Top news in Tweets for Prague and the Czech Republic (August 10–14, 2020)

.@SecPompeo and Czech counterpart Tomáš Petříček laid wreaths at the WWII memorial before heading to the Pilsner Urquell brewery, where the secretary said the beer was amazing: https://t.co/qr0o1TmqHPpic.twitter.com/DtY10tUTh1

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 12, 2020

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (@SecPompeo) is attacking China without any substantiation, tarnishing it and fomenting discord between other countries and China, the Embassy of China said in reaction to Pompeo’s statements in Prague: https://t.co/MqDtFqToagpic.twitter.com/QgxEYahpB5

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 13, 2020

Prague Mayor @ZdenekHrib will be among a 90-person delegation led by Czech Senate chairman Miloš Vystrčil to Taiwain later this month: https://t.co/qAI0IxaO8Bpic.twitter.com/MWc6IzE2Ta

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 12, 2020

What do you think about this? Czech health officials are discussing whether to lower their official guidelines for quarantine and lower the duration to ten days spent in quarantine. https://t.co/QnjgiHJqyUpic.twitter.com/7C28E2afdr

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 11, 2020

Looking for your next #PragueJob? @Barclays, one of the world’s leading financial services companies, has announced plans to expand their operations in Prague this summer. (via @CzechInvest_CZ) https://t.co/c8twZtLZYVpic.twitter.com/TOz3IN2AAc

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 10, 2020

Oof. The coronavirus pandemic, as expected, had a large impact on tourism across the Czech Republic, with Prague hit the hardest: https://t.co/PN3rtA2BBopic.twitter.com/bjOgorKPzQ

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 11, 2020

The Czech Ministry of Health will add Spain, with the exception of the Canary Islands, to their list of risk countries due to #COVID19, according to ČTK. The official announcement will come later today, but in the meantime, here’s what you need to know: https://t.co/UAD0KwmY6Gpic.twitter.com/7V2bKPrJvg

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 14, 2020

Greek officials have confirmed that Czech travelers will no longer need to present a negative #COVID19 test when flying in. It’s the conclusion to a week-long news cycle; Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš called his counterpart in Greece to make it happen: https://t.co/ehTJbcTurRpic.twitter.com/IXKTyXmEDl

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 14, 2020

More flats are available for long-term rental on the Prague market, and rents are dropping due to the effects of coronavirus, which has limited tourists who would have used short-term rentals: https://t.co/wLxXpbrqaHpic.twitter.com/unDgjO9QVM

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 11, 2020

Prague’s Letňany district will get a new neighborhood on the site of the former Avia plane part factory. The project is located north of Prague on one of the city’s largest remaining undeveloped area: https://t.co/4ce6f3akQUpic.twitter.com/mmIeR8mSJK

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 10, 2020

A new architectural competition will be held to design new buildings for the brownfield at Masarykovo nádraží: https://t.co/TBjTYfr8tMpic.twitter.com/xzTLahjKMz

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 13, 2020

A new amendment currently being discussed by Prague officials would ban the consumption of alcohol at outdoor locations of the Náplavka embankments after midnight: https://t.co/Lg86yVM1ex

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 14, 2020

How do you feel about this? Beer bikes are officially back, according to a recent court decision: https://t.co/2j1bKVJ8AKpic.twitter.com/z82mJCvaNN

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 13, 2020

Tennis player Ivan Lendl’s collection of posters by Alfons Mucha will return to Obecní dům, the same place where they attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors seven years ago: https://t.co/2lS4hMXanCpic.twitter.com/XT2sEy3X86

— Expats.cz (@expatscz) August 12, 2020