QUIZ: What happened in Czech news this week? (May 16–20, 2022)
Are you up to speed on Czech current events? Catch up on this week's top headlines with our weekly news quiz.
Protesters slam bank's cooperation with Russian fossil industry
Plus: Olympians reclaim bronze from Russia, state of emergency extended over refugee wave, and more.
This weekend in Prague: Summer spots open and pink drinks flow
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Plus: Prague Zoo is hosting a beer festival, largest freestyle show in the Czech Republic comes to the capital, and a medieval fair for families.
How travelers from Czechia can buy Germany's €9 summer train fare
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With fuel and energy prices rising drastically, Germany plans to make train and public transport ultracheap this summer.
Tram traffic returns to Prague's Opetalova street after 44 years
Plus: Govt. approves amendment on salary disclosure for Czech officials, police investigate death of newborn in Prague, and more.
Czechia has the third highest inflation rate in the EU
Plus: Konev street's residents can suggest renaming options, Czech government plans changes to health insurance contributions, and more.
Czech acting legend Josef Abrhám dies at age 82
Best known for his role in "Run, Waiter, Run!" Abrhám was married to Czech "Cinderella" Libuše Šafránková until her death in 2021.
Exhibition on Nazi plans for New World Order opens in Prague
Plus: Body of missing Czech volunteer found near Kyiv, Qatar Emir Al Thani to visit Czechia in late September, and more.
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Inflation sets a new record in Czech agricultural sector
Producer prices saw big year-on-year jumps in agriculture, industry, and construction.
Ukraine update: 'For those shot during Prague Spring 1968!' appears on Ukrainian fighter missile
A daily dispatch on how the war in Ukraine is impacting life in the Czech Republic.
'Diverse forms of cohabitation': Modern Czechia's new family dynamics
Data released for International Family Day shows social and economic developments over the past two decades have had a big impact on family structure.
Czech culture this week: Prague's secret spaces and museums open for free
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Open House Praha kicks off this week, while International Museum Day gets underway, and a fresh staging of Mozart debuts.
Prague Market springs to life this week with free concerts and light shows
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The former marketplace will spring to vibrant life this week with a series of innovative audiovisual shows nightly from May 17-21.
Number of apartments on the Prague rental market hits eight-year low
Following the return of tourism to the Czech capital and an influx of refugees, the numbers of Prague apartments available for rent has sharply dropped.
Thunderstorms followed by tropical heat to hit Czechia later this week
Plus: Former PM hits the campaign trail, Czech man's body found in Slovak High Tatras, and more Monday headlines.
36,000 Ukranian refugees have already found employment in Czechia
State aid to immigrants will begin to pay off once one-third of them have jobs, says Interior Minister Vít Rakušan.
Pope Francis appoints new Prague Archbishop
Plus: Czechia wants to bring Zelensky to Prague, government pledges to support Belarusians, and the number of poor households on the rise
