The country’s National Security Council is due to meet on Monday to address the spread of the new coronavirus, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš told the Czech News Agency on Sunday. The deadly virus has killed...
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Prague Zoo raises over CZK 13.5 million to help Australia
Prague Zoo has raised nearly 13.5 million crowns (approximately 840,000 AUD) through a public donation fund to help in the relief efforts to Australia, which was ravaged by devastating bushfires, the zoo’s director Miroslav Bobek annou...
Czech citizen in Vietnam under observation for new coronavirus
Twelve people, including a Czech citizen, have been put in isolation in the Vietnamese city of Da Nang and are under observation for the new coronavirus, the Vietnamese news site Tuoi tre news wrote on...
Hackathon to produce electronic vignettes online sales system underway in Prague
Some 60 IT specialists from around the country are taking part in a hackathon to produce an online sales system for electronic vignettes, following the scrapping of an overpriced deal negotiated by the former transport minister. The...
Kvitová through to Australian Open quarter-finals
In tennis, Czech seventh seed Petra Kvitová has reached the Australian Open quarter-finals after she battled from a set down to defeat Maria Sakkari of Greece 6-7 6-3 6-2. The two-time Wimbledon champion will now face...
Main Trilobit Award goes to actors Jiří Schmitzer and Vladimír Mrkvička
The main prize in this year’s Trilobit film and television awards has gone to actors Jiří Schmitzer and Vladimír Mrkvička for their roles in the film Old-Timers (Staříci), about a geriatric pair seeking revenge on a...
The best of Czech classical music, part 3: Julius Fučík’s Entrance of the Gladiators
Czech classical music is not only a part of the national culture and history, but also of its very soul. This year, we have prepared a series on renowned works of Czech classical music. Listeners...
Daily news summary 25.1.2020
Christian Democrats’ congress Crime rate up Plíšková out of Australian Open
24th annual Šediváčkův Long dog sled race ends
The winner of the 24th annual dog sled race called Šediváčkův Long, held in the Orlické Mountains in north-eastern Czech Republic, is Czech Roman Habásko, who won the race with his twelve dogs in 16...
V4 and Egyptian foreign ministers to meet in Prague next week
The foreign ministers of the Visegrad Four, comprising the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary, are due to meet with their Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry in Prague next week. Among the topics on their agenda will...