Czech MPs have approved the government draft amendment to the Food and Consumer Protection acts to impose steep fines on retailers selling “dual quality” food and other products. If signed into law, retailers who sell...
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‘Fridays for Future’: Czech PM Andrej Babiš to meet student environmentalists
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) is expected this week to meet Czech representatives of the international youth climate change initiative “Fridays for Future”. Among other things, they will likely discuss the future of coal mining...
French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to meet Charter 77 signatories in Prague
French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian meets his Czech counterpart Tomáš Petříček (Social Democrats) in Prague on Friday. They ministers are due to discuss major European and international issues on which t...
Czech foreign minister praises Ukraine for advancing peace efforts under Minsk treaty
Czech Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček on Thursday praised Ukraine for taking steps to resolve the conflict in the east of the country against pro-Russian separatists on the basis of the Minsk Agreement. Speaking on the...
Czech Supreme Court rules in favour of Somali schoolgirl over headscarf ban
The Supreme Court has rule that a Prague school was wrong to ban headscarves for hygienic reasons in a suit brought forward by a Somali schoolgirl who wore it for religious reasons. The court ruled that...
President stands up for embattled PM
President Miloš Zeman has stood up for the embattled Czech prime minister in the face of increasing pressure for him to resign in the wake of an EC audit confirming that he has a conflict...
Police investigating attack in Prague shopping mall
A black man was attacked in the Flora shopping mall in Prague on Thursday evening, the news site Novinky.cz reported. According to the Novinky’s reporter who was there at the time, the man was stabbed...
Study: Czechs seventh in Europe when it comes to wearable payments
The Czech Republic is seventh in Europe when it comes to using wearable transactions, such as contactless payment bracelets, watches and rings, suggests a survey carried out by Mastercard. ...
Daily news summary 5.12.2019
EC audit debate,more anti-Babiš protests,2020 budget approved
Weather forecast
Friday should be partly cloudy to overcast with day temperatures between 2 and 6 degrees Celsius.