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Tue, 16 Feb 2021 07:12:00 +0100
Petříček to run for chairmanship of Social Democrats
Petříček to run for chairmanship of Social Democrats

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 07:11:00 +0100
Havlíček to propose reopening Czech shops from Monday
Havlíček to propose reopening Czech shops from Monday

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 17:37:00 +0100
Government approves special law on pandemics
Government approves special law on pandemics

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 15:59:00 +0100
One dies, one injured in Krkonoše avalanche
One dies, one injured in Krkonoše avalanche

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 14:22:00 +0100
Czechia in 30 Minutes - February 15, 2021
News; Czech government manages to extend state of emergency after joint request from regional governors; Political scientist: Visegrad should be seen as a mechanism to build ad hoc, issue-based coalitions

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 13:30:00 +0100
Czech government manages to extend state of emergency after joint request from regional governors
The state of emergency in the Czech Republic, which grants the government extraordinary powers to enact lockdown rules, will continue until the end of February. The government was able to extend the current system after a joint request from all of t...

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 12:52:00 +0100
Police drop investigation into alleged kidnapping of PM’s son
Police drop investigation into alleged kidnapping of PM’s son

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 12:25:00 +0100
First legal action taken against new state of emergency
First legal action taken against new state of emergency

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 12:07:00 +0100
Czech cities struggle with financial, logistical fallout from unreported residency
Hundreds of thousands of Czechs fail to report a change in permanent residency years after moving elsewhere to study, work or even raise a family. This leads to problems determining the proper current and future capacities of kindergartens, schools ...

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:12:00 +0100
Arctic morning in Prague
The statue of T. G. Masaryk, just outside Prague Castle, on a freezing cold morning in the capital city.

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:06:00 +0100
Karolína Muchová reaches last eight in Melbourne for first time
Karolína Muchová reaches last eight in Melbourne for first time

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:05:00 +0100
Sunday new Covid cases higher than previous week
Sunday new Covid cases higher than previous week

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 10:56:00 +0100
Babiš: Trials of school Covid testing to start this week
Babiš: Trials of school Covid testing to start this week

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 10:55:00 +0100
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Mon, 15 Feb 2021 10:36:00 +0100
Political scientist: Visegrad should be seen as a mechanism to build ad-hoc, issue-based coalitions
The Visegrad Four, a loose alliance of Central European states comprising the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary is celebrating 30 years since its founding in the historic town of Visegrad on February 15, 1991. What led to its creation sho...

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 00:03:00 +0100
Poll by Kantar CZ suggests ANO losing political dominance
Poll by Kantar CZ suggests ANO losing political dominance

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 00:01:00 +0100
Covid restrictions remain in place after government declares new state of emergency
Covid restrictions remain in place after government declares new state of emergency

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 16:37:00 +0100
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Sun, 14 Feb 2021 16:34:00 +0100
Smutná places third in Jizera Fifty
Smutná places third in Jizera Fifty

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 16:33:00 +0100
Czech economists: Pandemic cost 350 billion crowns and 80,000 jobs
Czech economists: Pandemic cost 350 billion crowns and 80,000 jobs

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 13:47:00 +0100
Senate chair: Reinstating state of emergency is unconstitutional
Senate chair: Reinstating state of emergency is unconstitutional

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 11:36:00 +0100
Germany closes border with Czech Republic over virus mutations
Germany closes border with Czech Republic over virus mutations

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 11:30:00 +0100
Covid epidemic worsening; risk index at 77
Covid epidemic worsening; risk index at 77

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 11:28:00 +0100
Government declares new state of emergency
Government declares new state of emergency

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 00:05:00 +0100
190 years since birth of architect and philanthropist Josef Hlávka
Architect, builder, politician and the greatest Czech philanthropist Josef Hlávka was born on February 15, 1939.The foundation he established in support of education, science and art is active to this day.

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 00:05:00 +0100
35 years after their first show, rock band Lucie plans major tour
One of the most popular Czech bands of all time, Lucie, first performed 35 years ago as part of the ZK ROH Motorlet music contest. Since then the four rockers have created several bestselling hits which are not just played on radios, but also but Cz...

