Banjo playing Ivan Mládek is likely to be the first image that comes into a Czech’s mind when talking about funny songs to play by the camp fire. Mládek has been writing, singing and performing songs for close to six decades now and is one of t...

On the occasion of World Radio Day, Radio Prague International is updating its signature jingle.

Czechoslovakia was officially connected to the Internet on February 13, 1992 at an event hosted by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague-Dejvice. The first ever connection had a speed of 19.2 kilobits per ...

Czechs defeat Russia in men’s Olympic hockey tournament

Czech Foreign Ministry warns against travel to Ukraine and Belarus

US military convoy to pass through Czechia on Tuesday

Quarantine after risk contact scrapped as of February 19

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Record number of tourists visited Giant Mountains summits last year

Digitally restored version of Jiří Menzel’s Larks on Strings to premier in Berlin

Andrej Babiš re-elected chairman of ANO Party 

Covid epidemic continues to slow down in Czechia

Prague is known as one of the culture capitals of Central Europe and Czechs have a long tradition of musical education. One of the people that prove this heritage is still alive and well is Ian Mikyska, an up-and-coming composer who is pushing the b...

Ruling coalition prepares to override Senate’s veto of Pandemic Law

A team of three artists from Liberec have painted a unique picture with which they hope to support the North Bohemian city’s efforts to be selected as the European City of Culture in 2028. The 3x2.2m art piece was the result of a non-stop 124 hour...

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January 2022 was unseasonably warm in Czech Republic

European Data Portal: Czech Republic has ninth most advanced economy in EU

Martina Sáblíková has secured another medal for the Czech Republic at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. On Thursday, the Czech speed skating sensation won the bronze in the women’s 5,000 meter race. It is already the seventh Olympic medal for S...

Covid numbers continue to drop

Prince of Liechtenstein Foundation’s property claims rejected by Czech court

While the skiing season in the Czech Republic is in full swing, sporting gear retailers across the country are struggling with a shortage of cross country skis and boots. In the face of a huge demand, orders have been delayed by several months, Czec...

Ester Ledecka fifth in super G

PM says Senate’s rejection of Pandemic Law “important feedback“

Senate rejects proposed amendment to Pandemic Law

Speed-skater Martina Sáblíková wins bronze in Beijing

The Czech government has approved a draft state budget for 2022 that envisages a considerably lower deficit than that proposed by their predecessors.

This February marks one hundred years since the invention of polarography, a pioneering method analysing substances in solutions, developed by Czech chemist Jaroslav Heyrovský. More than thirty years after his discovery, he was awarded the Nobel Pr...

From this Thursday, people in the Czech Republic no longer have to provide a vaccine certificate or a certificate of having recovered from Covid-19 in order to enter restaurants, hotels, mass events or various types of services. The measure was canc...

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EC forecast for Czechia: economic growth to reach 4.4 percent

Steep rise in number of children suffering from anxiety and depression

Covid cases dropping, but number of hospitalized rising

Senate debating Pandemic Law

Caritas Czech Republic, the biggest non-governmental provider of social and health services in the country, also has humanitarian aid projects in many countries of the world. With help from the Czech Development Agency, it built and equipped the fir...

Government increases budget for Czechia's EU presidency in 2022

People in Czechia no longer required to show Covid certificates

Czech ice hockey team loses to Denmark in first Olympic match

PM Fiala: Most anti-Covid measures to end starting March 1

Government re-appoints Michal Koudelka head of counterintelligence service

Number of seated spectators at mass events to remain limited to 1,000

Government approves 2022 draft state budget

Artists have handed down the secrets of their work to younger generations for centuries. Sadly, this is not always the case and the unique artwork leaves the scene with its maker. Glass master Zdeněk Drobný, who single-handedly created unique pear...

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2021 tourism numbers down by half compared to pre-Covid period

Covid 19: incidence number drops below 2,000

Czech snowboarder Vendula Hopjáková sustains injury in Olympic race

Jiří Menzel’s classic film Larks on a String, about victims of communism forced to work in a huge scrapyard, was completed in 1969. However it was then put on a blacklist by the regime, where it remained until 1990 – when it won the Golden Bea...

Válek confirms state will scrap rise in health insurance payments

Satoranský again switches NBA clubs

Police investigate interior minister over actions while town mayor

Ester Ledecká won the Czech Republic’s first gold medal at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games on Tuesday after dominating the Women's snowboard parallel giant slalom. It is the third Olympic gold medal overall for the 26-year-old, who also won...

Women’s ice hockey team to face US in knockout stages in Beijing

Dropping of Covid cert requirement postponed by day

Lipavský: Joint visit expression of support for Ukraine’s independence

Over 35,000 new Covid case registered Monday

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Czech unemployment rises slightly to 3.6 percent

Czech composer Tomáš Kympl has marked his third victory in the UK Songwriting Contest. In 2021 he won the Electronic and Dance Music category with his composition Wifi, which is part of his album Kernel Panic, released last June.

