Czech Scouts to carry Light of Bethlehem to Prague and around the Czech Republic
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The Bethlehem Light, one of the symbols of the Christmas season, will arrive to Prague on Saturday
Czech senators push to move Czech Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
Twenty-six senators have called for the moving of the Czech embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
Series of events in Prague marks anniversary of death of former Czech president Václav Havel
A plaque commemorating late president Václav Havel (1936-2011) was unveiled on the apartment where he was born and lived for 40 years
More than a third of a million non-EU foreigners now legally reside in the Czech Republic
As of September 2019, about 350,000 foreigners from outside the EU, the European Economic Area and Switzerland were legally staying in the Czech Republic
15,000 demonstrate against Czech PM Andrej Babiš on Prague's Wenceslas Square
Several thousand people gathered at another rally demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš
Prague stops supporting events involving single-use packaging
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Prague City Hall will stop supporting events at which one-use packaging or products are used
Czech Republic names new star, exoplanet after Czech writer Karel Čapek's works
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The exoplanet and star the IAU have allotted to the Czech Republic will bear the names Makropulos and Absolutno after writer Karel Čapek
Only 20% of Czech train stations are wheelchair accessible
Only one-fifth of railway stations in the Czech Republic, or 504 of them, are a least partly accessible to wheelchair users
One-third of Czechs are at least occasional smokers
Official statistics say one quarter of Czechs smoke cigarettes regularly, but a recent survey shows that the absolute number of smokers is much higher
Fundraisers for families of victims of Ostrava shooting have raised 2.6 million crowns so far
Two separate fund raisers planned to run through March 31 will donate money to the shooting victims' families
Kazakh, not Czech, national anthem accidentally played at Czech-Sweden hockey match in Moscow
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While the Swedish national anthem was played without any problems in the CSKA Moscow arena, Czech players were waiting for their anthem in vain
Czech truck driver convicted of migrant smuggling in Britain, sentenced to 10 years in prison
British officials found 21 Afghans, including 9 children, behind a hidden partition
Prague to sign sister city partnership agreement with Taipei in January
Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřib said the cooperation is promising despite the big distance between the two cities.
A 'dignified' gross minimum wage in the Czech Republic is 31,460 crowns monthly, say experts
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In Prague, the dignified minimum wage is greater at 36,850 crowns due to higher costs of living
Czech Republic population rises to 10.68 million, largely due to immigration
The population of the Czech Republic rose by 31,400 to 10.68 million in the first nine months of 2019
Achieving carbon neutrality will cost the Czech Republic 675 billion crowns, says PM Andrej Babiš
"The Czech Republic also wants to achieve carbon neutrality, but it is impossible without nuclear energy," the Prime Minster tweeted
Prague to build memorial to Russian Liberation Army on 75th anniversary of the end of WWII
A memorial to Russian Liberation Army (ROA) members who died helping liberate Prague from the Nazis in May 1945 will be built in the city's outskirts of Reporyje
