Top news in Tweets for Prague and the Czech Republic (August 3–7, 2020)

The Czech Republic will send a special Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team to Beirut, which was heavily damaged by a massive explosion Tuesday: https://t.co/rfJ76pOhWzpic.twitter.com/nTKfJNjrIn

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 5, 2020

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Czech Republic soon: https://t.co/W7U9rl9k9gpic.twitter.com/XvV1oRxA6I

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 6, 2020

JUST IN: The Ministry of Health has revealed its risk map of the Czech Republic according to the epidemiological risk in individual regions: https://t.co/vDAfcsE0e7pic.twitter.com/3d3xFxOGIA

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 3, 2020

Your daily #COVID19 update for Czech Republic:

-215 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday.
-New travel restrictions for Norway, Slovenia.
-City of Prague announces new testing points throughout the city.

Full update: https://t.co/3i4MhngI76pic.twitter.com/q7Pv4HUOWH

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 7, 2020

The City of Prague plans to open five new #COVID19 testing points this month in an effort to provide residents and visitors with sufficient options to get tested.

The city also hopes to increase the daily number of #coronavirus tests the city conducts: https://t.co/2xdgPSb4QFpic.twitter.com/m4Ylh0HmEz

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 7, 2020

Income tax would be calculated on gross wages instead of super-gross wages, the biggest change in over a decade: https://t.co/T7UX1D1yhXpic.twitter.com/RmabFUFFDv

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 4, 2020

.@Cinnabon should be opening at two Prague locations soon, but things may get sticky as one Czech-owned company brings a little competition its way: https://t.co/9d4cGwUsHHpic.twitter.com/GsAM5TFypH

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 6, 2020

Have you visited one of Czech Republic’s many castles this summer? If so, you’re not alone.

Czechs have been flocking to historical landmarks across the country this summer, but it won’t be enough to cover enormous losses from the pandemic closures: https://t.co/PLDZPCCY7jpic.twitter.com/UYKHMB5iO7

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 5, 2020

Heads up, travelers: Slovenia and Norway have imposed new restrictions on travelers coming from the Czech Republic due to the development of #COVID19 in the country: https://t.co/nY3MKYCA4Ppic.twitter.com/pj14I8Fiy5

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 7, 2020

ICYMI: tram traffic in both directions will be stopped between I.P. Pavlova and Karlovo náměstí until Saturday morning after a water pipe burst: https://t.co/57hFiE0izWpic.twitter.com/JDFUMhn6ZX

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 7, 2020

ICYMI: the Czech Defense Ministry has recently announced an auction of unnecessary real estate, which includes an unusually large number of border fortification bunkers: https://t.co/nxzzUTkakPpic.twitter.com/2crGeyDql2

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 7, 2020

The future of the former railway station in Bubeneč in Prague 6 is becoming clearer. Here’s what we know about the first-of-its-kind project in Prague: https://t.co/4uSb7zObbspic.twitter.com/24H15yaKLm

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 4, 2020