal lose Europa League final
The Czech football goalkeeper Petr Čech lost the final game of his career on Wednesday night when his club Arsenal were beaten 4:1 in the final of the Europa League by his former team Chelsea....
Investigation after shot fired on plane carrying Czech PM Babiš
A shot was fired on the plane of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, who was returning from a visit to Brussels on Tuesday, Czech Television reported. The bullet came from the service pistol of a...
Corporate catering businesses on rise in Czech Republic
Corporate catering businesses are on the rise in the Czech Republic, with more and more fast food chains and food retailers delivering their products directly to companies, the news site e15 reports. In-office catering is mainly...
Daily news summary 29.5.2019
Petříček wants top EU job for CE, Marian column attempt, Čech bows out
Two Roma activists to receive Charter 77’s František Kriegel Award
Roma activists David Tišer and Karel Karika are this year’s recipients of the František Kriegel award in recognition of civic courage handed out by the Charter 77 foundation. The award, which will be presented at...