Czech news in brief for October 12: Saturday's top headlines
Czech football team tops Albania in Nations League, Prague marks 600 years since Žižka's death, and more weekend headlines.
Czech government greenlights return system for bottles and cans
Czechia stands as one of the final holdouts in Europe without a deposit return scheme for PET bottles and cans.
Czech news in brief for October 11: Friday's top headlines
The volume of mortgages fell by eight billion in September, a quarter of Czechs miss work due to stress, and warmer days and frosty mornings this weekend.
Most Czechs see real estate as best overall investment option
Land ownership was the second-most highly rated investment option, and the popularity of cryptocurrencies has slumped since 2021.
Czechia to tighten kratom and hemp regulations, backtracks on full e-cigarette ban
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The measures aim to protect young people from the risks associated with substances and promote safer consumption practices.
Czech news in brief for October 10: Thursday's top headlines
Czechia re-elected to UN Human Rights Council, government to debate PET bottle deposit system, and Prague's Českomoravská metro to close for year.
Holocaust survivors' museum to open in Schindler's Czech factory
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Oskar Schindler's factory became a place of refuge for Jews persecuted by the Nazis during World War II.
Czech news in brief for October 9: Wednesday's top headlines
Czech unemployment hits three-year high, Pavel to join Ukraine defense meeting in Germany, and Primark to open fourth location in Czechia.
Czechia among 17 EU countries calling for swifter return of rejected asylum seekers
According to the group of over 15 states, the current framework is outdated and no longer suitable, harming national and continental security.
Czech gang sentenced for exploiting migrants for slave labor in UK
A British court has sentenced three Czech nationals to a total of 26 years in prison for human trafficking.
Czech news in brief for October 8: Tuesday's top headlines
Hundreds in Prague rally for Israel on anniversary, Walesa, Tsikhanouskaya to attend Forum 2000, and German investors to take over Vítkovice Steel.
Slovak town declares state of emergency after fatal weekend bear attack
Politicans are calling for the culling of 30 bears that are regularly seen near human dwellings; a similar attack took place in in the same area in 2021.
Czech news in brief for October 7: Monday's top headlines
Former Taiwan president to visit Prague amid tensions, hospital warns of new TikTok challenge, and Library Week kicks off in Czechia.
Czech news in brief for October 6: Sunday's top headlines
New Jersey defeats Buffalo again in second NHL game in Prague, Pro-Palestine protest in Prague urges policy shift, and more weekend headlines.
Czech news in brief for October 5: Saturday's top headlines
New Jersey wins NHL season opener in Prague, Belgium to send aid to flood-hit Czechia, and more weekend headlines.
Prague police detain student threatening to shoot up school class
The 18-year-old student allegedly threatened to carry out a shooting at his school in the Prague 8 district.
Czech news in brief for October 4: Friday's top headlines
Parliament continues debate on key pension reform, Covid-19 and flu cases on the rise in Czechia, and Bob Dylan kicks off three nights in Prague.
