Austrian and Slovak heads of Parliament visiting Prague this Monday

Czech army contingent leaves for Slovakia where it will lead NATO battlegroup

Interior Minister opens up about costs of refugee crisis

Czech diplomats and politicians strongly condemn Russia’s alleged killing of civilans in Ukraine

Minister: Gas deliveries to Czechia would not be affected if Russia gas gets cut

Pandemic: Hospitalisations at their lowest since October

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Prague’s Letná to host fundraising concert for Ukraine on Sunday

Man charged with murder folowing Thursday’s machete attack

Zdeněk Liška is regarded as the greatest ever writer of Czech film music, not only for the scope of his oeuvre but also for his distinctive approach to composition. Liška’s work accompanies 160 feature films as well as countless shorts and TV p...

Painter Emil Filla (1882–1953) is one of the most popular artists sought by Czech art collectors. The 15 most expensive Czech paintings include several of his works and their value continues to grow.

Kenyans take first prize at post-Covid Prague half marathon

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Media: Klaus Zellmer to become new head of Škoda Auto

Foreign Minister Lipavský sets up personal cabinet

Czech association wants to add Czech beer culture to UNESCO list

Education minister suggests giving teachers protected persons status

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the daring assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the governor of Nazi-occupied Bohemia and Moravia. Operation Anthropoid was one of the most successful acts of anti-Nazi resistance in Europe during the Second Wo...

Prominent psychiatrist accused of 29 cases of rape and blackmail

Starting this Friday, buying a home in the Czech Republic will become even more difficult than it was until now, with stricter rules set by the Czech National Bank for housing loans coming into force. According to analysts, up to 10 percent of peopl...

Fusion of antivirus companies Norton and Avast delayed

“Child aggressiveness growing”, says Education Minister after machete attack

The great Czech artist and illustrator Jiří Šalamoun has died at the age of 86. Šalamoun was best known for Maxipes Fík, a cartoon character loved by several generations, and also produced classic book covers and other notable designs.

A team of experts have started to reconstruct one of the four bone pyramids from the famous 14th century ossuary near the town of Kutná Hora. If everything goes according to plan, the first bell-shaped mound, made of hundreds of thousands of bones ...

European Commission: EU funds will be used to help with refugee crisis

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Trade Minister: Gas deliveries stable, EU will not pay Russia in roubles

Police investigating top civil servants in connection to Agriculture Ministry IT tender

Film incentives expected to generate up to CZK 9 billion in Czechia this year

Czech Republic’s public debt rose to nearly 42 percent in 2021

Many expats living in the Czech Republic are considering buying a property in the country, but for a non-native speaker and foreign national this may sometimes feel like a challenge. To find out more about the most common challenges expats face in t...

Czech Army planes start monitoring Baltic airspace as part of NATO mission

Jiří Šalamoun, Maxipes Fík illustrator, dies at 86

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Reconstructed “bone pyramid” to return to Kutná Hory ossuary

British car index: Best cars are made in Czechia

Czechs propose Ukrainian president Zelensky for Nobel Peace Prize

The Czech government is preparing new legislation, inspired by the so called Magnitsky Act, to better implement its sanctions on Russia, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said on Wednesday. Ministries are also coordinating on creating an updated sancti...

President Zeman’s team are constantly in the news right now. First it was reported that his head of office, Vratislav Mynář, was behind the shredding of classified documents. Now, following the widely condemned issuing of a presidential pardon, ...

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Statisticians: 2021 economic growth at 3.3 percent

Czech S.A.W.E.R. device wins Innovation Prize at Dubai Expo

Movie star Chris Hemsworth supports Czech collection in aid of Ukraine

Some 15,000 Czechs escape foreclosures under debt forgiveness scheme

Kvitová loses in Miami quarter-finals

Head of President’s Office flies secretly to Qatar

Government earmarks billions for education of Ukrainian children

Czechs draw with Wales in soccer friendly

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Government formally declares extension of state of emergency

Government raising living and subsistence minimums

During the 1990s the Czech teaching cohort became more “feminised” as large numbers of male teachers opted to leave the profession and pursue a career elsewhere, according to a new study conducted by the CERGE-EI think-tank at the Czech Academy ...

Prosecutor not proposing jail for Babiš over alleged large-scale fraud

Czech President Miloš Zeman made headlines on Tuesday after pardoning the former head of the Lány Forestry Administration, Miloš Balák. The man, a direct subordinate of the president’s head of office, recently got a three-year sentence and a C...

Duka to serve funeral mass for Albright Wednesday evening

Ministers suggest presidential office budget cut over pardon

Czech Republic expels Russian diplomat

Former head of president’s forest administration gets pardon

There should be 80 hydrogen filling stations in the Czech Republic by 2030 under official government plans. However, this is now being called optimistic.

