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The Czech government has approved a draft amendment to the Act on Addictive Substances that will allow issuing licences to both grow and export medical marijuana. The bill would also newly allow more than a single central producer, with the State Institute for Drug Control granting licences to smaller ones.

The Czech state will provide a loan to CEZ to build a new unit at the Dukovany nuclear power station, government leaders have announced. The state should contribute around 70 percent of the expected cost of the major, long-discussed project.

A noblewoman, first the wife of the High Burgrave Wilhelm von Rosenberg, and then Imperial High Chancellor Zdeněk Vojtěch Popel of Lobkowitz.

A water restoration project from the Czech Republic has been selected among the top 10 nominees for this year’s Stockholm Water Prize, known informally as the Nobel Prize of water. Created by the association Živá Voda, it shows how to retain water in the landscape by renewing the small water cycle.

According to the Czech Republic’s health information agency, Covid-19 has not been the primary cause of death in about 60 percent of those who have died with the disease in this country. Two-thirds of the deceased have been aged 75 or over.

The excise tax on tobacco and cigarettes should grow by about 5 percent a year between 2021 and 2023. At the same time, a so-called meal voucher package will be introduced as an alternative to the current ‘stravenky’ system, according to new measures announced by the Ministry of Finance.

A royal daughter of the Přemyslid dynasty who brought the Franciscan movement to Bohemia.

The Czech government has moved to ease travel with three of the country’s neighbour states. All border crossings with Austria and Germany reopened on Tuesday, with only random checks. Cross-border travel between the Czech Republic and Slovakia will be eased as of Wednesday, ahead of a major loosening of travel restrictions in mid-June.

The National Museum in Prague has launched an exhibition of home-made and designer facemasks, which have become a symbol of the nation’s fight against the coronavirus. The exhibition, called Držíme spolu, or We Stick Together, is on display in the museum’s historical building at the top end of Wenceslas Square.

Daughter of Prince Boleslav I from the ruling Přemyslid dynasty.