Monday should be partly cloudy to overcast with rain and day temperatures between 15 and 19 degrees Celsius.
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Majority of Czechs who remember communism no longer willing to stand in line
The vast majority of Czechs who remember the communist days, say they would never again queue up to buy goods, according to a poll conducted by the agency STEM/MARK in connection with the upcoming 30th...
Film director Jan Schmidt dies at 85
Film director Jan Schmidt has died at the age of 85, Czech Television reported citing family sources. Jan Schmidt directed sixteen films between 1960 and 1995, including Late August at the Hotel Ozone (1967),The Lanfier Colony...
Prskavec wins canoe slalom World Cup title
The Czech Republic’s Jiří Prskavec has won the World Cup title at the canoe slalom World Cup in Seu d'Urgell in Spain. The 26-year-old Czech finished almost two seconds ahead of his home rival David Llorento. Czech Vít Přindiš finished sixth, as did Tereza Fišerová in the women‘s race.
President Zeman presented with new Skoda Superb on his birthday
President Miloš Zeman will continue using Czech-made Skoda cars in office, the Office of the President reported. On the occasion of the president’s 75th birthday on Saturday, Skoda Auto representatives presented the head of state...
Labour Ministry to ask OECD for help in pension reform
The Labour and Social Affairs Ministry will ask the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for an analysis of the Czech Republic’s pension system and a set of ensuing recommendations on reform which would make...
Hundreds protest against PM Babiš in Brno
Several hundred people gathered on Brno‘s main square on Saturday to protest against Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. Ondřej Zeman, from Steps Towards Democracy, which organized the event said that although the investigation of suspected E...
Czech music legend Vladimír Mišík releases new album
After a break of six years, Czech music legend Vladimír Mišík is back with a new album. The LP, called Jednou tě potkám or I’ll meet you one day, was released in September to wide...
Daily news summary 28.9.2019
St. Wenceslas Day, East German exodus anniversary,Neckermann cancellations
Series of events commemorate East German exodus via Prague in 1989
A plaque was unveiled at Liben railway station in Prague on Saturday in memory of the East German exodus via the Czech capital in the early autumn of 1989. Around 13,000 East Germans who camped...