First baby of the year born in Liberec

The first baby of the year 2011, a boy named Matyáš, was born just 43 seconds after midnight in the northern city of Liberec. Another boy, Jakub, was born eight minutes after the start of the New Year, in Kolín, central Bohemia, and yet another baby-boy, Vojtěch, was born just one minute later in Prague. The first girl born in the New Year was Tereza, who was delivered in the north Bohemian town of Kraslice. The ČTK news agency noted that given the cabinet’s austerity measures, the mother of the first baby born in 2011 is no longer entitled to a birth grant, as Matyáš is her fourth child.

Author: Jan Richter