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Czech Republic Drops in EU’s Gender Equality Index

The Czech Republic is progressing towards gender equality at a slower pace than the other EU Member States.

by Prague Morning Staff Oct 15, 2019

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke to Play in Prague Next Year

Thom Yorke has added a slate of tour dates around North America and Europe.

 by Prague Morning Oct 15, 2019

New Year’s Fireworks in Prague? It Will Happen!

The spectacular fireworks show will light up the sky above the Czech capital on January 1st. Further details will be available in early December.

 by Lidia T. Oct 15, 2019

100 Year-Old Meteorological Column Restored on Vítězné náměstí

A hundred-year-old weather column, on the corner of Buzulucká Street and Vítězné náměstí in Dejvice, has been restored. It is one of the few surviving columns in Prague. There were over fifty of them all over the Czech Republic. Another one is located on the pavement next to the Masaryk Railway Station. One has also been in the Hadovka Dejvice park for several years, and after an agreement with the authorities it was installed there a few years ago by architect Jan Trejbal. Before that, he bought it for 1200 CZK, where the technical monument originally stood. Meteorological columns have been produced since the second half of the 19th century, and at the beginning of the 20th century the setting in villages, larger villages, and towns became the fashion. The columns were used for weather forecasting plus showing time. After World War II, the advent of more modern technologies halted the development of these weather stations. Eventually, most of them gradually deteriorated and in many places had them removed completely. A 1914 technical monument remains on the outskirts of Kulaťák, but in a dysfunctional state. Some time ago, the Czech National Trust (CNT)—a non-profit organization—decided to save this meteorological column...

 by Shelsea D. Oct 15, 2019

One Killed, 10 Injured in Traffic Accident on Czech Highway

One person was burnt to death and 10 others were injured, including two in severe condition, in a traffic accident on the D1 motorway from Prague to Brno on Sunday evening, according to local media reports. The accident happened at about 7:30 p.m. Five cars and a tank truck crashed on the D1 highway. The truck overturned across both lines of the motorway and went ablaze. Four cars were burnt down. A police officer directing traffic away from the scene was also injured by passing driver. He was helicoptered to a Prague hospital. The fire has been put out and the motorway has been closed in both directions. The cause of the accident is still under investigation. The side of the D1 highway was still blocked early on Monday. Kamerový záznam ze včerejší nehody na D1 km 49 ve směru na Brno. pic.twitter.com/WV3T9BGIPy — ŘSD (@RSD_oficialni) October 14, 2019 V místě nehody pokračují záchranné práce. Odklon dopravy je na EXITu 66. pic.twitter.com/mP6Dr236Rp — Jan Rýdl (@JanRydl) October 13, 2019  

 by Prague Morning Oct 14, 2019

Czech Republic Ranks 32nd Most Competitive Economy in the World

The Czech Republic has been crowned the most competitive economy in Central Europe and the 32nd in the world.

 by Prague Morning Oct 14, 2019

The Hottest October 13th Since 1791

Sunday was the warmest October 13th ever recorded at Prague's Klementinum, the oldest Czech monitoring station.

 by Prague Morning Oct 14, 2019

Environmental Protesters Blocked Traffic in Wenceslas Square on Saturday. Some Glued Themselves to the Road

The Czech branch of Extinction Rebellion held a peaceful demonstration with a traffic blockade, intending to call attention to the climate crisis.

 by Temir Asanov Oct 13, 2019

Police Arrested a Total of 18 England Fans in Prague

Police arrested a total of 18 England fans over football-related disorder in Prague. The men, among thousands of supporters who traveled to the city for Friday night’s Euro 2020 qualifier against the Czech Republic, have all been released. The English supporters hurled bottles at just before 7 pm before kick-off, while local police in full riot gear returned fire with stun grenades during violent clashes near the Old Town Square. A group of Czechs were also held after they attacked a bar in a separate incident. Czech police said a total of 31 arrests had been made on Friday night. Until night fell, there had been little trouble, with police involvement limited to telling fans to remove flags from buildings. But ugly scenes erupted just before 7 pm after hundreds of fans took over a small square (behind the Tyn Church), chanting and singing. England manager Gareth Southgate, who had made a point of reminding fans to conduct themselves properly in the historic city earlier this week, described the trouble as ‘disappointing’ following the 2-1 defeat. The latest trouble involving England fans abroad follows similar scenes from recent trips to Amsterdam, Dortmund and Porto. A Czech police officer said: ‘The England fans were...

 by Prague Morning Oct 13, 2019

The Funeral of Karel Gott at the Prague Castle

The funeral of Karel Gott took place today (Saturday, October 12th) at St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague Castle. Cardinal Dominik Duka officiated over the mass. There were more than two hundred invited guests. President Miloš Zeman, PM Andrej Babiš (ANO), Senate chairman Jaroslav Kubera (ODS) attended the funeral. Gott released some 300 albums starting in the 1960s and sold tens of millions of copies in his country, the Soviet Union and elsewhere in the Communist world. He rose to stardom in the 1960s touring the US and what was then West Germany and represented Austria in the Eurovision song contest. That was when German papers described him as the “Sinatra of the East”. Karel Gott died on October 1st at the age of 80, succumbing to acute leukemia. A first cancer on the lymphatic system, he had survived a few years earlier.  

 by Prague Morning Oct 12, 2019

This Weekend: Prague Coffee Festival 2019

This weekend the eighth year of the Prague Coffee Festival will take place in Holešovice.

 by Cara McErlean Oct 12, 2019

China Threatens Prague for Canceling Sister-City Ties

Earlier this week, after the city of Prague announced plans to formally terminate its sister-city relationship with Beijing, the Chinese embassy on Wednesday (Oct. 9) sent the City Council a threatening message suggesting that the Czech capital reconsider. Responding to China’s message, the Czech Pirate Party, the third-largest political party in the country and party of Prague’s pro-Taiwan Mayor Zdenek Hříb, released an official statement reaffirming the city’s decision and its opposition to Beijing’s “authoritarian regime.” The Chinese embassy’s initial message called on the Prague City Council to “change its approach as soon as possible, to adapt to current developmental trends, and to return to a path that supports the development of bilateral relations. Otherwise, the city’s own interests will suffer.” The Pirate Party, speaking on behalf of Prague, refused to allow China’s gangster-like attitude to go unaddressed. Beijing demands to respect the so-called one-China policy, which in practice means not talking about Taiwan or Tibet as if they were separate countries. And it definitely means not flying the Tibetan flag, something that Hříb thinks is completely appropriate. Chinese companies own parts of numerous assets in the Czech Republic, including the football club Slavia Prague and the Smartwings airline, which itself...

 by Prague Morning Oct 11, 2019

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