DAILY NEWS UPDATE
Czech news in brief for June 14: Friday's top headlines
MPs continue debating postal voting, European holidays will cost Czechs more, and Czechia to send second astronaut into space.
Czech reforms aim to empower women at work and at home
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Reforms for ensuring gender balance in the boardroom as well as making divorce easier represent strides towards empowering Czech women.
Czech news in brief for June 13: Thursday's top headlines
Czechia bans seven new psychoactive substances, Czech police mishandled Feri case, and collision leads to four-hour closure of Prague tunnels.
Czech news in brief for June 12: Wednesday's top headlines
Gun dealers likely to report suspicious purchases sooner, Czechia rebuilds frontlines in Ukraine, and prices for cottages in Czechia decline.
Czech news in brief for June 11: Tuesday's top headlines
House could discuss tightening of gun law today, Škoda Group's sales soared last year, and Karlovy Vary film fest to show Kafka retrospective.
Czech news in brief for June 10: Monday's top headlines
Czechia sees record voter turnout for EU parliament elections, bus station closes due to suspicious luggage, and Litomyšl festival opens with Smetana.
Czech news in brief for June 9: Sunday's top headlines
Prague to see increased security measures amid security threat, summer train timetables take effect, and more weekend headlines.
Czech Republic set to train another 4,000 Ukrainian troops this year
Unlike France, the country does not plan to send military instructors directly to Ukraine, according to Defense Minister Jana Černochová.
Czech news in brief for June 8: Saturday's top headlines
Czechia enters final day of EU parliament elections, last Czech suspect arrested in fake banker scam, and more weekend headlines.
Czech news in brief for June 7: Friday's top headlines
Train corridor reopens after fatal crash, Czechs begin voting for EU parliament today, and Prague prepared to support new refugee wave.
On this day in 1944: Czechoslovak soldiers joined the Normandy invasion
Czech fighter squadrons, commanded by Major General Tomáš Vybíral, were crucial in providing air cover for the disembarking units.
Four dead, 27 injured in collision of passenger, freight trains in Pardubice
The RegioJet express train, heading to Slovakia, collided head-on with a freight train near the Pardubice-Centre station shortly before 11 p.m on June 5.
Czech news in brief for June 5: Wednesday's top headlines
Voter cards still available for the EU elections, income inequality decreased in Czechia in past decade, and Czechia to end Russian oil dependency in 2024.
Czech news in brief for June 4: Tuesday's top headlines
Prague protesters demand higher pay for educators, Czech president to attend Normandy landings ceremony, and Springsteen reschedules Prague show.
Czech news in brief for June 3: Monday's top headlines
Weekend lightning injures 18 as storms plague Czechia, speaker considers lower house drug case closed, and hockey championships bolster retail sales.
Czech news in brief for June 2: Sunday's top headlines
Rivers near Pilsen reach elevated flood levels, Fake Babiš videos circulating on social media, and more headlines.
Czech news in brief for June 1: Saturday's top headlines
Czech Foreign Minister advocates for Ukraine's NATO entry, Vondroušová makes French Open sweet sixteen, and more Saturday headlines.