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 14:12:00 +0100
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Sat, 13 Feb 2021 13:28:00 +0100
Czechia in 30 Minutes - February 13, 2021
Czech company helps restore ancient archaeological treasures: Citadel in Erbil, Choli Minaret and Shrine of Prophet Nahum

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 13:21:00 +0100
Valentine’s Day expenditures soaring
Valentine’s Day expenditures soaring

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 11:15:00 +0100
Czech research team wins European Citizen's Award for respirator prototype
Czech research team wins European Citizen's Award for respirator prototype

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 11:01:00 +0100
Number of Covid cases continues to grow
Number of Covid cases continues to grow

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 10:59:00 +0100
Antibody self-testing kit to appear on the market soon
Antibody self-testing kit to appear on the market soon

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 10:43:00 +0100
Germany to close its border with Czech Republic at midnight Saturday
Germany to close its border with Czech Republic at midnight Saturday

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 10:14:00 +0100
PM negotiating with governors on country’s pandemic strategy after state of emergency expires
PM negotiating with governors on country’s pandemic strategy after state of emergency expires

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:05:00 +0100
Czech Gema Art head on helping restore ancient archaeological treasures
The Czech company Gema Art has helped to rescue and restore cultural heritage sites at home and abroad. Among the larger projects, which it has undertaken in the Czech Republic are restoration work at the Municipal House in Prague, the Cathedral of ...

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 23:09:00 +0100
State of emergency to end on February 14
State of emergency to end on February 14

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 19:51:00 +0100
South Moravian Crisis Staff asks regional governor to request new state of emergency
South Moravian Crisis Staff asks regional governor to request new state of emergency

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:02:00 +0100
Chamber of Commerce: Most companies preparing to re-open under strict rules
Chamber of Commerce: Most companies preparing to re-open under strict rules

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:31:00 +0100
Ipsos: PM Babiš’s ANO polling at 27 pct, opposition coalitions at 23, 22 pct
Ipsos: PM Babiš’s ANO polling at 27 pct, opposition coalitions at 23, 22 pct

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:17:00 +0100
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Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:27:00 +0100
Australian Open: Vondroušová beats Cîrstea to reach round 16
Australian Open: Vondroušová beats Cîrstea to reach round 16

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:34:00 +0100
Bookings suggest Czechs are hyped for summer holidays, despite pandemic
Despite the pandemic, Czechs are busy preparing for the summer holidays. Travel agencies have already sold thousands of tickets to warm destinations such as Greece, Egypt, Spain and Turkey. Aware of the situation, providers have accustomed their tra...

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:30:00 +0100
Czechia in 30 Minutes - February 12, 2021
Lower house refuses to extend state of emergency raising fears of a set-back in the fight against Covid-19; Brno archaeologists reveal early Slavs used Germanic runes prior to Glagolitic script; Looking back at 30 years of the Visegrad Group

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:10:00 +0100
Brno archaeologists reveal early Slavs used Germanic runes prior to Glagolitic script
Archeologists at the Masaryk University in Brno have announced a groundbreaking discovery. The researchers have found a fragment of an inscribed bone which proves that the oldest writing system used by the ancient Slavs were Germanic runes, not the ...

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:05:00 +0100
Looking back at 30 years of the Visegrád Group
This coming Monday, the partnership between the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, known as the Visegrád Group will celebrate 30 years of existence. The V4, as the group is commonly referred to, reached the goals it originally set out ac...

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 12:21:00 +0100
Czechia authorises temporary use of Bamlanivimab for Covid-19 patients
Czechia authorises temporary use of Bamlanivimab for Covid-19 patients

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 11:40:00 +0100
Analysts: food prices drove unexpected January rise in inflation
Analysts: food prices drove unexpected January rise in inflation

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 11:10:00 +0100
Friday morning coldest this winter, as low as -30 degrees Celsius
Friday morning coldest this winter, as low as -30 degrees Celsius

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 11:03:00 +0100
Czechia has second highest Covid-19 infection rate in EU
Czechia has second highest Covid-19 infection rate in EU

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 08:52:00 +0100
MPs refuse to extend state of emergency raising fears of a set-back in the fight against Covid-19
The Czech lower house on Thursday rejected a government proposal to extend the state of emergency beyond February 14, despite the worsening coronavirus epidemic in some regions. The decision will effectively end the validity of the restrictions in p...

