Russia blocks access to Czech Radio website over Jan Palach article
Russia's consumer rights office has blacklisted Czech Radio's Russian-language website due to a 2001 article about Jan Palach.
Prague to fund Olympic Festival Park in Stromovka to watch the 2021 games
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The city won't be installing screens at Prague squares this year for spectators to watch the games, but will instead support a Festival park in Prague 7.
Czech weekend news in brief: top stories for July 18, 2021
Dozens protest vaccination of children in Prague, member of Czech Olympics group tests positive for Covid-19, and more headlines from this weekend.
France and Greece go orange in latest Czech Covid-19 travel map
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Belgium, Denmark, and Finland also turn orange, Luxembourg, Malta, and the Netherlands red, and Cyprus dark red in the latest Czech travel map.
Walk-in vaccination centers to open in Brno and Ostrava
Another walk-in vaccination center in Prague's Nový Smíchov shopping mall will open following high interest in the new walk-in centers this week.
Czech NGO launches the country's first helpline for victims of sexual assault
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No such support service for victims of sexual violence has previously been available in the Czech Republic.
Restorer: Latest graffiti on Charles Bridge the "most extensive" he has seen
The restorer was summoned from his vacation to remove graffiti that appeared on the Czech capital's iconic bridge last week.
13% of children 12-15 in the Czech Republic have registered for vaccination
Children in the Czech Republic between the ages of 12-15 have been able to register for vaccination since July 1, but only 13% have done so.
Czech weekend news in brief: top stories for July 11, 2021
Protesters block Czech-Slovak border crossing, New Roma party stages demonstration against racism, and more top headlines from this weekend.
Charles Bridge vandal turns himself in to Czech police
A young man has come forward to police and confessed to spray painting Eurovision song lyrics on the Prague landmark.
Canada goes green, Portugal red on new Czech Covid-19 travel map
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo and Latvia will also go green, while Cyprus and the Balearic Islands move to high-risk red.
Czech PM asks Hungary for another 200,000 vaccine doses
Andrej Babiš asked Hungary to loan the Czech Republic another 200,000 Covid-19 vaccines at a meeting of V4 heads on Friday.
Fully vaccinated Czechs and long-term residents exempt from Covid tests when returning from abroad
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Czech citizens and people with long-term residence who are vaccinated will be able to return even from extreme-risk countries without testing.
Czech President Miloš Zeman to visit China in 2022
The visit was announced following Zeman's phone conversation with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping today.
Number of Czechs retiring early is on the rise
Around 28 percent of Czech seniors are now receiving a reduced pension because they retired earlier than the standard pension age.
Czech morning news in brief: top headlines for July 6, 2021
Rate of Covid-19 cases rose slightly last week, Czech football captain retires, and more headlines for the July 6 national holiday, Jan Hus Day.
Thousands commemorate arrival of Saints Cyril and Methodius to Czech lands
About 15,000 people took part in the annual pilgrimage mass at Velehrad today, marking the arrival of Cyril and Methodius to Moravia in 863.
