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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:02:00 +0100
Jágr among names calling for Hnilička to stay in sports post
Jágr among names calling for Hnilička to stay in sports post

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:20:00 +0100
National covid risk index falls slightly
National covid risk index falls slightly

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:20:00 +0100
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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:18:00 +0100
Blatný: No plan to buy vaccines not approved by EU
Blatný: No plan to buy vaccines not approved by EU

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:16:00 +0100
ANO MP Hnilička gives up seat over illegal party
ANO MP Hnilička gives up seat over illegal party

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:11:00 +0100
Czech national Covid vaccinations chief Blahuta quits
Czech national Covid vaccinations chief Blahuta quits

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:35:01 +0100
Broadcast in English - 01/25/2021
Broadcast in English - 01/25/2021

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:36:00 +0100
Closed storefronts alive with culture
The Czech circus ensemble Cirk La Putyka has enlivened windows of closed shops, pubs and bars as part of the #kulturunezastavis initiative (“Culture cannot be stopped”). Actors, acrobats and musicians performed in the centre of Prague.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:24:00 +0100
Demand for cross-country skis skyrockets as Czech winter centres remain closed
Closed ski centres have forced Czechs to switch from downhill to cross country-skiing, Hospodářské noviny reports. According to the daily, an increasing number of Czechs are spending their free time on cross country tracks. Producers and retailer...

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:10:00 +0100
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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 13:51:00 +0100
Health insurance company chief to remain in post despite questioned vaccination
Health insurance company chief to remain in post despite questioned vaccination

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 13:32:00 +0100
Czech high schooler masters Italian button accordion to win global contest
The accordion has played a central role in Czech folk music for centuries, and remains a favourite instrument of many chanson signers here, such as Radůza – who is so well known, she goes by a single name. Among the Czech youth carrying on the in...

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:50:00 +0100
South Bohemia faces growing wave of illegal moldavite miners
Police in South Bohemia are increasingly struggling with illegal miners of moldavites, bottle-green gemstones found almost exclusively on the territory of the Czech Republic. The rich deposits of the gem found in the area attract hordes of i...

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:46:00 +0100
Hundreds of WWII mines found in woods
Hundreds of WWII mines found in woods

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:36:00 +0100
Covid risk index remains in level four bracket
Covid risk index remains in level four bracket

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:27:00 +0100
Medical worker Covid vaccine register to open Tuesday
Medical worker Covid vaccine register to open Tuesday

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:20:00 +0100
PM wants sports commissioner’s head over illegal party
PM wants sports commissioner’s head over illegal party

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 09:42:00 +0100
Traffic jams form at border crossings to Bavaria
Traffic jams form at border crossings to Bavaria

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:18:00 +0100
Sunday saw lowest number of new Covid cases in over a month
Sunday saw lowest number of new Covid cases in over a month

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 16:29:00 +0100
February to bring colder weather to Czechia
February to bring colder weather to Czechia

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 15:15:00 +0100
Main Trilobit Award goes to documentary Caught in the Net
Main Trilobit Award goes to documentary Caught in the Net

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 14:23:00 +0100
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Sun, 24 Jan 2021 14:20:00 +0100
Czech politicians condemn Russia’s arrest of Navalny protesters
Czech politicians condemn Russia’s arrest of Navalny protesters

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 10:45:00 +0100
Vaccine registration for people below 80 to be postponed
Vaccine registration for people below 80 to be postponed

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 10:17:00 +0100
Eva Samková wins snowboard cross World Cup race in Italy
Eva Samková wins snowboard cross World Cup race in Italy

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 10:00:00 +0100
Number of hospitalised with Covid-19 drops below 6,000
Number of hospitalised with Covid-19 drops below 6,000

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 00:05:00 +0100
Ignaz Schustala, founder of a company that later became Tatra, born 130 years ago
This week marks 130 years since the death of Ignaz Schustala - the founder of the Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriks-Gesellschaft, which later became Tatra.

