Fifty-four people have died on roads in the Czech Republic in July, which is three more than in the previous year, according to preliminary police statistics quoted by the Czech News Agency. July 29 was...
Daily news summary 31.7.2019
Culture min. steps down National Gallery head Ziggy Marley in Prague
Ruling parties at odds over draft budget for 2020
The parties of the coalition government are at odds over the draft budget for 2020. The Social Democrats, the junior partner in the ruling coalition, have demanded an additional 20 billion crowns for their ministries....
Culture minister announces selection process for National Gallery head
Culture Minister Antonín Staněk has announced a selection process for the post of the head of Prague’s National Gallery. The new director of the National Gallery should be appointed by the end of February 2020....
Forty percent of Czechs happy with state of democracy in their country
Some 40 percent of Czech citizens are happy with the way democracy is working in the country, according to a poll conducted by the STEM agency. Sixteen percent of those polled said they were seriously...
Restorers use sugar to preserve 7000-year-old prehistoric well
Czech archaeologists are using plain white sugar to preserve what may be the oldest wooden structure ever discovered in Europe – a water well made of oak trees felled some 7,000 years ago. The well...
Deputy to take interim charge of arts portfolio as Staněk finally goes
Months after tendering his resignation, Antonín Staněk finally steps down as arts minister on Wednesday. He will be replaced in a temporary capacity by a deputy minister, though what will happen next at the Ministry...
Weather
Thursday is expected to be partly cloudy to overcast with occasional showers. Day-time highs will range between 24 and 28 degrees Celsius.
Ziggy Marley to perform in Prague’s Archa Theatre
Jamaican singer Ziggy Marley is set to perform at Prague’s Archa Theatre on Wednesday evening. The eight-time Grammy award winner and the oldest son of Bob Marley will perform in Prague for the first time,...
Norwegian rescuers fail to retrieve bodies of two Czech climbers
Rescuers in Norway have so far failed to retrieve the bodies of two Czech mountaineers who died while climbing the Trollvegen or Troll Wall in the south-west of the country. The climbers were found at...