<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><atom:link href="https://www.info.cz/rss/categories/czech-news" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><title>Czech News</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news</link><description>English news about Czechia, world, business, economics and army. Zprávy v angličtině o aktuálním dění v Česku, ze světa, byznysu, ekonomiky i armády.</description><language>cs</language><image><title>INFO.CZ</title><url>https://www.info.cz/logo-sm.png</url><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news</link></image><copyright>© 2001 — 2026 Copyright CMI News a dodavatelé obsahu</copyright><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2020 10:58:00 +0200</pubDate><item><title>Czechoslovak Group is able to prosper despite coronavirus epidemic and economic crisis</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/czechoslovak-group-is-able-to-prosper-despite-coronavirus-epidemic-and-economic-crisis</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2020 10:58:00 +0200</pubDate><modifiedDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 05:03:51 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-44226</guid><dc:creator>Info.cz</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/07/15/05/47/10/d0f329cd-4219-4c82-9784-0a17fa121d19/6441416.jpg /> While the part of the Czech economy concentrating on the automotive industry has got into a difficult situation as a result of the coronavirus epidemic and the related economic crisis, many Czech industrial companies are able to prosper even in the difficult conditions of 2020. As an example of that, we can talk about the Czechoslovak Group, a holding of companies with a turnover of around 30 billion crowns. The holding specializes in countercyclical fields of the industry with high added value: special land vehicles for the military and firefighters, brake systems for rail vehicles or radars.]]></description></item><item><title>The legendary TATRA TRUCKS manufacturer is celebrating its 170th birthday</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/the-legendary-tatra-trucks-manufacturer-is-celebrating-its-170th-birthday</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2020 16:11:00 +0200</pubDate><modifiedDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:25:21 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-42778</guid><dc:creator>Info.cz</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/22/ff441d20-ff15-449d-b592-b9894f03fe38/6400080.jpg /> TATRA TRUCKS is one of the most famous Czech engineering companies and can be proud of the longest uninterrupted tradition of wheeled vehicle production in the world. This June, TATRA commemorates the 170th anniversary of its establishment.]]></description></item><item><title>Pickup trucks for the Czech Army - are they a suitable replacement for UAZ and LR Defender vehicles?</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/pickup-trucks-for-the-czech-army-are-they-a-suitable-replacement-for-uaz-and-lr-defender-vehicles</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2020 11:49:00 +0200</pubDate><modifiedDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 10:11:54 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-42713</guid><dc:creator>Info.cz, CZdefence</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/23/2bfe6d6d-701c-4a7c-8854-b44510426bb4/6385021.jpg /> The Czech Army has announced its intention to purchase hundreds of pickup trucks as a replacement for years old UAZ and Land Rover Defender off-road vehicles. Specifically, these are to be pickups in the double-cab hard top design, i.e. with a four-door cabin and a cover superstructure above the cargo bed. This step will affect the Army and its performance for decades. That is why we intend to pay systematic attention to it. In today's article we plan to generally describe this category of vehicles.]]></description></item><item><title>Israeli duo building apartments in Czechia: “Property development not a one man show”</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/israeli-duo-building-apartments-in-czechia-property-development-not-a-one-man-show</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2020 19:20:00 +0200</pubDate><modifiedDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2022 09:47:13 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-42390</guid><dc:creator>Vojtěch Kristen</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/08/07/06/20/17/18884c7c-4521-412d-9574-d52eccda55d2/6284258.jpg /> If you want to fulfil your dream and invest in an extraordinary home, Doron Friedman and Daniel Aalsvel are the go-to people. The two Israeli businessmen have spent the last fifteen years turning neglected historical buildings in the centre of Prague into exclusive apartments. They take pride in weaving history with cutting-edge technologies and make every detail count. The size of the apartments ranges from small units to units with over 1000 sq m.]]></description></item><item><title>Tatra Trucks keeps production unlike many automakers across Europe</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/tatra-trucks-keeps-production-unlike-many-automakers-across-europe</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2020 13:10:00 +0200</pubDate><modifiedDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2020 17:03:24 +0100</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-42365</guid><dc:creator>Info.cz</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/23/686a0058-2a16-4fb7-a5d9-986a1180afce/6300326.jpg /> The coronavirus pandemic in Europe has temporarily shut down production in many factories of European and overseas automakers. Only a few of them did not close their operations: Tatra Trucks is one of them.]]