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 00:05:00 +0100
Zdeněk Mácal -a respected musical force at home and abroad
Zdeněk Mácal, one of the most prominent Czech conductors of the present day, turned 85 in January. For political reasons, Mácal first gained recognition abroad, and only later shone on the music scene in his native country.

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 16:45:00 +0100
Forecasters issue snow and black ice alert
Forecasters issue snow and black ice alert

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 15:21:00 +0100
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Sat, 23 Jan 2021 13:37:00 +0100
Some 200 people in Prague protest in support of Alexei Navalny
Some 200 people in Prague protest in support of Alexei Navalny

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 13:09:00 +0100
Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines deliveries to Czechia to be cut down by 20 percent
Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines deliveries to Czechia to be cut down by 20 percent

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 12:28:00 +0100
Flock culled after bird flu detected at farm in south Bohemia
Flock culled after bird flu detected at farm in south Bohemia

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 11:44:00 +0100
Czechia in 30 minutes
New book by Petr Sís: "Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued".

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:58:00 +0100
Czech national Covid risk index drops to 69
Czech national Covid risk index drops to 69

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:31:00 +0100
Germany adds Czechia on list of high-risk countries
Germany adds Czechia on list of high-risk countries

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:05:00 +0100
“The two stories made it possible”: Petr Sís discusses Nicky & Vera
Nicky & Vera, the latest work by the great Czech-born children’s author and illustrator Petr Sís, is being published on January 26, the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Subtitled A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Re...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:29:00 +0100
Benefits during pandemic for bankrupt entrepreneurs, taxi drivers, foster parents widened
Bankrupt entrepreneurs may be able to draw a so-called compensation bonus of 500 crowns per day, retroactively, if their businesses were impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to an amendment approved by MPs and government proposals.   

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:07:00 +0100
Anna Fernstädt takes silver in World Cup skeleton event in Germany
Anna Fernstädt takes silver in World Cup skeleton event in Germany

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 13:03:00 +0100
Czechoslovak WWII veteran of Tobruk, Dunkirk battles dies at age 101
A Czechoslovak veteran of World War II who fought in the battles of Tobruk and Dunkirk has died at the age of 101, Czech Television reported. Bernard Papánek, who immigrated to Israel in the 1960s lived out his final days in Slovakia, where he died...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:50:00 +0100
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Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:48:00 +0100
Bird flu detected in Czechia after year-long absence
Bird flu detected in Czechia after year-long absence

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:05:00 +0100
Czech Republic certain to be on EU’s “dark red” zone, with tighter travel restrictions
Assessing measures to counter the spread of coronavirus on Thursday, European Union leaders agreed to introduce a new category of “dark red” zones, indicating areas of exceptionally high Covid-19 risk to which all non-essential travel should be ...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:01:00 +0100
Government extends state of emergency until February 14
Government extends state of emergency until February 14

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:01:00 +0100
Forty-two Czechs so far qualify for Tokyo Olympic Games
Forty-two Czechs so far qualify for Tokyo Olympic Games

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0100
Czechia in 30 minutes
Czechia certain to be on EU’s “dark red” Covid risk zone, WWII veteran Bernard Papánek dies at 101,    Interview with Czech anthropologist Zdeňka Sokolíčková who is  studying how local people perceive the effects of climate change in ...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:43:00 +0100
 Škoda Auto’s production dropped to 750,000 in 2020
 Škoda Auto’s production dropped to 750,000 in 2020

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:42:00 +0100
Schools in Czechia could reopen for final-year students
Schools in Czechia could reopen for final-year students

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 10:03:00 +0100
Czech anthropologist in Svalbard: “It will be quite painful to leave”
For nearly two years, Czech anthropologist Zdenka Sokolíčková has lived in Svalbard with her husband and three children, studying how local people perceive the effects of climate change. What was it like adapting to life high up in the Arctic? An...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:45:00 +0100
Covid-19: Czechia has second-highest new infection, death rates in EU
Covid-19: Czechia has second-highest new infection, death rates in EU

