EP investigation,PM calls Czech MEPs "traitors", V4 consultations
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Sunday should be partly cloudy to overcast with rain or snow showers and day temperatures between 6 and 10 degrees Celsius.
Desert dust brings “yellow snow” to Central Europe
People in western Bohemia witnessed an unexpected phenomenon at the weekend in the form of yellow snow. The strange phenomenon was confirmed by the local meteorological office which said the unexpected yellow tinge was due...
Czech and Slovak ski resorts cash in on coronavirus scare
The coronavirus scare is driving tourists away from popular skiing resorts in the Alps to winter resorts in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the ctk news agency reported. Local skiing resorts who at this time...
V4 prime ministers to meet over coronavirus
The prime ministers of the Visegrad Group states will meet in Prague on Wednesday to discuss measures being taken to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the Office of the Czech Government confirmed on Saturday. Polish...
Czechs in high-risk coronavirus areas given instructions
The Czech government has sent a warning to Czechs travelling in high-risk areas of the danger of coronavirus infection and given them directions on how to behave upon their return. People returning from high-risk areas...
Czechs in high-risk coronavirus areas to get instructions
The Czech government will warn Czechs travelling in high-risk areas of the danger of coronavirus infection and give them directions on how to behave upon their return, Health Minister Adam Vojtěch said at a press...
PM Babiš lashes out at Czech MEP’s over investigation
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, who refused to meet with the EU delegation mapping potential irregularities in applying conflict of interest legislation, said on Friday that the Czech MEPs who had initiated the debate in the European...
Group of MEPs concludes conflict of interest law being applied poorly
A group of European MEPs which visited the Czech Republic to investigate the facts surrounding Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’ alleged conflict of interest and the use of EU funds, has concluded that there are no...
Františka Plamínková: the feminist suffragette who ensured Czechoslovakia’s Constitution of 1920 lived up to the principle of equality
On the 29th of February 1920, the National Assembly of Czechoslovakia adopted a Constitution formally establishing a democratic republic with guaranteed equal rights for men and women – including the right to vote. We look back...