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:08:00 +0100
President’s chancellor accused of damaging EU's financial interests
President’s chancellor accused of damaging EU's financial interests

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:04:00 +0100
Germany to reinstate border controls with Czech Republic
Germany to reinstate border controls with Czech Republic

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:27:00 +0100
Czechia in 30 Minutes - February 11, 2021
Large segment of Czechs disregard recommended COVID-19 precautions; Brno launches pilot project to house seniors alongside kindergartens; Interview with Czech anthropologist Zdenka Sokolíčková who is studying how local people perceive the effec...

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 13:49:00 +0100
Large segment of Czechs disregard recommended COVID-19 precautions, WHO survey shows
Despite recommendations, 46 percent of Czechs with coronavirus symptoms choose to venture outside their homes, a new survey initiated by the World Health Organisation in Europe indicates. Close to a half believe that the pandemic is largely a media ...

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 13:21:00 +0100
Brno launches pilot project to house seniors alongside kindergartens
Brno, the second-largest Czech city, has launched a pilot project to bring seniors and kindergarten children together in one building. Studies show similar initiatives have greatly improved the mental health and physical wellbeing of the elderly, wh...

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 11:41:00 +0100
Work from home phenomenon leading to lower office rents
Many people in the Czech Republic have become accustomed to working from home due to the coronavirus situation. With many offices empty, some companies have become subletting space – and offering lower rents and other incentives, Hospodářské no...

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 10:55:00 +0100
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Thu, 11 Feb 2021 10:43:00 +0100
Constitutional Court head Rychetsky tightlipped on president’s decision to withhold award
Constitutional Court head Rychetsky tightlipped on president’s decision to withhold award

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:31:00 +0100
Death of terminally ill patient investigated in connection with Covid vaccine
Death of terminally ill patient investigated in connection with Covid vaccine

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:18:00 +0100
Wednesday brings third highest daily increase of Covid cases in three weeks
Wednesday brings third highest daily increase of Covid cases in three weeks

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:11:00 +0100
EU lists Czech blue poppy in protected geographical indication (PGI) register
EU lists Czech blue poppy in protected geographical indication (PGI) register

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 08:59:00 +0100
Lower house debating extending state of emergency
Lower house debating extending state of emergency

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 08:48:00 +0100
Three districts under lockdown
Three districts under lockdown

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 08:34:00 +0100
Bavaria tightens conditions for Czech cross-border workers
Bavaria tightens conditions for Czech cross-border workers

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:57:00 +0100
Czechia in 30 minutes (Feb 10, 2021)
News, Czech film Charlatan on shortlist for Best International Film in Academy Awards, new website celebrates legacy of Sir Nicholas Winton, Prague's Jewish Quarter

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:21:00 +0100
Czech film Charlatan makes Oscar shortlist for Best International Film
The Czech film Charlatan, a biographical drama about a controversial healer in communist-era Czechoslovakia, directed by Agnieszka Holland, has made the shortlist of 15 films in the running for Best International Film in this year’s Academy Award...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:54:00 +0100
Tennis - Australian Open: Kvitová out, Vondroušová qualifies for third round
Tennis - Australian Open: Kvitová out, Vondroušová qualifies for third round

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:46:00 +0100
President Zeman in Poland to mark 30th anniversary of Visegrád Group
President Zeman in Poland to mark 30th anniversary of Visegrád Group

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:34:00 +0100
PM Babiš: Czechia will not administer Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine before EU approval, but may buy doses
PM Babiš: Czechia will not administer Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine before EU approval, but may buy doses