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 08:24:00 +0100
Czechoslovak veteran of Tobruk, Dunkirk battles dies aged 101
Czechoslovak veteran of Tobruk, Dunkirk battles dies aged 101

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 23:22:00 +0100
MPs agree on extending state of emergency three weeks, until February 14
MPs agree on extending state of emergency three weeks, until February 14

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 18:01:00 +0100
Shoving match erupts among Czech MPs at Covid-19 state of emergency debate
Shoving match erupts among Czech MPs at Covid-19 state of emergency debate

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 16:42:00 +0100
Czech cities Karviná, Ostrava and Havířov among most polluted in EU, causing early deaths
Czech cities Karviná, Ostrava and Havířov among most polluted in EU, causing early deaths

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 15:02:00 +0100
Czechia in 30 minutes (21.1.2021)
MPs seek mandatory quota on Czech food sales in big stores; Prague’s Podolí swimming pool declared a national monument; researchers track mis/disinformation about Covid-19

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:49:00 +0100
Czech national census to proceed from March-May as planned
Czech national census to proceed from March-May as planned

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:59:00 +0100
Passenger numbers at Prague Airport drop by nearly 80 percent
The number of passengers going through Prague’s Václav Havel Airport dropped by nearly 80 percent last year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, suggests the airport’s end-of-year report. The number of flights decreased by 65 percent.

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:40:00 +0100
Going viral: Czech researchers map local spread of Covid-19 dis/misinformation
A team of researchers from the Faculty of Education at Palacký University in Olomouc have conducted an extensive study of how misinformation, disinformation and fake news about Covid-19 have spread throughout the country. Leading the research was d...

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:37:00 +0100
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Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:36:00 +0100
Swimming stadium in Podolí declared national cultural monument
The swimming stadium in Prague’s district of Podolí, one of the iconic examples of Czechoslovakia’s 1960s architecture, was recently declared a national cultural monument. The complex of three swimming pools, built on the site of a former cemen...

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:34:00 +0100
Lower house approves mandatory quotas on local food in supermarkets despite EU warning
The lower house of Parliament on Wednesday passed a bill that would impose a mandatory quota on local food sold in retail stores larger than 400 square metres. The bill has come under fierce criticism from EU member states which say it would create ...

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:24:00 +0100
Prague court rejects former Jazz Section head’s suit against Jaroslav Hutka over StB allegation
Prague court rejects former Jazz Section head’s suit against Jaroslav Hutka over StB allegation

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 10:56:00 +0100
Prague int’l airport passenger traffic fell 79 pct in 2020 to 25-year low due to Covid-19
Prague int’l airport passenger traffic fell 79 pct in 2020 to 25-year low due to Covid-19

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 10:37:00 +0100
Czech president: Russia should allow Alexei Navaly to stand for election
Czech president: Russia should allow Alexei Navaly to stand for election

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 10:21:00 +0100
Covid-19: Over 7,200 people in Czechia have received second vaccine dose
Covid-19: Over 7,200 people in Czechia have received second vaccine dose

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 09:36:00 +0100
MPs debate extending state of emergency until 21 February
MPs debate extending state of emergency until 21 February

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 09:34:00 +0100
Covid-19 cases dropping, but risk index remains high
Covid-19 cases dropping, but risk index remains high

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:39:00 +0100
CZECH MADE - The Sugar Cube
The sugar cube was invented by Jakub Krystof Rad in 1843 in the town of Dačice, Moravia. Find out more in the first part of our Czech Made series.