Over 7,000 register for Jizerska 50 race

Ester Ledecka wins in Beijing for first Czech gold

Czech biathlete Markéta Davidová misses out on medal in Bejing

The number of Czech women who are alcoholics is growing. According to research conducted by the Addictology Clinic of the General University Hospital in Prague, Czech women drink on average six litres of pure alcohol a year. The ratio of female drin...

Colorful ice falls can be seen every year at Pulčín, close to the Wallachian village of Francova Lhota, during the period when frosts and thaws alternate. Icicles appear in fissures or overhangs and are usually at their best at the turn of Februar...

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High wind and snow warning extended over Monday

Pensions to rise in June due to inflation

“Dry February” campaign underway

Government ministers visiting villages devastated by 2021 tornado

Czech foreign minister visits Ukraine in show of solidarity

Michal Krecul, today aged 98, was a Gulag survivor, decorated Czechoslovak WWII soldier and later political prisoner who left for the West in 1968. A new study by a Czech historian finds that he also went unpunished for his part in the killing of 10...

The Czech minister of foreign affairs has started a two-day visit to Ukraine intended to show support for the Kyiv government in the face of strong Russian pressure. Jan Lipavský and his Slovak and Austrian counterparts are also travelling to the D...

e15: Czech banks substantially increased their earnings in 2021

Sunday’s coronavirus cases lowest in three weeks

Ukraine’s foreign minister accuses Czech president of seeking to damage relations between the two countries

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Prague Castle sues psychiatrist over her speculation on president’s health

Czech President condemns symbolic use of gallows, says he would sign pandemic law amendment

Occupation wins Czech Film Critics award for best film of 2021

Saturday sees coronavirus cases hit new weekend record

Hlávka Bridge, the first concrete bridge across the Vltava in Prague, was opened 110 years ago.

Music lovers asked to name the greatest Czech composers will likely answer - Dvořák, Smetana, Janáček, Suk, Martinů ,but the chances are, they may not think of Vítězslav Novák. A pupil of Dvořák's, he was one of the most distinguished comp...

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Opening of Hrabal’s holiday home attracts crowds of visitors

Speed-skater Martina Sáblíková finishes fourth at Beijing Olympics

Survey: Nearly 40 percent of Czech men drink while skiing

Czech foreign minister to hand over first aid packages during next week’s Ukraine visit

Friday sees significant week-on-week fall in Covid cases

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The Council of the Czech National Bank (CNB) chose to raise its base interest rate from 3.75 to 4.5 percent on Thursday, to its highest level in twenty years. The move follows several increases over recent months and, according to bankers, is a reac...

A dispute between the Czech Republic and Poland over a mine on the Polish side of their border has been resolved, with the leaders of the two states signing a deal in Prague. However, locals in North Bohemia say they will lose out.

After analysing dozens of brass objects dating back to antiquity, a team of Czech archaeologists claims that it has proven the existence of extensive diplomatic and trade contact between the Roman Empire and the Germanic tribes that lived in Bohemia...

Czech Republic withdraws complaint against Poland over Turow mine

Sixty-nine Czech athletes competing at Winter Olympics in Bejing

President Zeman advising restraint on Ukrainian crisis

Health experts divided over lifting of restrictions

Number of people hospitalized with Covid growing

Central bank raises interest rates to twenty-year high

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Czech and Polish Prime Ministers sign agreement on Turów mine

A new project aims to create a new 9,801 kilogramme bell for Prague – to commemorate thousands of Czech church and tower bells stolen and melted down by the Nazis in summer 1942. The cost will be raised via a public collection.

Senate approves legislation enabling school principals to respond to Covid

Committee recommends authorities investigate handling of secret information by President’s Office

Lower house committee approves re-appointment of Michal Koudelka as head of BIS

Wolves are slowly returning to the Czech Republic after more than a century. What kind of environment are they returning to, do they have enough prey and adequate conditions for breeding? And are the country’s present day inhabitants ready to live...

CJEU advocate general upholds Czech case in dispute over Turów mine

Czechs beat China 3-1 in women’s hockey Olympic debut

As more and more countries in Europe prepare to return to a normal life, pressure has been mounting on the Czech government to follow suit. Thousands have rallied in the streets of Prague in the past weeks, demanding an end to the restrictions, and ...

Polish PM visiting Prague to discuss bilateral relations and Turow mine

Wednesday sees number of coronavirus cases decline but still over 50,000

ČEZ CEO says EU’s final taxonomy draft moved in positive direction

Compulsory testing at work and schools to end on February 18

The Ministry of Environment has announced plans to declare the Křivoklát region, south east of Prague, a national park. While conservationists welcome the proposal, the locals oppose it, fearing unwanted restrictions and an influx of tourists.

Fire in Mladá Boleslav will delay production of 16,000 Škoda Octavia models

Supreme Administrative Court rules in favour of unvaccinated entering restaurants

Alena Mills and Michal Březina to carry Czech flag at Beijing Olympics

Julian Anderson, one of the most distinctive composers of his generation, has never been to the Czech Republic, yet he knows more about the country than the vast majority of Brits. Although he has never set eyes on Prague, he has fallen in love with...

Czech economy grew by 3.3 percent last year, statisticians predict

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Daniel Landa cleared of charges for setting up initiative that blocked hygiene stations