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:14:00 +0100
“His story is a how-to manual”: New Winton website launched
A freshly launched website celebrates the legacy of Sir Nicholas Winton, who in 1939 saved 669 mainly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia by helping them get to his native UK. The site showcases a wealth of material from the Sir Nicholas Winton Memo...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:07:00 +0100
Poll: Majority favour Constitutional Court move to scrap aspect of proportional voting system
Poll: Majority favour Constitutional Court move to scrap aspect of proportional voting system

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:49:00 +0100
AAA Auto plans to expand used car sales to Western Europe
AAA Auto plans to expand used car sales to Western Europe

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:42:00 +0100
Ex-Central Bohemia governor David Rath to work as a prison doctor while an inmate
Ex-Central Bohemia governor David Rath to work as a prison doctor while an inmate

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:31:00 +0100
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Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:21:00 +0100
State of emergency talks continue; school closures, compensation sticking points
State of emergency talks continue; school closures, compensation sticking points

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:09:00 +0100
Football: Slavia Prague permitted to play Europa League match vs Leicester City at home
Football: Slavia Prague permitted to play Europa League match vs Leicester City at home

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 10:59:00 +0100
Covid-19: new cases exceeds 10,000 per day for first time since mid-January
Covid-19: new cases exceeds 10,000 per day for first time since mid-January

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:02:00 +0100
Blatný: No use of unapproved Sputnik V as long as I am minister
Blatný: No use of unapproved Sputnik V as long as I am minister

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 06:52:00 +0100
Czech film Charlatan makes Oscars shortlist
Czech film Charlatan makes Oscars shortlist

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 17:01:00 +0100
Zeman and other V4 presidents mark 30 years of cooperation at Poland summit
Zeman and other V4 presidents mark 30 years of cooperation at Poland summit

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:58:00 +0100
Czechia in 30 minutes (Feb 9, 2021)
ČTU students’ open-source balancing robot, Erasmus+ in the coronavirus era, fascinating book on a Prague Jewish family at the brink of WWII

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:38:00 +0100
More snow due in southeast, freezing conditions expected around state
More snow due in southeast, freezing conditions expected around state

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:38:00 +0100
Number of foreign Erasmus+ students in Czech Republic at 75 percent of normal rate last semester
The EU’s Erasmus+ is a popular study abroad programme which gives hundreds of thousands of students every year the opportunity to study, or gain work experience in another EU member state. The programme is also very popular among Czech students, w...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:30:00 +0100
Babiš to discuss vaccinations in Serbia, user of Sputnik V
Babiš to discuss vaccinations in Serbia, user of Sputnik V

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:28:00 +0100
Czech Republic sending Covid aid to Moldova and Peru
Czech Republic sending Covid aid to Moldova and Peru

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:16:00 +0100
Karolína Plíšková reaches second round at Australian Open
Karolína Plíšková reaches second round at Australian Open

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:06:00 +0100
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Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:04:00 +0100
2020 tourism numbers down by half
2020 tourism numbers down by half

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 09:34:00 +0100
Parties begin discussing electoral law changes
Parties begin discussing electoral law changes

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 09:32:00 +0100
Monday Covid numbers up on same day last week
Monday Covid numbers up on same day last week

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 09:21:00 +0100
Czech students develop inexpensive experimental robot, will make it available to anyone
Graduate students at the Czech Technical University in Prague have developed a balancing robot, which they dubbed “SK8O” (Skate-O). Thanks to its relatively low price (50,000 Czech crowns) and open-source design, the device can be built in schoo...

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 19:27:00 +0100
Government approves quarantine payments as stay-home incentive
Government approves quarantine payments as stay-home incentive

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 17:14:00 +0100
Ministers seek state of emergency extension to mid-March
Ministers seek state of emergency extension to mid-March

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 16:37:00 +0100
Bohemians fans get innovative to catch game amid coronavirus restrictions
Stadiums are currently closed in the Czech Republic. This has led many fans to look for alternative ways in which to follow their team's performances. Bohemians 1905, which boasts one of the most loyal and seemingly innovative fanbases, saw its sup...

