Russell Crowe to Perform in Prague for the First Time in May 2027
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- The Czech Republic has improved its position in the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) media freedom index, now ranking 14th out of the 180 monitored countries, up from 20th last year. The report released today was the 21st annual study of its kind from RSF.
- Czechs still have the most positive view of Slovaks out of all national groups living in the country, according to the latest poll by CVVM released yesterday. Their stance on Russians has become more negative since 2020, while the view of Ukrainians remains almost unchanged. A total of 79% of respondents expressed a liking for Slovaks, followed at some distance by the Vietnamese (50%), Poles (47%) and Hungarians (33%).
- Retired footballer Petr Čech has been inducted into the Hall of Fame of England’s Premier League. The Czech, who is now 40, is one of the most successful goalkeepers in the league’s history, notching up 202 clean sheets in the competition, most of them with Chelsea.
- The first post-1989 rector of Palacký University in Olomouc, Josef Jařab, has died at the age of 85. Mr. Jařab was appointed in 1990 and remained in the post until 1997. He was an expert on US and UK literature and renowned translator and was a guest lecturer at Harvard University shortly before the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia.
- President Petr Pavel will name two new ministers on Thursday, he said after a meeting with Prime Minister Petr Fiala. The head of state will appoint Mikuláš Bek minister of education, in place of Vladimír Balaš, who is standing down citing health reasons.
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