></description></item><item><title>The Czechs developing systems that make air traffic all over the world safer</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/the-czechs-developing-systems-that-make-air-traffic-all-over-the-world-safer</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2020 14:48:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2021 22:32:53 +0100</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41631</guid><dc:creator>Lenka Petrášová</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/24/99ba70f3-7948-491f-895b-05a3e63d0cbe/6146502.jpg /> Ivan Camrda started to do business as an entrepreneur before the 1989 revolution, and he is not ashamed to admit that the beginnings were hard. „First I worked as a natural person with several assistants. Later I started to use the Copyright Act, or we may say the intellectual property legislation“, laughs at it the CS Soft founder today. The company has existed since 1988, and it develops air traffic control systems and simulators. To simplify for easy understanding, the company prevents the planes from colliding. These days the company makes things that few in the world can make.]]></description></item><item><title>Ray Service CEO Petr Gabriel: Industry 4.0 is about triggering creativity, not about the &quot;robots stealing jobs&quot; narrative</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/ray-service-ceo-petr-gabriel-industry-4-0-is-about-triggering-creativity-not-about-the-robots-stealing-jobs-narrative</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2020 13:16:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2020 20:49:52 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41574</guid><dc:creator>Info.cz</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/07/21/20/46/16/92ba5e51-e73c-4d92-a8d9-68d9a6931726/5785113.jpg /> The concept of Industry 4.0 is the new black these days. And Ray Service, a Czech innovative high-tech company providing solutions in cable systems for aerospace industry and for special land systems since the 1990s, has been trying to fill it with real content. In the last couple of years, its factory in Uherské Hradiště has turned both externally and technologically into a so-called smart factory. Petr Gabriel, its founder, owner and CEO, talks about how Industry 4.0 works in practice.]]></description></item><item><title>Police deal with Nazi symbols sprayed on town&#39;s 15 buildings</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/police-deal-with-nazi-symbols-sprayed-on-town-s-15-buildings</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 15:31:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 21:09:54 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41559</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/25/7718b2a7-d6e9-482b-8ca8-68f831bb173c/6130575.jpg /> The Czech police are dealing with the case of Nazi and radical motifs that unknown perpetrators sprayed on 15 buildings in the town of Usti nad Orlici overnight, including the local historically valuable theatre, Usti Mayor Petr Hajek said today.]]></description></item><item><title>Defence Ministry fails to use 2.8 billion crowns in its budget </title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/defence-ministry-fails-to-use-2-8-billion-crowns-in-its-budget</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 17:05:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 05:03:56 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41546</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/25/3b818d82-2ef6-4894-9b97-aeadb12c7c7d/6126519.jpg /> The Czech Defence Ministry did not use 2.8 billion crowns from its 71.1 billion budget in 2019 and will use most of the money this year, its spokesman Jan Pejsek told CTK today.]]></description></item><item><title>One fifth of Czech firms face cyberattack in 2018 - CSU </title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/one-fifth-of-czech-firms-face-cyberattack-in-2018-csu</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 13:43:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 05:21:32 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41543</guid><dc:creator>Info.cz</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/26/65d3002e-b648-4097-8705-7ef94af17685/6125409.jpg /> Nearly every fifth Czech company encountered a cyberattack in 2018, their number growing by about 20 percent in annual terms, according to latest data from the Czech Statistical Office (CSU).]]></description></item><item><title>Mechanical watches are not retros. Young people are showing still a greater interest in Prim watches, says the Elton company sales director</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/mechanical-watches-are-not-retros-young-people-are-showing-still-a-greater-interest-in-prim-watches-says-the-elton-company-sales-director</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 12:11:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2020 17:03:27 +0100</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41542</guid><dc:creator>Lenka Petrášová</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/26/bbcbcbcf-a0b7-4354-92b1-b2aed232c4ae/6112056.jpg /> Although we perceive the Prim watch as a traditional and purely Czech brand, things are not that simple. For years there has been a dispute, as there are two companies that produce watches under this brand name. One of them is Elton hodinářská, a. s. This company from Nové Město nad Metují is a successor of the seventy-year-old tradition of watchmaking. Even today, the company produces watches in the Czech Republic; they are made of high-quality materials and there is a high share of handiwork. INFO.cz had the opportunity to see what such production actually looks like.]]></description></item><item><title>U.S. Senate highlighting Czech, Slovak postcommunist success</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/u-s-senate-highlighting-czech-slovak-postcommunist-success</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2020 13:27:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 07:01:39 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41520</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/27/b28e6fdb-a74c-4f69-90f6-61bb2e497da7/6120229.jpg /> The U.S. Senate has stressed the successes achieved by the people in the Czech Republic and Slovakia after the 1989 fall of the Communist regime in the development of a free, democratic and prosperous society, the Czech embassy in Washington told today.]]