Around 20 people in the South Bohemian Region have been ordered to stay in quarantine at home for a two-week period in connection with fears over the Covid-19 virus, Czech Television reported on Tuesday. Similar...
Author Archive for: Radio Prague International
Czech Republic’s first state of emergency exercise to focus on hybrid warfare threats
This March, the Czech Republic will go ahead with its first state of emergency drill. The exercise, called Defence 2020, will primarily test the country’s capacity to react in case of the onset of hybrid...
Tinned mouse, anyone? Czechs spending more on their pets
Czechs are spending increasing sums of money on their pets, the Hospodářské noviny daily reported on Tuesday. While pet owners invest mainly in quality food, there is also a growing demand for other products, including pet...
Daily news summary 25.2.2020
Army chief funding plea, Maláčová not quitting, Covid-19 measures
Czech biochemist involved in developing potential coronavirus treatment
As the new COVID-19 coronavirus spreads from China to countries around the world, scientists are intensifying efforts to produce an effective cure. Among the most promising drugs so far is Remdesivir, which was originally developed to...
Czechs flying from Iran taken to hospital for preventative tests
Six Czechs who arrived from Iran at Prague Airport on Tuesday were taken for preventative tests to the city’s Na Bulovce hospital. The measure was taken in view of the fact that there has been...
Army lagging behind and needs investment, says chief of General Staff
The head of the Czech Army says that years of neglect and cost-cutting have reduced it to a skeleton that needs to be built up again, Novinky.cz reported. Speaking at an army command assembly on...
Maláčová: Arrests at ministry no reason for resignation
The minister of labour and social affairs, Jana Maláčová, says she has no intention of resigning in connection with a police raid at her government department on Monday. Two people were charged following the intervention, reportedly...
Police recommend two more face trial for supporting Christchurch attack
The Czech police have recommended that two more people face trial for expressing approval on the internet of last year’s terrorist attack in New Zealand. The police have now called for a total of five...
Weather forecast
It should be overcast in the Czech Republic on Wednesday, with temperatures of up to 5 degrees Celsius. The following days should see similar weather but there is the chance of snow toward the end...