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 15:00:00 +0100
Czechia in 30 Minutes
Czech chess champion Koválek dies at 77; Heritage sites hiring guides for upcoming season; Czech Made, episode 1: Sugar Cube

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:26:00 +0100
Heritage sites in Pardubice Region begin hiring guides for upcoming tourist season
Although there is still little clarity on what the upcoming tourist season in the Czech Republic will look like, several monuments in the Pardubice region are searching for new guides. This year the pool of applicants is much more varied than before...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:19:00 +0100
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Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:12:00 +0100
Communist Party like to support extension of state of emergency
Communist Party like to support extension of state of emergency

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:02:00 +0100
In memoriam: Lubomír Kaválek, Czech chess grandmaster who helped Fischer win ‘Match of the Century’
Lubomír Kaválek, an international grandmaster of chess who won national championships in Czechoslovakia and in the United States after defecting to the West in 1968, has died at the age of 77. Once ranked no. 10 in the world, after retiring from i...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 12:03:00 +0100
Car production down nearly 20% but industry feared even greater fall
The production of cars in the Czech Republic – one of the country’s most important industries – declined by no less than 19.2 percent last year. The biggest drop-off in output ever seen stems from restrictions imposed to curb Covid-19 that ret...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 11:40:00 +0100
Lower house approves bill on mandatory quotas on sale of domestic goods
Lower house approves bill on mandatory quotas on sale of domestic goods

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:54:00 +0100
Czech Made:The Sugar Cube
When was the last time you sweetened your tea of coffee with a cube of sugar? Today we take the small compact units of sugar, the exact size of a teaspoon, for granted, but it was not until 1843 that the sugar cube first saw the light of day on the ...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:06:00 +0100
Health minister sacks his deputy for unethical conduct
Health minister sacks his deputy for unethical conduct

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:05:00 +0100
President Zeman gets inocultated against Covid-19
President Zeman gets inocultated against Covid-19

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:04:00 +0100
Covid risk index rises once again
Covid risk index rises once again

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:03:00 +0100
Germany likely to put Czechia on list of high-risk states on Thursday
Germany likely to put Czechia on list of high-risk states on Thursday

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 17:30:00 +0100
Miroslav Kalousek resigns his deputy’s seat
Miroslav Kalousek resigns his deputy’s seat

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:35:01 +0100
Broadcast in English - 01/19/2021
Broadcast in English - 01/19/2021

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 13:55:00 +0100
New brands heading to Czech market despite Covid-19 pandemic
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, some 25 new foreign brands entered the Czech Republic’s market in 2020, one more than in the previous year, according to a new survey carried out by the company Cushman & Wakefield, published by the daily Aktuálně....

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 13:53:00 +0100
Czech glass artworks Lasvit install giant pendulum in Abu Dhabi medical centre
The Czech lighting and glass artworks company Lasvit has just completed another major project, installing a huge glass and steel pendulum in a medical centre in Abu Dhabi. The stunning, pen-like structure is suspended above a lobby, drawing various ...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 13:35:00 +0100
Government asks for extension of state of emergency as “British mutation” detected in Czechia
For a third day running now, the Czech Republic’s coronavirus epidemic has been improving according to the government’s PES counter-epidemic system indicators. However, apart from the reopening of children’s clothing shops and stationeries, th...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 13:32:00 +0100
Count Zdeněk Sternberg dies at 97
Count Zdeněk Sternberg dies at 97

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:12:00 +0100
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Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:56:00 +0100
2021 in Czech Politics
2021 is an election year in the Czech Republic. Predictions about political developments in any country are difficult under normal circumstances, much less in the midst of a global pandemic. Nevertheless, Vít Pohanka asked Petr Just, a political sc...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:34:00 +0100
Shops selling stationary products and children’s clothing reopen
Shops selling stationary products and children’s clothing reopen

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:21:00 +0100
Lower house to debate coronavirus related issues
Lower house to debate coronavirus related issues

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:08:00 +0100
Chcípl PES initiative to set up political movement against restrictive measures
Chcípl PES initiative to set up political movement against restrictive measures

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:05:00 +0100
Swimming centre in Podolí declared national cultural monument
Swimming centre in Podolí declared national cultural monument

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 07:17:00 +0100
Covid risk score remains at 70 but reproduction number again grows
Covid risk score remains at 70 but reproduction number again grows

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 06:10:00 +0100
British mutation of Covid confirmed in Czech Republic
British mutation of Covid confirmed in Czech Republic

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 17:59:00 +0100
Foreign Minister Petříček catches Covid
Foreign Minister Petříček catches Covid

