April 2024: Everything you need to know this month in Czechia
April sees new regulations and laws – like liability insurance – come into effect, and provides the last chance to do several things. Remember these dates!
British talk show pokes fun at Czech Easter tradition – but is it accurate?
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A clip from the Graham Norton Show discusses the Czech folk tradition of 'whipping' girls on Easter Monday, although not everything said was strictly true.
E-shop Temu under legal pressure as Chinese firm continues to flood Czech market
Companies and industry experts have accused the e-shop of false advertising, manipulating search-engine results, and illegally using other brand names.
Czech news in brief for March 29: Friday's top headlines
Czechia finalizes ammo agreement with 15 other countries, Fiala casts doubt over Putin's no-invasion pledge, and Easter reservations at restaurants slump.
A hundred Czech castles, chateaus open their gates for the new season
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Czech castles, chateaus usher in a new season focusing on the Habsburgs; a series of events is planned to mark the death anniversary of Franz Ferdinand.
The 15 best things to do in Prague this weekend: Easter 2024 edition
This long holiday weekend, surround yourself with festive symphonies, family egg hunts, and a traditional Easter brunch.
Putin: Talk of Russia invading Czechia is 'nonsense'
Along with his pledges to not invade any other NATO countries, the Russian president criticized the military alliance's expansion.
Czech news in brief for March 28: Thursday's top headlines
Unseasonably warm weather forecast for Easter, state monuments kick off tourist season today, and Czechia rolls out plan to get kids moving.
Study shows that Prague has Europe's least-affordable housing
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Although supply-and-demand issues predominate, a report from multiple housing associations encourages the government to do more to control prices.
Major exhibit opening in Prague depicts Czechoslovak life between wars
New Realisms at GHMP offers a fresh perspective on visual culture and art between 1918 and 1945 with an exhibit featuring 313 works of art.
Czechia faces biggest security risk since World War II – state intelligence service
President Petr Pavel, the first president to speak at the state security agency's headquarters since 1998, said the future was 'not optimistic.'
Czech news in brief for March 27: Wednesday's top headlines
Czech govt. to address Higher Education Act, Prague high school cancels talk by trans woman, and whooping cough vaccines for Czechia delayed.
Strange Old World podcast's Prague episode talks Easter whipping, pig sticking, and pickled cheese
Prague-based travel journalist Mark Pickering was invited to share some of his adopted hometown’s weird and wonderful experiences.
Thousands of Filipino workers headed to Czechia amid labor shortages
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Unemployment in the country is among the lowest in the EU, and companies in various fields are finding it difficult to find new employees.
Construction of railway station at Prague's Václav Havel Airport gets green light
The new Prague Airport-city center rail connection will ultimately speed up travel times into the city center an estimated 25 minutes.
Czech news in brief for March 26: Tuesday's top headlines
Iceland joins Czech munitions initiative, CZK 11 million given to shooting victims' families, and Czechia experiences a frosty night.
A new government subsidy opens up electric car ownership in Czechia
A subsidy for businesses and entrepreneurs will accelerate changes to driving habits by significantly discounting the cost of buying an electric vehicle
