Faces of medieval dukes who ruled the Czech dynasty some 1,700 years ago are reconstructed

Facial recognition software has helped recreate faces of Czech royals who died more than a thousand years ago. Researchers used radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis to identify the remains of Duke Spytihněv I and his brother, Vratislav, who died within a few years of each other in the early 10th century. The team scanned the … Read more

Faces of medieval dukes who ruled the Czech dynasty some 1,700 years ago are reconstructed

Facial recognition software has helped recreate faces of Czech royals who died more than a thousand years ago. Researchers used radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis to identify the remains of Duke Spytihněv I and his brother, Vratislav, who died within a few years of each other in the early 10th century. The team scanned the … Read more

Gillian Anderson films scenes for new war drama White Bird in the Czech Republic 

She recently won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series for her role as Margaret Thatcher in The Crown.  And Gillian Anderson got into character as she filmed scenes for her upcoming movie White Bird in Kutna Hora, Czech Republic this week.  The actress, 52, donned a brown jacket and dark grey … Read more

Germany will shut border with Austria and Czech Republic in bid to keep out UK mutant Covid variant 

Germany will shut its borders with Austria and the Czech Republic from Sunday in a bid to keep out the more infectious mutated UK variant of Covid-19. The country’s southern state of Bavaria, which borders with Austria and the Czech Republic, has already detected variants of the virus in more than 10 percent of confirmed … Read more

Germany will shut border with Austria and Czech Republic in bid to keep out UK mutant Covid variant 

Germany will shut its borders with Austria and the Czech Republic from Sunday in a bid to keep out the more infectious mutated UK variant of Covid-19. The country’s southern state of Bavaria, which borders with Austria and the Czech Republic, has already detected variants of the virus in more than 10 percent of confirmed … Read more

‘Nail from Christ’s crucifixion’ is found inside a box inscribed ‘Jesus is King’ in Czech monastery

Priceless Christian relics have been discovered in a secret chamber of a monastery that allegedly includes a nail used in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Archaeologists working in the Milevsko monastery in the Czech Republic found a six-inch long piece of nail inside a box adorned with a 21-karat gold cross. The box was built … Read more

‘We need a miracle’: Czech PM says more Covid-19 restrictions are looming

The Czech Republic is facing a ‘catastrophic’ Covid-19 outbreak and needs a ‘miracle’ to avoid new restrictions, its prime minister said last night with its infection rate now the highest of any major country in the world.   Andrej Babis said the current lockdown measures ‘are not working yet’ after the country’s coronavirus deaths doubled in … Read more

Czech hospitals are three weeks from being overwhelmed, PM warns

Czech hospitals are three weeks away from being overwhelmed by coronavirus cases, the government has said as Germany announced a new high of more than 11,000 infections today and Rome imposed a curfew to fight off the second wave.   The Czech Republic is seeing Europe’s biggest surge in infections with a new one-day record of … Read more

Czech hospitals are three weeks from being overwhelmed, PM warns

Czech hospitals are three weeks away from being overwhelmed by coronavirus cases, the government has said as Germany announced a new high of more than 11,000 infections today and Rome imposed a curfew to fight off the second wave.   The Czech Republic is seeing Europe’s biggest surge in infections with a new one-day record of … Read more

Czech Republic faces medical ‘collapse’ in Covid second wave

The Czech Republic is facing a medical ‘collapse’ with the army rigging up field hospitals as the country suffers the worst infection rate in Europe.  After escaping the first wave relatively lightly, the Eastern European country has been battered by a resurgence in recent weeks which has infected more than 4,000 hospital workers and forced … Read more