></description></item><item><title>Czech Baltic mission ends, last Gripen returning today</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/czech-baltic-mission-ends-last-gripen-returning-today</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2020 09:59:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 16:48:37 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41519</guid><dc:creator>Info.cz</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/27/6e357507-3e4b-41ce-810b-16b55fa58e28/6119715.jpg /> The Czech four-month Baltic allied air policing mission ended with the return of the last part of the Czech military task unit from the Amari base, Estonia, Tomas Maruscak, from the General Staff press section, has told ČTK. The arrival of the last JAS-39 Gripen fighter, which stayed at the Siauliai airport in Lithuania due to a technical defect last week, is scheduled today. ]]></description></item><item><title>Five Czech police to temporarily leave Baghdad training centre</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/five-czech-police-to-temporarily-leave-baghdad-training-centre</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2020 15:32:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2021 23:38:01 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41516</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/28/3deabfb0-d786-4101-b603-a0ce34ed0c72/6118925.jpg /> The five Czech police officers who are part of the NATO training mission in Iraq will leave Iraq due to the limited operation of the training centre in Baghdad and they will return once its operation gets back to normal, Czech Police President Jan Svejdar said on Twitter today.]]></description></item><item><title>Prague university team to fight in drone contest in Abu Dhabi</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/prague-university-team-to-fight-in-drone-contest-in-abu-dhabi</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2020 13:34:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 17:19:37 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41515</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/28/484b573a-ae4f-455e-90be-f5f72f437c6c/6118638.jpg /> A team from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University (CVUT) in Prague has presented autonomous helicopters, with which the researchers would like to repeat their success at an international drone competition in Abu Dhabi, they have told reporters.]]></description></item><item><title>No Czech soldiers hurt following Iranian attack in Iraq</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/no-czech-soldiers-hurt-following-iranian-attack-in-iraq</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2020 11:18:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 04:11:18 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41508</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/29/83d309c1-8549-45d1-8548-4d9dce923d11/6116254.jpg /> All of the Czech soldiers active in Iraq remain unhurt after the recent series of Iranian attacks on US forces, general staff spokeswoman Magdalena Dvorakova told today. Iranian forces attacked two military bases that have no Czech personnel, Defence Ministry spokesman Jan Pejsek added. There are 40 Czech soldiers and five policemen active in Iraq, with both missions now on hold.]]></description></item><item><title>Czech soldiers stay at bases in Iraq, Slovaks leaving</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/czech-soldiers-stay-at-bases-in-iraq-slovaks-leaving</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2020 13:38:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 05:03:41 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41504</guid><dc:creator>Info.cz</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/29/30cfc5f0-372a-479c-860e-19db4fdc9b1d/6114551.jpg /> Czech soldiers stay at their bases in Iraq, where maximum security measures were taken, Defence Ministry communication section head Jan Pejsek told CTK today, while Slovakia has temporarily transferred its soldiers from Iraq elsewhere, its government announced today.]]></description></item><item><title>Czech soldiers may join anti-terrorist operation in Africa</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/czech-soldiers-may-join-anti-terrorist-operation-in-africa</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2020 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 15:50:09 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41499</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/30/a60ba7fc-483d-4b70-b43c-b24eef80fdf2/6112539.jpg /> Up to 60 Czech soldiers may serve in the Barkhane anti-terrorist operation in Mali, Niger and Chad, launched on August 1, 2014, based on the Defence Ministry's proposal that the government and parliament must yet approve.]]></description></item><item><title>Ceska zbrojovka Group SE considering listing of shares on BCPP</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/ceska-zbrojovka-group-se-considering-listing-of-shares-on-bcpp</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2020 13:20:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 12:42:29 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41498</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/31/46e45520-5d3e-40a0-a607-fc4d77658d30/6112379.jpg /> Czech arms producer Ceska zbrojovka Group SE (CZG) is thinking about a public offering and listing of its shares on the Prague Stock Exchange (BCPP) as a funding option for its expansion in the USA where it wants to build a factory, the company said on its website today.]]