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 17:53:00 +0100
Stationery and children’s clothes shop allowed to open Tuesday
Stationery and children’s clothes shop allowed to open Tuesday

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 16:05:07 +0100
Broadcast in English - 01/18/2021
Broadcast in English - 01/18/2021

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 14:22:00 +0100
Number of reported crimes falls by 17 percent year-on-year
Number of reported crimes falls by 17 percent year-on-year

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 14:15:00 +0100
Czech army to join France-led mission in Sahel
Czech foreign troops continue to be deployed in Mali as part of the European Union mission in the West African state. The Czech contingent is mainly involved in field training and is also in charge of guarding the two main Allied bases. In addition...

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 14:05:00 +0100
“This is a story about any society”: New book details world of Terezín Ghetto
The Nazis operated Terezín (Theresienstadt in German) as a transit ghetto between late 1941 and May 1945. They first used the fortress town north of Prague to intern mainly Czech Jews, before the arrival of Jewish prisoners from other countries mad...

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 13:21:00 +0100
Czech move to bolster foster care system, phase out orphanages falls short, advocates say
The Czech Republic is the last country in the European Union where children under the age of three are placed in institutional care rather than with foster parents. Over 1200 children a year, a quarter of them toddlers, are committed to orphanages e...

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 11:44:00 +0100
Four Czechs must quarantine before Australian Open
Four Czechs must quarantine before Australian Open

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 11:42:00 +0100
Shadow Country earns most nominations for Czech Lions 
Shadow Country earns most nominations for Czech Lions 

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 09:34:00 +0100
Winter beauty
A horse-drawn sled ride around the Kladruby nad Labem National Stud Farm.

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 08:52:00 +0100
Sunday sees fewest confirmed new Covid cases this year
Sunday sees fewest confirmed new Covid cases this year

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 08:40:00 +0100
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Mon, 18 Jan 2021 08:36:00 +0100
Covid risk index in level four bracket for fifth day in row
Covid risk index in level four bracket for fifth day in row

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 00:31:00 +0100
Stationery shops, children's wear and lingerie stores likely to open on Tuesday
Stationery shops, children's wear and lingerie stores likely to open on Tuesday

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 00:27:00 +0100
Czech foreign minister condemns Navalny arrest in Moscow
Czech foreign minister condemns Navalny arrest in Moscow

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 14:40:00 +0100
Speed skater Martina Sáblíková wins bronze at European All-around Championship
Speed skater Martina Sáblíková wins bronze at European All-around Championship

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 13:43:00 +0100
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Sun, 17 Jan 2021 13:38:00 +0100
Avalanche alert in Jeseníky Mountains
Avalanche alert in Jeseníky Mountains

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 13:36:00 +0100
Government to debate possible easing of measures on Wednesday
Government to debate possible easing of measures on Wednesday

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 13:16:00 +0100
Lawsuit over blocked EU subsidy to Agrofert company suspended
Lawsuit over blocked EU subsidy to Agrofert company suspended

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 11:20:00 +0100
Finance Ministry reports 5.7 percent drop in tax revenues in 2020
Finance Ministry reports 5.7 percent drop in tax revenues in 2020

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 09:58:00 +0100
Just over quarter of seniors in over 80 bracket have registered for inoculation
Just over quarter of seniors in over 80 bracket have registered for inoculation

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 09:57:00 +0100
Number of Covid-19 cases slowly but steadily dropping
Number of Covid-19 cases slowly but steadily dropping

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 00:05:00 +0100
Founder of Czech Olympic Committee Stanislav Guth-Jarkovský born 160 years ago
Pedagogoue, publicist, writer and the founder of the Czech Olympic Committee Stanislav Guth-Jarkovský was born 160 years ago on January 23, 1861 in Heřmanův Městec.

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 00:05:00 +0100
Garage: legendary Czech underground band
Garage is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada. Here in the Czech Republic, its most famous representative is the band Garáž.

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 15:30:00 +0100
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