DAILY NEWS UPDATE
Czech news in brief for October 17: Thursday's top headlines
European Commission VP Jourová criticizes Musk for promoting 'evil', Czech First Lady to receive salary, and Nick Jonas flees stage at Prague show.
Czechia continues slide down world economic freedom index
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Due to currency instability and acutely high inflation in recent years, Czechia has fallen down the rankings – but still outperforms most neighbors.
Czech news in brief for October 16: Wednesday's top headlines
Student confesses to brutal murder in Brno, outpatient specialists to join Czech GP protest, and today marks the anniversary of the Vrbětice explosion.
Thousands of doctors' offices to shut in Czechia amid nationwide strike
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Around 7,000 surgeries will close nationwide due to a dispute between general practitioners and the government over renumeration.
Czech news in brief for October 15: Tuesday's top headlines
Pelosi, Walesa to close Forum 2000 in Prague today, more than 4,500 visitors saw Žižka sword in Prague, and ANO leads at the polls.
Tour organizers speak out against ban on pub crawls in Prague
In a statement, the Prague Pub Crawl agency called the ban a populist move to deflect attention from the city's lack of police officers.
Prague approves city-wide ban on nighttime pub crawls
Citing serious noise disturbances and complaints from residents, agencies will no longer be able to conduct bar crawls anywhere in the capital from 10 p.m.
Prague moves to ban pub crawls amid growing drunken disturbances
The move is another attempt by the city to win the ongoing battle with the 'alcotourism' that has brought overcrowding to its city center.
Czech news in brief for October 14: Monday's top headlines
Hundreds of thousands visit Signal Festival, Forum 2000 underway in Prague, and Czech pension reform lacks full coalition support.
Czech news in brief for October 13: Sunday's top headlines
New law to boost wage transparency in Czech firms, Prague officials to discuss ban on pub crawls, and more weekend headlines.
Czech news in brief for October 12: Saturday's top headlines
Czech football team tops Albania in Nations League, Prague marks 600 years since Žižka's death, and more weekend headlines.
Czech government greenlights return system for bottles and cans
Czechia stands as one of the final holdouts in Europe without a deposit return scheme for PET bottles and cans.
Czech news in brief for October 11: Friday's top headlines
The volume of mortgages fell by eight billion in September, a quarter of Czechs miss work due to stress, and warmer days and frosty mornings this weekend.
Most Czechs see real estate as best overall investment option
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Land ownership was the second-most highly rated investment option, and the popularity of cryptocurrencies has slumped since 2021.
Czechia to tighten kratom and hemp regulations, backtracks on full e-cigarette ban
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The measures aim to protect young people from the risks associated with substances and promote safer consumption practices.
Czech news in brief for October 10: Thursday's top headlines
Czechia re-elected to UN Human Rights Council, government to debate PET bottle deposit system, and Prague's Českomoravská metro to close for year.
Holocaust survivors' museum to open in Schindler's Czech factory
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Oskar Schindler's factory became a place of refuge for Jews persecuted by the Nazis during World War II.