></description></item><item><title>Czech Television shoots documentary, feature about Stefanik</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/czech-television-shoots-documentary-feature-about-stefanik</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2020 12:13:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2021 21:22:53 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41497</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/31/7ca0edd8-dbe8-4ab5-a891-5b22d243ae8b/6112129.jpg /> The Ostrava studio of the Czech Television has finished filming a documentary and a feature film about Milan Rastislav Stefanik (1880-1919), the Slovak-born founding-father of Czechoslovakia, the studio's spokeswoman Jana Fabianova told CTK today.]]></description></item><item><title>Czech soldiers discontinue Iraqi training tasks along with Allies</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/czech-soldiers-discontinue-iraqi-training-tasks-along-with-allies</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jan 2020 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 16:11:09 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41494</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/32/0478c0b5-2b76-4c0f-841c-cb8cb18c008f/6110621.jpg /> The Czech soldiers in the NATO mission in Iraq are staying at their respective bases and like the Allies, they have discontinued the training of the Iraqi armed forces, Defence Ministry spokesman Jan Pejsek told. ]]></description></item><item><title>Govt likely to be neutral on proposed ban of paramilitary groups</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/govt-likely-to-be-neutral-on-proposed-ban-of-paramilitary-groups</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jan 2020 15:43:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2021 01:20:50 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41493</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/32/e2c19f8d-ad3a-4fab-a811-0365f699f555/6110585.jpg /> The Czech cabinet will probably take a neutral stand on the bill banning the establishment and operation of paramilitary groups with political or ideological aims, proposed by MPs across all parties in parliament, judging by the documents prepared for its Monday meeting.]]></description></item><item><title>Former political prisoner Josef Plocek dies aged 94</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/former-political-prisoner-josef-plocek-dies-aged-94</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jan 2020 06:21:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2022 10:58:49 +0100</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41490</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/32/b85e4858-2355-47cf-9098-773d60858f34/6109393.jpg /> Former Czech political prisoner Josef Plocek, who resisted both the Nazi and Communist totalitarian regimes, has died at the age of 94 years, Prague Assembly member Jan Wolf (Christian Democrats, KDU-CSL) announced on Facebook yesterday.]]></description></item><item><title>Tomanek: The Baltic mission was successful</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/tomanek-the-baltic-mission-was-successful</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2020 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 05:05:08 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41489</guid><dc:creator>Info.cz</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/33/b9cd6588-607f-4cc3-ab96-2c21c099ca4f/6107945.jpg /> Three JAS-39 fighter planes landed at the airport in Caslav yesterday afternoon, while the fourth is expected to come this evening as it took part in the ceremony at the end of the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission in Amari.]]></description></item><item><title>Czech military launches online acquisition of gear</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/czech-military-launches-online-acquisition-of-gear</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2020 12:59:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Wed, 18 May 2022 14:04:21 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41487</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/34/9d27328b-4861-48da-a43c-f3484e0c62e9/6107795.jpg /> The Czech military has launched a system of online gear acquisitions as of January 1, Chief-of-Staff Ales Opata has told CTK, adding that the system is in a trial operation for the time being.]]></description></item><item><title>Savior of the spring-loaded toy tractor remembers: they considered me a fool and warned me not to return to Middle Ages</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/savior-of-the-spring-loaded-toy-tractor-remembers-they-considered-me-a-fool-and-warned-me-not-to-return-to-middle-ages</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2020 08:59:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2020 17:03:34 +0100</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41481</guid><dc:creator>Info.cz</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/34/41aa2e4f-0891-4298-87c1-145f9736205e/6106021.jpg /> They export traditional sheet metal toys to twenty-six countries around the world. This year, however, both co-owners of a historic Czech company – today KOVAP, formerly Kovodružstvo Náchod – decided to sell their shares to Sages Consulting. One of them, Lubomír Hošek, in an interview for INFO.cz describes what they expect from making this step. Hošek, who has been with the company since 1974, also explains how they managed to save KOVAP after the velvet revolution and turn it into a prosperous company that exports its products to many foreign countries.]]