Unemployment in the Czech Republic has been falling more or less steadily since January 2016 and reached a fresh low of 5.2 percent in September, according to freshly released data from the Office of Labour. Down below is a discussion held by Prague radio on the downward unemployment trend with Jan Bureš, chief economist at

New entry and residence rules will make European universities even more attractive for ambitious and highly educated students and researchers from other countries. New visa rules passed this month by the European Parliament will open up expanded post-study work and residency options for non-EU students in Europe. The new rules merge two existing directives (one

Fly in style in an A380 between our campuses. Emirates started a daily A380 service between Prague and Dubai from May 1st. Emirates’ daily service to Prague helps increase the  connectivity of Prague and Dubai by allowing business and leisure travelers to fly directly . The daily Emirates Prague–Dubai route departs Dubai at 9:05 a.m.

According to Deloitte, the international consultancy, the Czech Republic will claim a place in the global manufacturing competitiveness index by 2020 , rising from the current 23rd to 20th position. The main factors pushing scores up in the survey is the availability of local talent in the workforce, cost competitiveness, workforce productivity, and the supplier

Prague hotel U Zlaté studně has been voted Europe’s number one luxury hotel in Europe by the tourist website TripAdvisor. The five-star hotel, situated in the district of Malá Strana, was placed third in the worldwide ranking. TripAdvisor was founded in 2000 and claims to be the largest travel site in the world. Its 60

Readers of USA Today put Prague at top of its list While the holiday season is all but over, it is still nice to get recognition. Readers of the American newspaper USA Today and website 10Best.com chose Prague as the number one holiday destination, followed by sunny Puerto Rico in the Caribbean and McAdenville, North

Prague will be the European Capital of Sport as from January 1 and because it already fulfils the criterion that 60 percent of its inhabitants go in for sport by end-2016, it has set the alternative goal for every Praguer losing at least one kilogram during the year, Jan Wolf has said. Wolf, Prague´s councillor

Prague, Dec 10 (CTK) – A record high number of over five million people have visited state castles, chateaux and other heritage sights in 2015, Jana Ticha, spokeswoman for the National Heritage Institute (NPU) that administers about 100 state sights said yesterday. The number of visitors has considerably increased since 2009 when the NPU launched

The American e-commerce giant Amazon is aiming to build a new hall in Prague’s Horní Počernice which could be staffed by up to 3,000 employees. Around 1,000 of those, however, would be relocated from an already existing logistics centre in Dobrovíz. The hall would encompass a massive 40,000 square metres in the P3 industrial zone.