Czech job sectors struggle to fill roles despite rising wages and benefits
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New research reveals widespread staff shortages and warns that Czechia could lose its competitive edge to due to its economic migration policies.
The average Czech consumer will have to work 22 days to buy the new iPhone 14
The iPhone Index 2022, a comparison of purchasing power across different countries, highlights how expensive the iPhone really is for global consumers.
The Daily Dozen: 12 things to know about Czechia today
News, tips, and Expats.cz top stories for Prague and the Czech Republic on Sept. 8, 2022.
The Daily Dozen: 12 things to know about Czechia today
News, tips, and Expats.cz top stories for Prague and the Czech Republic on Sept. 7, 2022.
Real income in Czechia drops almost 10 percent due to inflation
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The highest average wage is in Prague, at CZK 49,221, and IT remains the best-paid sector; followed by finance.
Lítačka app will combine public transit with shared bikes and cars in Prague
A pilot project will make it easier to use alternative means of transit with a single registration and app.
Czech employers to contribute to remote workers' utilities under new proposal
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Electricity and other costs incurred to an employee at home would be partially covered by their employer under a proposal that could take effect in 2023.
Morning news headlines: New Czech Railways ad features same-sex couple
Plus: More and more Czechs falling below poverty level, German Chancellor to visit Prague in one week, and major roadwork to D11 highway begins.
Effects of a nuclear incident in Ukraine could reach the Czech Republic
As fighting continues around the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, meteorologists have created a map of potential radioactive fallout.
Czech Football Association being investigated for fraud
Plus: New leisure area opens under the Nusle bridge and debris of fallen veteran plane to be used for constructing new one.
Aviation woes easing, with Czech airports reporting little chaos
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Air ticket sales seem to have peaked for the summer season, and in some cases surpassed pre-Covid levels.
Meteorologists: Extreme heat and torrential rains to hit Czechia today
Plus: No defect found in historic plane that crashed, NGOs seek change in sterilization victims' compensation, and more.
Pilot dies in the crash of a World War II plane at Czech airshow
The Hurricane Mk.IV from the Prague-Točna Aviation Museum was the last of its kind that was still capable of flying.
Czechia's 5 most influential TikTokers — and expat profiles worth checking out
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With the platform's popularity growing exponentially worldwide, these Czech influencers can compete with the world's most prominent TikTokers.
Czechs support for a universal basic income among the lowest in the EU
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A petition to urge the European Union to establish mandatory basic income garnered less than a third of the signatures it needed.
Number of foreigners living in the Czech Republic hits record high
The percentage of foreigners in the Czech Republic exceeded six percent for the first time in 2021, before the wave of refugees from Ukraine this year.
It's official: Tech billionaire Bijan Sabet nominated as US ambassador to Prague
The ambassadorial post has been vacant since the end of Donald Trump’s term as US president.
