Finance Minister Alena Schillerová has expressed deep shock over an investigative report published on Seznam.cz revealing abuse of elderly clients at an old age home in Ostrava. A reporter infiltrated the home working undercover as a...
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Prague City Hall councillors dismiss idea of facial recognition cameras in Prague
Prague City Hall councillors have indicated they will not allow the police to activate automatic facial recognition cameras in the city. Prague police asked the municipality to approve the pilot project at six selected locations...
Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes hands out annual awards for contribution to freedom and democracy
The Czech Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes on Thursday handed out its annual awards for contribution to freedom and democracy. Among this year’s recipients were Russian journalist Vladimir Kara Murza who is a...
Report: Czechia eighth in Europe in terms of sustainable development
The Czech Republic is keeping abreast with the most developed countries in the world in terms of sustainable development, suggests the 2019 Europe Sustainable Development Report, which identifies policy priorities for the European Uni...
Češi pomáhají initiative says Czech families ready to take in child migrants
The Češi pomáhají (Czechs Help) initiative says it has a list of 200 Czech families ready to take in unaccompanied child asylum seekers from Greek refugee camps. The initiative has called on the government to...
Animal shelters in Czech Republic filling up with hedgehogs
Animal rescue stations around the Czech Republic are filling up with hedgehogs. The animal shelter in Prague’s Jinonice district, for instance, took in more than 650 hedgehogs since the start of November. Although animal activists app...
Top military brass, politicians stress need to modernise Czech Army
The Czech Army is planning for its biggest restructuring and rearmament effort since the country joined NATO twenty years ago. Top military brass and politicians, convened for their annual meeting, both stressed the need to modernise...
Daily news summary 21.11.2019
Hilšer to run for president,interior ministers in Prague, road toll call
CzechToll/SkyToll extends number of registration places for new tolling system
The consortium CzechToll/SkyToll, which is to start operating a new tolling system in the Czech Republic as of December 1st, has announced it will increase the number of registration places in the coming days in...
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Friday should be partly cloudy to overcast with scattered showers and day temperatures reaching 10 degrees Celsius.