></description></item><item><title>Completion of e-vignettes among chief events of 2020 - experts</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/completion-of-e-vignettes-among-chief-events-of-2020-experts</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 07:26:46 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41478</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/34/aaf8a6bf-289a-43ab-b882-4e165853e623/6101803.jpg /> The completion of the electronic motorway vignette system, the extension of the toll collection system and the continuation of work on transport infrastructure projects, including legislative changes, are the main events expected in 2020, according to experts polled by CTK.]]></description></item><item><title>Czechia&#39;s tour operators consider 2019 successful</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/czechia-s-tour-operators-consider-2019-successful</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2019 12:05:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 20:52:09 +0100</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41451</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/35/c5bd4e0c-08da-4a60-a2a3-acf806ffdd83/6101734.jpg /> Czechs' interest in holidays abroad increased this year thanks to the good economic situation, with people buying more expensive and quality trips, according to a poll of tour operators which showed that they consider the year successful.]]></description></item><item><title>Czech soldiers may serve in same missions in 2021, 2022</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/czech-soldiers-may-serve-in-same-missions-in-2021-2022</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Dec 2019 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2021 16:58:03 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41428</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/35/25bd0fc6-9a52-44e1-97ef-e3598f6a1502/6096400.jpg /> The Czech Republic will probably send its soldiers to the same military missions where they are serving now in 2021 and 2022 as well, focusing primarily on Afghanistan and North Africa, Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar (for ANO) has told CTK.]]></description></item><item><title>Unfinished convergence hampers Czechia&#39;s early euro adoption--CNB</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/unfinished-convergence-hampers-czechia-s-early-euro-adoption-cnb</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2019 17:11:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2021 10:56:52 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41424</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/36/ef1d4330-e6cc-4e45-b2d4-8f0ea2a8d82d/6093539.jpg /> The still unfinished process of real economic convergence of the Czech Republic towards the euro area poses a barrier to the country's early euro adoption, according to the Czech National Bank's (CNB) alignment analysis.]]></description></item><item><title>Czech companies interested in lucrative military tender</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/czech-companies-interested-in-lucrative-military-tender</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2019 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2021 01:14:03 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41423</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/36/8e060e1f-9776-48fa-b3cb-8b2c6db2c084/6092771.jpg /> Over ten bidders have reacted to the Defence Ministry tender for the acquisition of military off-road vehicles, Czech Deputy Defence Minister for Armament Filip Riha has told journalists. The deadline to take part in the tender expires in January.]]></description></item><item><title>Czech fighters fly 13 sorties within their Baltic Air Policing</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/czech-fighters-fly-13-sorties-within-their-baltic-air-policing</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2019 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 05:03:18 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41422</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/37/a696c2d3-fd4b-4d7d-bded-b0fc458b721f/6092496.jpg /> Czech fighter pilots flew 13 sorties within their participation in the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission, having also spent hundreds of hours in air in training flights, the unit's representatives told journalists.]]></description></item><item><title>Temelin plant to cut output by third for 3 days due to repairs</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/temelin-plant-to-cut-output-by-third-for-3-days-due-to-repairs</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2019 09:12:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 05:05:02 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41421</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/37/8ab782a6-8395-4e1e-8952-63e6963cd6c1/6092488.jpg /> Nuclear power station Temelin will reduce its output by a third, or about 650 megawatts electrical (MWe), for three days due to repairs of power lines required by state-run grid operator CEPS, starting at 3:30 on December 21, Temelin and CEPS spokesmen said.]]></description></item><item><title>Czech-U.S. helicopter deal officially signed</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/czech-u-s-helicopter-deal-officially-signed</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2021 19:01:14 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41415</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/39/07738147-9171-4c52-8041-5e6bb25b6163/6090946.jpg /> Czech Deputy Defence Minister for Armament Filip Riha and Erwin Boone, from the U.S. Bell firm, signed a memorandum on the participation of the Czech industry within the contract for the manufacturing of 12 U.S. military helicopters for the Czech military yesterday.]]></description></item><item><title>Some 3,000 of Czech nuke plants&#39; employees get security clearance</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/some-3-000-of-czech-nuke-plants-employees-get-security-clearance</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2019 12:01:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 05:04:57 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41414</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/40/0f9c99fc-eeb6-4593-b863-2280187409f9/6090909.jpg /> Almost 3,000 employees of Czech nuclear power stations including contractors have received security clearance from the National Security Authority (NBU) since 2017, said Bohdan Zronek, head of power utility CEZ's nuclear energy division.]]