Czech scientists researching forests in Šumava National Park in the south of the country have recently discovered what is believed to be the Czech Republic’s oldest tree. The spruce, found near the lake of Plešné, witnessed the reign of Charles IV as a sapling, and is believed to have reached more than 600...
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Tuesday 70th anniversary of registration of tractor firm Zetor
Tuesday marks the 70th anniversary of the registration of the internationally successful Zetor tractor company. The brand name combined “zet” (“zed”) and the last two letters of “tractor”, with the “zet” referring to the first letter of the enterprise Zbrojovka Brno, of which Zetor was a subsidiary until...
Extra billion crowns to go toward university teachers’ pay in 2017
An extra CZK 1 billion is set to go toward university teachers’ pay next year, the minister of education, Kateřina Valachová, said after talks with Finance Minister Andrej Babiš on Tuesday. Minister Valachová said the news meant that third level institutions could now count on receiving a clear amount...
Gold medal hero Krpálek among 30 Czech athletes back from Rio
Gold medal hero Krpálek among 30 Czech athletes back from Rio More than 30 members of the Czech team at the Olympic Games have arrived back in the Czech Republic. Among those who landed at Prague’s Kbely airfield on a Czech Army plane on Tuesday morning were Lukáš Krpálek, a judo gold medal...
Kudlička comes fourth in pole vault in Rio
The Czech Republic’s Jan Kudlička came fourth in the final of the men’s pole vault at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday. Kudlička’s best clearance was of 5.75 metres, some 10 cm short of the best achieved by the athlete who took bronze. The Czech shared fourth spot with Piotr...
Statistics office: Czech economy slowed in second quarter
Czech economic growth slowed to 2.5 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2016, while the GDP rose by 0.9 percent, the Czech Statistics Office has revealed its estimate. In the first quarter the economy...
Eight people died on Czech roads on Monday
Eight people died in accidents on Monday, the worst in a single day on Czech roads for 2016, the police confirmed. Nine others suffered serious injuries. Prior to Monday, March 18 and July 31 saw...
Daily news summary 15.8.2016
Football: Latka signs one year contract with Slovan Liberec
Thirty-one-year-old defender Martina Latka, who has played for roughly 13 years with Slavia Prague, has signed with Slovan Liberec. The news was confirmed on twitter. Slovan Liberec is preparing for the final preliminary round of the...
Report: Odometer fraud up by two percent
Forty-two percent of vehicles sold on the used car market in the Czech Republic have had mileage tampered with on the odometer, the Czech News Agency reported on Monday citing a study by Cebia. The study suggests that some vehicles' mileage was modified by 100,000 kilometres or more to secure a...