One of the Czech Republic’s best-known circuses, the Original Berousek National Circus, is to cease touring the country, Lidovky.cz reported. Owner Jiří Berousek told the news site that the organisation would put down sticks in one...
Survey identifies six classes in Czech society
Czech society is divided into six social classes that differ in terms of resources and status, suggests a newly released survey produced by Czech Radio in cooperation with sociologists. The report found that around a third...
Weather forecast
It should be quite sunny in the Czech Republic on Wednesday, with temperatures of up to 15 degrees Celsius. Daytime highs should climb to the low 20s Celsius at the weekend, when it will be...
Slavia boss eyes third spot as Champions League campaign starts at Inter
Slavia Prague are preparing to play their first Champions League game in 12 years, away against Inter Milan on Tuesday night. Slavia have a tough group that also features Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund and their...
Babiš: No need to fight climate change in style of fanatic religion
The Czech prime minister says it is necessary to deal with the issue of climate change rationally, not to combat it in the manner of a fanatic religion. Andrej Babiš is due to attend a...
Woman with transplanted womb gives birth in Czech Republic for first time
A woman with a transplanted womb has given birth to a child in the Czech Republic for the first time. The baby, a boy, was born at Prague’s Motol hospital at the end of last...
President and prime minister debate foreign policy issues at Lany
Foreign policy issues topped the agenda of a meeting between President Miloš Zeman and Prime Minister Andrej Babiš on Monday evening. Mr. Babiš said the consultations had covered a broad range of issues including a...
Ukraine protests against visit by Czech delegation to Crimea
The Ukrainian embassy in Prague has urged the Czech authorities to denounce a visit to Russian- occupied Crimea by a Czech delegation, which negotiated the possibility of organizing tourist trips to the region. According to...
Government approves draft budget for 2020
The government on Monday approved the draft budget for 2020 with a projected 40 million crown deficit. The government session, attended by President Miloš Zeman, was preceded by a meeting of the tripartite at which trade...
PM says AI is “major opportunity” for Czech industry
The Czech Academy of Sciences hosted a two day SOLAIR conference focused on ethics in the field of artificial intelligence last week. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš took this opportunity to reiterate his belief that artificial intelligen...