On the evening of Wednesday, 21 October, at around 10 p.m., drinking water will be shut off in several districts in the north of Prague: several tens of thousands of customers will be left without it. The cause is an emergency on a main wat
In Prague, the funicular on Petřín Hill came to a halt: because of a power outage, full cars stopped in the middle of the route, not far from the Nebozízek station. No one was hurt, and service resumed at 2:30 pm, said Andrea Řehková, a spo
An intercity bus carrying 50 children got stuck under a railway bridge on Jandova street in Prague 9 this morning. None of the children were hurt. Police received the report of the incident shortly after seven o’clock, Prague police said.Th
A new city coalition is taking shape in Prague: after a second round of negotiations, the election-winning STAN movement is handing out concrete offers to potential partners. “We, that is the Mayors and I personally, prefer a three-party co
Prague's new mayor wants to double resident parking fees and raise the transit pass price by a third
Prague's likely new mayor Petr Hlaváček (STAN) wants to double the fee for residents' parking in the blue zones and raise the price of public transport passes by a third. A week after the election, the makeup of Prague's coalition is still
On Sunday afternoon in Prague’s Dejvice district, a girl of about ten ran onto the tracks in front of an approaching train. The train threw her aside; the child stayed conscious and her life is not in danger.The girl was waiting for the tra
Petr Hlaváček, leader of the STAN movement that won the election in Prague and the candidate for mayor, has admitted that unpopular steps lie ahead for the capital: higher prices for the annual transit pass and resident parking, and the int
An exhibition on the Vltava Philharmonic, the future concert hall for symphonic music in the capital, is under way at the Municipal House on Republic Square in Prague. It can be seen in the centre of the city: on Thursday, 8 October, visito
A truck carrying a drilling rig, travelling along Vídeňská street in Prague at around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, got stuck not under the railway bridge but under the neighbouring bridge that carries a metro spur. According to experts, neither
Prague firefighters have freed a truck carrying a drilling rig that was stuck under a viaduct in Krč. At around 11 p.m., they announced on the social network X that after another attempt, using both rescue tanks and an external hydraulic dr
A plan to expand a stone quarry in Prague’s Zbraslav district has met opposition from residents and the local council. In a week, 600 people signed a petition against the project.What the quarry owner saysThe applicant explains the expansio
Prague Zoo has become the first in Czechia to raise an orange-breasted lorikeet chick, a rare parrot that is notoriously demanding to keep. The youngster is now four months old and, according to zoo staff, is a male in good shape.“The paren