></description></item><item><title>Czech export to Britain grows despite Brexit uncertainty</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/czech-export-to-britain-grows-despite-brexit-uncertainty</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2021 03:02:11 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41340</guid><dc:creator>red ČTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/40/d99cea72-5235-4c7c-bd2f-dac27619af69/6082655.jpg /> Czech companies have increased their exports to Britain by 2 percent despite Brexit getting postponed this year, the Exporters Association deputy chairman Otto Danek told CTK. The development was uneven but the threat of Brexit helped because Czech companies wanted to make deals in advance, especially in the first quarter of this year, Danek said.]]></description></item><item><title>Italian Leonardo challenging helicopter deal with Bell</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/italian-leonardo-challenging-helicopter-deal-with-bell</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2022 21:12:50 +0100</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41348</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/41/ca4d510f-70ac-46fd-ab30-e9298037202d/6083518.jpg /> The Italian firm Leonardo has asked the Czech anti-trust office (UOHS) to start checking the order of the Defence Ministry for the purchase of 12 helicopters, UOHS spokesman Martin Svanda said, adding that the office has already started its administrative proceedings.]]></description></item><item><title>Defence Ministry signs contract for new recon vehicles</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/defence-ministry-signs-contract-for-new-recon-vehicles</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 05:03:59 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41350</guid><dc:creator>lep, CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/41/99b328c2-4d93-497d-83e9-d8eb320985a4/6083596.jpg /> The Czech Defence Ministry Lubomir Metnar signed a contract with the state-owned Military Technical Institute (VTU) company on the purchase of seven Artillery Reconnaissance Vehicles (LOV-Pz) today at a cost of 355 million crowns, the ministry's spokesman Jan Pejsek has told. ]]></description></item><item><title>Czech ministry signs contract on purchase of two army CASA planes</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/czech-ministry-signs-contract-on-purchase-of-two-army-casa-planes</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 14:30:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 05:03:26 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41342</guid><dc:creator>lep, CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/42/bad34ad9-0128-4d22-977a-2f051744c035/6083000.jpg /> The Czech Defence Ministry signed a contract for the purchase of two CASA C-295MW tactical military transport aircraft for 1.94 billion crowns and a contract on a modernisation of the four CASAs, which the Czech Air Forces have been using since 2010, for 0.36 billion crowns today.]]></description></item><item><title>Brexit to weaken EU states with nuclear power plants - CEZ</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/brexit-to-weaken-eu-states-with-nuclear-power-plants-cez</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 11:22:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 05:02:43 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41339</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/42/801bd8e6-e153-42a4-b25e-ca3d7bb6ef4c/6082594.jpg /> Britain leaving the European Union will weaken member states that produce electricity using nuclear energy sources, but Czech nuclear power plant Temelin, operated by CEZ energy group, does not expect major growth in costs even if there is a no-deal Brexit, CEZ and Temelin spokesmen said.]]></description></item><item><title>Purchase of US helicopters step into 21st century-chief of staff</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/purchase-of-us-helicopters-step-into-21st-century-chief-of-staff</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 05:04:39 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41317</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/08/24/14/00/07/ecd9cd1b-33b8-44a7-983f-e8e7c9088488/6078620.jpg /> The purchase of U.S. helicopters for the Czech military is a step into the 21st century and a significant progress in the army capabilities, Czech Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar and Chief of Staff Ales Opata told CTK in Washington yesterday.]]></description></item><item><title>Prague wants EU guarantees to build new nuclear blocks</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/prague-wants-eu-guarantees-to-build-new-nuclear-blocks</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 05:04:33 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41313</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/43/91332e73-c563-4ca5-8616-ee9f32717619/6076145.jpg /> PM Andrej Babis will push for the recognition of nuclear energy as a clean source at the upcoming EU summit and demand the guarantees that other member states will not block the building of new nuclear units in Czechia, he told reporters before his departure for Brussels today. The two-day summit starts this afternoon.]]