What has come to be known as “the frozen highway”, a long-distance route for ice skating on the Lipno reservoir on the Vltava River in south Bohemia, is expected to be opened for the first...
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Sandstone boulder, which presented risk for residential buildings in Děčín, removed
Experts removed part of a sandstone cliff in Děčín, north Bohemia which had grown loose and presented a risk to two residential buildings below. The chunk was removed only after safety fences were installed. Only a...
Head of Constitutional Court calls situation serious when Okamura can be deputy speaker
The head of the Constitutional Court Pavel Rychetský has said that the leader of the Freedom and Direct Democracy party Tomio Okamura "should not have been elected as deputy speaker of the Chamber of Deputies". The...
Czech exporters seek to widen business outside European strongholds
Czech companies notched up record export success in 2017. But building on that performance this year is likely to be a major challenge with companies probably needing to break into new markets. ...
Czech president Zeman and PM Babiš discuss government negotiations
President Miloš Zeman and outgoing Prime Minister Andrej Babiš met for dinner on Sunday to discuss future negotiations to form a government. The president has already said he will Babiš with a second try at...
Tennis: Kvitová defeats Muguruza to win Qatar Open
In tennis, Petra Kvitová will return to the world’s top 10 after beating winning the Qatar Open tournament in Doha on Sunday. The Czech 16th seed defeated Garbine Muguruza of Spain 3-6 6-3 6-4 and clinched...
Daily news summary 18.2.2018
Hamáček elected Social Democrat leader Erbanová wins Olympic bronze
Jan Hamáček elected new Social Democrat leader
Jan Hamáček has been elected new leader of the Social Democratic Party at the party conference in Hradec Králové on Sunday. Former lower house speaker Hamáček received 272 out of 527 votes in the second...
Olympic Hockey: Czechs beat Swiss 4-1 to advance to quarter-finals
The Czech Republic has won its third and final match of the preliminary round at the Winter Olympic Games. The Czechs defeated Switzerland 4-1 on Sunday, earning a spot in the quarter-finals. Michal Řepík scored...
Norway’s s Pedersen wins Jizerská padesátka
Sweden’s Britta Johansson Norgren has won the women’s annual Jizerská padesátka, a 50-kilometre cross country skiing event held in the Jizerské mountains in north Bohemia. The Czech Republic’s Kateřina Smutná didn’t succeed in defendin...