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Court chairman Pavel Rychetský most-trusted Czech official; President Miloš Zeman second
The Czech Republic's most trusted constitutional officials are Constitutional Court (US) chairman Pavel Rychetský with 46 percent and President Miloš Zeman with 45 percent
Czech Film Fund seeks additional 500 million for filmmaker incentives
Foreign film productions brought almost five billion crowns in investment to the Czech Republic last year.
Half the schools in the Czech Republic will take part in Wednesday's strike, but not all will close
Over 6,000 Czech schools, more than 50 percent, say they will join teachers' strike on Wednesday
The Czech Republic's first biological toilet to open atop the Šumava Mountains
Earthworms turn human waste into organic fertilizer at the first biological toilet in the Czech Republic
Czech police train for reintroduction of checks at Slovak border in case of migrant crisis
The two-day exercise will focus on a 49-km section of the border in the Moravia-Silesia Region, including five border crossings.
Czech school teachers to strike for higher pay raise next Wednesday, November 6
Czech teachers' strike for higher salaries over their disagreement with their proposed pay rise will be held next Wednesday
Prague police now investigating sale of Adolf Hitler masks in city center
City police are dealing with possible unlawful conduct linked to the sale of Adolf Hitler rubber masks in Prague following a complaint by the German Ambassador
Czech teachers to see an 8-percent increase in base pay next year
The monthly base pay could increase from 1,100 to 3,500 CZK, depending on the length of the employee's experience and qualifications
Four people seriously injured in blast in Pardubice explosives factory
One of the victims has burns on 90 percent of the body and is in a critical condition
Free photo exhibit on 1989 Velvet Revolution opens in Prague's City Center
157 photographs from CTK archives, museums and private collections are on display in the pedestrian zone at Na příkopě street until the end of November
Half of Czechs now celebrate Halloween, while 80% observe All Souls' Day
Nearly 50% of Czechs observe some Halloween habits, most often making jack o'lanterns by carving pumpkins
The Czech Republic did not fulfill its duties by rejecting migrant quotas, says EU Advocate General
The Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary did not fulfill the duties of EU law when rejecting the refugee quotas, says the CJEU General
Posters by Czech Art Nouveau master Alfons Mucha now on display in Seoul
Some 10,000 tickets to the Mucha exhibition were sold online before its opening
Czech state attorney reopens case of Jan Masaryk's death in 1948
State attorney Michal Muravsky has tasked the police to reopen the investigation into the death of Czechoslovak foreign minister Jan Masaryk
Czech President Miloš Zeman decorates Jaromír Jágr, Jan Saudek, and others on state holiday
President Miloš Zeman gave the Medal of Merit to ice hockey star Jaromir Jágr, photographer Jan Saudek, Serb film director Emir Kusturica and interwar female car racer Eliška Junková
Czech priest seeking sex with young man busted in Polish sting operation
According to Polish media, the priest arranged a meeting with an underage boy in Katowice