V4 defence minister meeting cancelled after Czech and Polish officials announce boycott

On Monday Petr Fiala put out a video saying his government’s first 100 days had not been easy, as predicted, but still they had achieved a lot. But how have the Czech prime minister and his ministers really done during the traditional bedding-in p...

MPs approve state of emergency until end of May

Report shows president's office shredded two further classified documents

Czech Air Force sends five jets to guard Lithuanian air space

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An impressive, two-volume book dedicated to Czechoslovakia’s Communist-era architecture has recently been released by Prague’s Bigg Boss publishing house. The ambitious publication, entitled ‘Architecture 58-89’, was written by 30 experts an...

Zelensky thanks Czech Republic for security and humanitarian assistance

Health Ministry wants to broaden mask wearing obligations among children

Czech PM tests positive for coronavirus

Covid indicators continuing downward trend in CR

Kvitová into last eight in Miami but Fruhvirtová out

Fiala to meet Scholz in Berlin next week

Zeman’s office chief personally ordered shredding of sought documents

For the first time ever, the Czech government has a special representative for media and disinformation. His name is Michal Klíma and he has been in charge of several of the country’s leading media outlets in the past. More recently, he has also ...

Czech schools will need more than CZK 5 billion by the end of August to integrate refugees from Ukraine, says Education Minister Petr Gazdík. Despite the unexpected outlay, he still wants to keep his promise to maintain teachers’ salaries at 130 ...

Special school classes for Ukrainian children whose families have fled to the Czech Republic are now running in Prague, Brno and other places. In this report we visit the First Slavic Grammar School, the first such institution in the capital to welc...

Communist Party to cease publishing daily paper

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MPs to debate state of emergency extension Tuesday

Over 236,000 visas granted to Ukrainian refugees

The small pasque flower is a species of plant that has disappeared from many locations in the Czech Republic in recent years. Scientists from a museum in Ústí nad labem protect it by covering it with mesh between March and May, keeping away mouflo...

Third lowest number of new Covid cases recorded this year but positivity rate increases

Czech Fruhvirtová through to fourth round in Miami

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New Covid cases continue to drop

Prague’s Václav Havel Airport to offer flights to 147 destinations

PM Fiala: Czechia has already frozen hundreds of millions of Russian assets

Czechia switches to summertime

Kyiv Independent: Czech volunteers already fighting in Ukraine

Russian ambassador summoned over provocations against Czech embassy’s staff in Moscow

Prague’s most intimate top flight football stadium, Bohemians’ Ďolíček, was officially opened 90 years ago, on 27 March 1932.

Balfolk has its origins in 1970s France and revolves around dancing to folk music rhythms from all over Europe. The music is also influenced by several other genres including jazz, tango, rock or even hip-hop. The aim of Balfok is to create a feelin...

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Prague Zoo enters 91st season

More than 230,000 visas granted to Ukrainian refugees

Russians living in Czechia protest against invasion of Ukraine

Number of refugees at Prague Congress Centre declines

Tennis: Czech teen sensation Linda Fruhvirtová through to third round in Miami

Covid epidemic continues to slow down

Czech, Polish and Slovenian PM’s propose 10-point plan to save Ukraine

A new bridge connecting the districts of Prague 4 and 5 could be named after the recently deceased Prague-born US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. The new name is now set to be approved by Prague City Hall and the relevant district authorities...

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Czech PM: EU is convinced that sanctions against Russia are working

PM Fiala: opposition’s criticism of government aims to turn people against refugees

Czech public transport authorities have joined road hauliers in calling for government action to combat a rise in fuel prices. The former say price increases have greatly increased their outgoings and are demanding that the state reduce tax on fuel....

Warm weather breaks temperatures records around Czechia

Survey: Nine percent of Czechs invested in cryptocurrencies in 2021

US Embassy in Prague opens book of condolences for Madeleine Albright

More than 226,000 visas granted to Ukrainian refugees

Czech billionaire businessman Dalibor Dědek has launched an international petition drive calling for tougher action against Russia over its war on Ukraine. Named We Must Act, the campaign is calling for at least a no-fly zone over Ukraine and human...

Czech lose to Sweden in World Cup qualifier play offs

Prague to rename street near Russian Embassy “Ukrainian heroes” street

Fiala: Europe not yet ready to impose energy embargo on Russia

ČEZ to invest over CZK 5 billion into Czechia’s nuclear power plants in 2022

Health Minister wants to simplify rules on employing Ukrainian health professionals

Madeleine Albright, a former United States secretary of state who was born in Czechoslovakia in 1937, has died at the age of 84. Mrs Albright was the first woman in history to serve as US foreign policy chief and played a key role in the Czech Repub...

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Lower-house approves sending Czech Army contingent to Slovakia

CZG reports record results in 2021, expects further growth in revenue

Prague’s new bridge may be named after Madeleine Albright