></description></item><item><title>New EU space agency to have seat in Czechia as of 2021</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/new-eu-space-agency-to-have-seat-in-czechia-as-of-2021</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 10:55:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 17:01:11 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41311</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/43/6ff104e1-6e78-44c7-9d2b-ab4e15062bf7/6076089.jpg /> The future European Union (EU) Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), based on the existing GSA agency, will be headquartered in Czechia as of 2021 and will hire 600 new employees to about 700 in total, Transport Ministry representatives told journalists. ]]></description></item><item><title>Czech military plans to attend 132 foreign exercises in 2020</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/czech-military-plans-to-attend-132-foreign-exercises-in-2020</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 11:45:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 10:33:55 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41298</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/44/9b00eed5-78d2-42cb-bf31-9bd04e7547b6/6071863.jpg /> The Czech military is to take part in 132 exercises abroad in 2020, while 60 exercises for the armed forces of other countries may take place in the Czech Republic, according to their plan that the government approved yesterday.]]></description></item><item><title>Ministry for Czech arms exports based on intergovernmental deals</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/ministry-for-czech-arms-exports-based-on-intergovernmental-deals</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 05:04:26 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41283</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/45/536131d7-0815-4418-8531-db9612cdfb29/6068427.jpg /> The Defence Ministry wants to create a mechanism to enable Czech arms makers to bid for foreign commissions on the basis of intergovernmental agreements, Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar (for ANO) said at a conference on acquisitions in defence industry.]]></description></item><item><title>Requiem mass commemorates freedom fighter Hasil</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/requiem-mass-commemorates-freedom-fighter-hasil</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 17:43:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 21:35:57 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41282</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/45/6c8cc0f1-b314-4896-85b0-1066bee95946/6068412.jpg /> Dozens of people attended a requiem mass in memory of the late Czech anti-communist fighter Josef Hasil, dubbed the King of Sumava, who helped dozens of people cross the Czechoslovak border westwards, celebrated in a local church in Laziste yesterday. Hasil died in the United States, where he was living from the 1950s, on November 16 at the age of 95 years.]]></description></item><item><title>Defence minister signs contract on radars purchase from Israel</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/defence-minister-signs-contract-on-radars-purchase-from-israel</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 14:46:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2021 00:40:34 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41277</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/46/28df7259-9b14-430d-971c-963c585b37c9/6068399.jpg /> The Czech military will buy eight MADR 3D mobile radars from Israel for 3.5 billion crowns on the basis of an intergovernmental contract that Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar (for ANO) signed. The radars will be supplied continuously until 2023. The military will get the first ones within 20 months.]]></description></item><item><title>CEZ energy group issues bonds worth Kc19.1bn</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/cez-energy-group-issues-bonds-worth-kc19-1bn</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 05:02:57 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41230</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2021/01/20/14/26/06/fc0ef343-750a-4a33-ab39-622bf5cd4e0f/6058351.jpg /> Czech energy group CEZ today issued bonds worth EUR750m (Kc19.1bn) with a yield of 0.875 percent, maturing in 2026, CEZ spokesman Ladislav Kriz said. CEZ will use the money for financing, including refinancing of an old debt, the company said.]]></description></item><item><title>Even in the era of electronic gadgets, there is still interest in traditional tin toys</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/even-in-the-era-of-electronic-gadgets-there-is-still-interest-in-traditional-tin-toys</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2021 02:32:05 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41215</guid><dc:creator>Lenka Petrášová</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/47/3e229288-ed4a-492f-a0d9-765c0f36dd77/6057042.jpg /> Who (of the former Czechoslovaks, we might add) would not know a spring-loaded ladybird that never can fall down the table and always makes a safe turn on the edge? Or a tin spring-loaded tractor (model of a real Zetor brand) with a steerable axle and a gearbox allowing three forward gears and a reverse?]]></description></item><item><title>Thousands watch Battle of Austerlitz re-enactment near Brno</title><link>https://www.info.cz/czech-news/thousands-watch-battle-of-austerlitz-re-enactment-near-brno</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 17:02:00 +0100</pubDate><modifiedDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 10:49:08 +0200</modifiedDate><guid isPermaLink="false">infocz-41214</guid><dc:creator>CTK</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[<img src=https://infocz-media.s3.amazonaws.com/infocz/production/files/2020/12/18/16/03/47/ca38d95e-0a46-443f-9661-3eda3d564498/6056441.jpg /> Some 12,000 people yesterday watched the re-enactment of the Battle of Austerlitz in the fields near Tvarozna, where the Napoleonic army scored a famous victory in 1805, Miroslav Jandora, one of the organisers, has told CTK.]]></description></item></channel></rss>