The Czech Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs is drafting amendments that would make running unregistered care homes for the elderly a criminal offence. Ministry spokesman Jakub Slavík confirmed the plans to Seznam Zprávy.According to him
In Kolín, a 17-year-old medical college student named Pavel Rudolf came to the aid of an elderly bus passenger who fell ill mid-journey: the woman felt dizzy, collapsed and injured her face. The teenager, who was on his way to school, kept
Stromovka Park in České Budějovice is currently ablaze with colour thanks to so-called flower strips — specially created patches of meadow wildflowers that, since mid-July, have transformed into a vibrant tapestry of dozens of grass and flo
The Czech Ministry of Finance has changed the rules governing supplementary pension savings, under which roughly 200,000 pensioners previously lost their state contributions when they terminated their savings contracts early. Some of these
On Friday, weather stations across Czechia recorded temperatures well above 30°C, with many stations breaking daily and even monthly records. The highest reading came from the Plzeň-Bolevec station, where the thermometer climbed to 39.4°C a
Czechia is bracing for yet another extremely warm night, with temperatures in some regions not expected to drop below 20 degrees Celsius. General practitioner Cyril Mucha spoke in an interview about how to maintain sleep quality in such con
On Friday evening, a series of powerful thunderstorms with gusty winds and hail swept across Czechia, while a formidable supercell storm developed over neighbouring Bavaria, threatening to clip parts of the Šumava and Novohradské Mountains.
Editor at Czech public broadcaster ČT24, Mateusz Mate, has announced his departure from the channel — the 42-year-old journalist made the announcement on Friday on the social network X, following years of work as a foreign correspondent in
The annual Prague Pride festival returns to the Czech capital this year with its signature march taking place on August 8 — and for the first time in the event's history, the route will finish not on Letná Plain, but on Štvanice Island.Acco
Thursday saw the highest temperature of the day recorded in Czechia: at 5 p.m., the thermometer at the Doksany weather station reached 40.1°C. According to meteorological data, that's three degrees above the previous daily record (37.1°C, s
A crash involving an ambulance and a passenger car has occurred in the Jihlava Region — the ambulance flipped onto its side after the collision, while the car ran off the road. Three people were injured as a result, police spokeswoman Dana
Czech biologist and popular science botanist Václav Větvička has died at the age of 87. He served for many years as director of Prague’s Botanical Garden in Slupi. News of his death was first reported by the Chrudimský deník.Václav Volejník