The Czech minister of foreign affairs, Tomáš Petříček, has reassured the Israeli ambassador to Prague, Daniel Meron, of the Prague government’s interest in further developing relations between the Czech Republic and Israel. The move fo...
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Various initiatives seek to support Czech book market recovering from coronavirus lockdown
A variety of public and private projects have sprung up in order to help the Czech book market, heavily impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, get back on its feet. Among them is an initiative to...
Daily news summary 26.5.2020
Czechia-Slovakia-Hungary zone, case against Commission, Third Reich calendar
Work begins on replica of destroyed 16th century wooden church
Work to build a replica of a valuable wooden church that burned down in the Guty district of Třinec in the Moravian Silesian Region began on Tuesday. It should be completed by next spring, with...
Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary to start free-travel zone Wednesday
From Wednesday it will be possible for Czechs, Slovaks and Hungarians to travel freely between the three states without a negative Covid-19 test, provided they return to their country within 48 hours. The news was announced...
Czech government reopens borders sooner than planned, special regime with Slovakia
The Czech government has moved to ease travel with three of the country’s neighbour states. All border crossings with Austria and Germany reopened on Tuesday, with only random checks. Cross-border travel between the Czech Republic and...
Vendor of condemned Third Reich calendar “only seeking profit”
The owner of a Czech online retailer selling 2021 calendars featuring “Personalities of the Third Reich” says it is not promoting Nazism and is only seeking profit, iRozhlas.cz reported on Tuesday. The Israeli and German ambassadors...
Govt. taking Commission to court over withholding of subsidies for Agrofert
The Czech government is going to take a legal action against the European Commission over its blocking of subsidies of CZK 1.6 billion for a project by the company Agrofert. The money is being withheld...
Exhibition of facemasks at Prague’s National Museum
The National Museum in Prague has launched an exhibition of home-made and designer facemasks, which have become a symbol of the nation’s fight against the coronavirus. The exhibition, called Držíme spolu, or We Stick Together, is...
Weather forecast
It should be overcast in the Czech Republic on Wednesday, with temperatures of up to 18 degrees Celsius. Similar weather is predicted for the following days, though daytime highs are likely to fall slightly. ...