ČTK Updated 9 hours ago – The meteorologists’ warning came true. Thunderstorms, downpours, hail and strong gusts of wind swept across the Czech Republic on Sunday. Firefighters from the Pardubice and Liberec regions report dozens of departures. Around 9 pm were the heaviest downpours in the Olomouc region. According to the Aladin model, more strong … Read more
Countries in Europe are introducing various measures to restart consumption, such as Germany reducing the VAT rate on food. According to the Minister of Finance, however, this would have no effect on the price in shops in the Czech Republic. “I am fundamentally against reducing VAT on food, because if we reduced it, if I … Read more
July will be rather average in temperature and it will rain more in its first half. This follows from the weather forecast for the next four weeks, which was published by the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI) on Friday. According to the weekly forecast, the end of next week will be especially warm, when temperatures should … Read more
Cloudless skies, temperatures exceeding thirty degrees Celsius and crystal clear water enticing to swim. But what looks like a perfect summer day is a nightmare for the world. Russian Siberia is experiencing unusually hot days and temperature records are falling in the areas beyond the Arctic Circle. “Although the city of Verkhoyansk is known as … Read more
About nine percent of people in the Czech Republic could be vaccinated against influenza this autumn. The Czech Republic has promised only about 900,000 benefits from producers, said Roman Prymula, the government’s representative for health research, on the Czech Television talk show Otázky Václava Moravec. The European Union recommends that the rate of influenza vaccination … Read more
After the restart of the international tennis season, after the coronavirus break, Prague will be the venue of the WTA women’s circuit tournament. The Prague Open will take place on the Sparta clay courts from August 10 to 15, with a subsidy of $ 225,000. The organizers informed about it on Sunday. This is a … Read more
Due to torrential rains in Moravia and Silesia, firefighters drew water from cellars or lagoons on Friday evening and night on Saturdays and also cut trees. Hundreds of interventions have been taking place since Friday afternoons, confirmed regional spokesmen for firefighters. There is also a risk of flooding in the north-eastern part of the Czech … Read more
The Czechia applies a so-called traffic light, where it evaluates countries according to the degree of risk of coronavirus infection. Only in high-risk countries will the Czechs have to prove a negative test when returning or go into a 14-day quarantine. The government’s “traffic light” is list of “countries safe for travel” divided into three … Read more
Firefighters went to a total of 266 interventions, most of them in the Moravian-Silesian Region – 78 in Novojičínsko, 38 in Opavsko and 21 in Karviná. Firefighters from Frýdek-Místek had to leave fourteen times. Dozens of trips were also recorded in the Olomouc Region. For example, in Jeseník nad Odrou, torrential rain flooded the cellars … Read more