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 15:00:00 +0100
Czechia in 30 minutes (Feb 8,2021)
News, EU vaccine strategy, Czech Film Critics’ Awards, Jakub Hlávka, a young Czech academic focused on health policy who’s building an impressive career in the US

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0100
EC president on Covid-19 snags: “Czechia could support, speed up or help” at any time
An unprecedented joint procurement initiative led by Brussels to secure coronavirus vaccines and make them equally available to all 27 EU member states has fallen well short of the mark. To date, just over 3 percent of the bloc’s population of 450...

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:41:00 +0100
Shadow Country chosen by critics as best Czech film of 2020
Director Bohdan Sláma’s Shadow Country (Krajina ve stínu) won the 2020 annual Czech Film Critics’ Awards on Saturday. The black and white film which depicts life in a Czech border village during the most tumultuous period in twentieth century ...

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:05:00 +0100
Marked fall in new apartment construction recorded in 2020
Marked fall in new apartment construction recorded in 2020

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:28:00 +0100
Jewish Museum chief slams minister over Covid-WWII comparison
Jewish Museum chief slams minister over Covid-WWII comparison

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:44:00 +0100
Petra Kvitová advances at Australian Open
Petra Kvitová advances at Australian Open

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:30:00 +0100
High-flyer Jakub Hlávka: I don’t get bored easily – I get fascinated by things
The young US-based Czech academic Jakub Hlávka is an expert on health policy, working on government projects focused on the Covid pandemic as well as studying the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease. But as we shall hear, the high-flyer also has exp...

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:14:00 +0100
No change in Covid risk index or reproduction number
No change in Covid risk index or reproduction number

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:00:00 +0100
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Mon, 08 Feb 2021 06:59:00 +0100
Heavy snow causes transport problems
Heavy snow causes transport problems

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 14:43:00 +0100
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Sun, 07 Feb 2021 14:42:00 +0100
Czech Senate shows support for Belarus opposition
Czech Senate shows support for Belarus opposition

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 08:46:00 +0100
Risk index at 71, reproduction number increases
Risk index at 71, reproduction number increases

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 08:44:00 +0100
Sláma’s Shadow Country wins at Czech Film Critics’ Awards
Sláma’s Shadow Country wins at Czech Film Critics’ Awards

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 08:42:00 +0100
Czech leaders mull antigen tests at schools
Czech leaders mull antigen tests at schools

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 08:41:00 +0100
Prague and Central Bohemia leaders against restrictions on movement
Prague and Central Bohemia leaders against restrictions on movement

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 08:40:00 +0100
Hamáček: Pubs that breach Covid rules could face year’s closure
Hamáček: Pubs that breach Covid rules could face year’s closure

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 00:05:00 +0100
90 years since birth of world football legend Josef Masopust
Global soccer great Josef Masopust, a World Cup runner-up with Czechoslovakia and the first Czech recipient of the Ballon d’Or, was born on 9 February 1931.

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 00:05:00 +0100
Singer Ida Kellarová – an ambassador for Romany culture
Ida Kelarová is a singer, musician and choirmaster, who performs some of the best Romany music to come out of the Czech Republic. On the occasion of Ida’s 65th birthday we are offering you some of the best of Ida Kellarová’s music.

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 16:34:00 +0100
Czechia in 30 minutes (Feb 6, 2021)
Interview with ballet dancer Miřenka Čechova, history of Rudolfinum concert hall

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 09:57:00 +0100
Insurance-covered Covid testing at firms may start this month
Insurance-covered Covid testing at firms may start this month

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 09:33:00 +0100
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Sat, 06 Feb 2021 09:32:00 +0100
2020 Czech TV audiences highest in decades
2020 Czech TV audiences highest in decades

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 09:32:00 +0100
Snow and temperatures as low as -15C due next week
Snow and temperatures as low as -15C due next week

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 09:31:00 +0100
Communists confirm decision to cease supporting state of emergency
Communists confirm decision to cease supporting state of emergency

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 09:29:00 +0100
Registered Covid deaths in CR pass 17,000 mark
Registered Covid deaths in CR pass 17,000 mark



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