Czech Republic

Czech Airlines, founded on 6 October 1923, celebrated its 100th birthday with a special section on its website featuring facts, key events, stories and photos from its long history

On the night of Sunday, 8 October, the Czech Republic's Giant Mountains witnessed the first snowfall of the season, with patches of snow above 1.100 metres

Czech scientists, with the support of a small experimental brewer, have created the country's first "Celtic beer," TauriALE, made by laboratory analysis of pollen from a Celtic burial site in Moravia

Citizens will soon be able to use digital credentials instead of paper or plastic ID cards, following an amendment to the existing law, recently approved by the government

Czech coal production increased by one-tenth in 2022 compared to 2021 despite phase-out plans; the goal of phasing out coal by 2033 is seemingly out of reach

AmRest, the operator of the fast-food restaurants KFC, Burger King and Pizza Hut in the Czech Republic, reported a 43% year-on-year increase in profits

Electricity company CEZ has launched another tender for the construction of new reactors and generators at the country's two existing nuclear power plants

New Czech company, Antees, enters Prague and Brno, operating shared electric scooters; in Prague, the company will start with 100 scooters and increase the number to 200 during the summer, while in Brno 100 scooters will go into operation by end of July

Facilitating marriage for same-sex couples has been debated by Parliament, which approved 2 contradictory drafts: one envisages enactment of marriage for same-sex couples, the other enshrines protection of marriage as a union between a man and a woman

The country wants to introduce a reduced 12% VAT on recycled products as part of a tax package to consolidate public finances

An unusual pair of white storks, consisting of two females, nested on a chimney in southern Bohemia, taking turns caring for the two chicks; according to ornithologists, this is the first recorded case of a same-sex pair among white storks