Czech news in brief for September 8: Sunday's top headlines
Czech unions promised salary hikes over next three years, Prague protest calls for increased Ukraine support, and more weekend headlines.
Confirmed: New Prague-Vilnius route to be flown by lewdly-named planes
-
A new route between the Czech and Lithuanian capitals will be operated by planes with lewd names chosen by Czech voters in an online poll.
Birell Grand Prix to run through Prague, with related traffic restrictions
Runners from across the world will compete in the RunCzech event on Saturday, Sept. 7, which will see some road closures in Prague's city center.
Czech news in brief for September 7: Saturday's top headlines
Commission begins inquiry into university shooting, Stolpersteine laid to honor Jewish families in Brno, and more weekend headlines.
Prague unveils new park and revamped playground as city expands green spaces
Park U Vody, a fresh addition to the Holešovice district and the revamped Koníček playground in Stromovka are giving locals more places to relax and play.
A Prague apartment now costs eight annual household salaries
-
With property prices surging a huge 50 percent in the past five years, more people are steering clear of home ownership.
Primark to open a third store in Czechia by the end of 2024
A new branch of the low-cost Irish fashion outlet will open its doors in the west of the Czech capital, over three years after Prague's first Primark.
Czech news in brief for September 6: Friday's top headlines
School bomb threats likely of foreign origin, Muchová ousted from US Open by Pegula, and Prague hospital opens two new facilities.
Polish
(Proficient)
Mall and CZC websites to merge with Allegro online marketplace
The Polish-owned e-commerce giant, which bought both Czech companies, wants to streamline its operations and minimize losses.
Schools throughout Czechia continue to receive bomb threats today
Police report that over 490 schools received another round of email threats Thursday. Interior Minister Vít Rakušan called the situation 'uprecedented.'
New campaign aims to legalize, regulate Czech cannabis market
-
The project wants to raise awareness of the economic, medicinal, and social benefits of creating a legalized and regulated marijuana market.
Czech news in brief for September 5: Thursday's top headlines
School bomb threats part of 'targeted attack', many Czechs bring bedbugs home from holiday, and joint Czech-British exhibit opens at Rudolfinum.
Prague Castle added to a luminous Signal Festival 2024 lineup
-
This year's theme is the world's ecosystem, and people will have two walking routes to choose from to see the 2024 light display.
From Kafka's office to a secret Baroque garden: Access Czech cultural monuments – free
-
European Heritage Days, running from Sept. 7 to 15, will grant access to nearly 700 often-inaccessible monuments across the Czech Republic.
Prague names street for hero who rescued hundreds of Jewish children during World War II
-
Nicholas Winton Street stands next to the train station from which tens of thousands of Czechoslovak Jews were transported by Nazi Germany during the war.
Czech news in brief for September 4: Wednesday's top headlines
Heat records set at 33 Czech weather stations, Prague-based film school among world's best, and school girl arrested for knife attack.
Multiple building projects are set to transform Prague's Žižkov neighborhood
Four projects set out to make the district look more appealing and bring about much-needed transport connections in the Prague 3 area.
