Mero: oil supplies via Druzhba to resume within few days

Viktoria Plzeň beats Sheriff Tiraspol in Champions League qualifier

A new documentary showcasing the wildlife living right in Czechia’s capital city is now out in cinemas. With epic music and the voiceover of well-known Czech actor Jiří Macháček, the film features several Prague locations, but in a way you’v...

Russia halts oil exports via southern branch of Druzhba pipeline leading to Czechia

Study: Average flat in Czechia costs 13.3 years’ salary

The European Commission will present its proposal for the new European Media Freedom Act in September, Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová has told Czech Radio. The legislation proposal will include rules on the mana...

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Brutal Assault heavy metal festival gets underway in Josefov

Tourist numbers still below pre-Covid levels

Prague’s Church of Saint Ludmila granted basilica minor title

Senate’s foreign committee supports Finland and Sweden’s NATO application

At least 4 million infected with Covid since start of pandemic

Only 100 hectares left to extinguish in Bohemian Switzerland

The number of foreigners living in Czechia has risen by nearly a third over the past five years and reached 6.3 percent of the total population by the end of last year, according to a newly published Migration Status Report for 2021 released by the ...

The Bedřichov Dam lies in the Jizera Mountains at a height of 775 metres above sea level. It is an attractive site for both tourists and nature lovers.

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Archaeologists made an unusual discovery while excavating the ruins of a medieval house in the town of Nový Jičín in the Moravian-Silesian region – a well preserved kitchen that likely dates back to the early 15th century.

Firefighters and aircraft in Bohemian Switzerland to be reduced this week

Czech police publish online questionnaire for reporting war crimes in Ukraine

Part of Bohemian Switzerland handed back to park management

The town of Wilber in Nebraska has once again became the “Czech capital of the United States”. Over the weekend, the small south-eastern town hosted the 61st annual Wilber Czech days, attracting some 50,000 visitors. Pictured is the newly electe...

Zeman vetoes amendment to reduce state payments to healthcare sector

First weekend with no Ukrainian visas issued since start of war

The Czech Ministry of Education has recently sparked a debate with a proposal to make the learning of a second language in Czech primary schools voluntary rather than compulsory as it is at present. While many teachers have welcomed the idea, a grou...

Prague Pride festival begins

Unemployment up in July

Lehečka wins Svijany Open

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No new outbreaks of fire in Bohemian Switzerland

Josef Dostál wins gold in 500m sprint canoe

Prague was the most badly affected of all the Czech cities hit by the large-scale natural disaster. Several neighbourhoods were flooded and metro stations, monuments and a part of the zoo all ended up underwater.

One dead and 77 evacuated in Beroun apartment block fire

Defence Ministry to purchase Israeli combat drones

Bohemian Switzerland fire could be completely extinguished within a week

No visas issued to Ukrainian refugees for first time since February

Pianist and composer Jiří Malásek, whose recordings of world and Czech hits enjoyed huge popularity in his time, was born 95 years ago.

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Czech deaths abroad back to pre-pandemic levels

Foreigners make up over six percent of Czech population for first time

Moody's lowers outlook for Czechia from stable to negative

Parts of Bohemian Switzerland could be returned to park management next week

Overnight storms not much help to firefighters in Bohemian Switzerland

Covid summer wave continues to slow

Austrian rescuers search for missing Czech tourist

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Two planes from Italy arrive in Czechia to help battle Bohemian Switzerland fire

Forest fire in Bohemian Switzerland close to being contained

Giant illuminated models of the sun, moon, Earth and Mars can currently be seen outside the Brno Observatory and Planetarium on Kraví Hora. The inflatable celestial bodies are exhibited as part of the popular Festival of Planets and will be on disp...

Prague’s capacities for taking in refugees filled quickly following the Russian attack on Ukraine, and in mid-June, the capital’s centre for Ukrainian refugees closed down. Although it re-opened in July, the capacity problems have not gone away....

Extreme heat to end with thunderstorms

Holocaust survivor Felix Kolmer dies aged 100

CRIF: number of company bankruptcies down on previous year

Czech Covid numbers fall week-on-week

Slavia Prague defeat Panathinaikos Athens in Europa league qualifier

The Prague Pride festival begins on Monday and culminates next Saturday with the first Pride Parade through the city since 2019. The annual celebration of sexual minorities also offers many other events, including some with a strong regional focus. ...

New Covid cases down in Czechia for seventh day in row

Czech and British detectives form team linking two highly publicised criminal investigations

The medieval castle, extended in the 16th century to become a Renaissance chateau, is situated on a basalt rock above the River Smědá. It is one of the largest architectural compounds in Czechia.

Police: Gun used in murder-suicide in Rožnov was legally-held private weapon

Conduct of police in question during Babiš's visit to Český Krumlov

Lipavský welcomes President Biden's nomination for ambassador to Czechia

Rent prices in Czechia rising rapidly

The world’s deepest freshwater cave, the Hranice Abyss in Moravia, is even deeper than previously thought. A team of researchers have recently carried out a new survey of the deep limestone cave, using a special underwater robot, reaching a depth ...

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Fuel prices drop by more than a crown from last week

New outbreaks in Bohemian Switzerland forest fire

The 75th edition of the Edinburgh Fringe gets underway in the Scottish capital on Thursday, after a year-long break caused by Covid. Czechia will be represented by two groups of performers, Losers Cirque Company and Cirk La Putyka, who will perform ...

The Central European Jamboree, a traditional 10-day event primarily for scouts from the Visegrad countries, has returned to Prague after eight years. It had its opening ceremony at the Prague Exhibition Grounds by Stromovka park on Tuesday evening.

Cost of fighting North Bohemia fire to reach hundreds of millions

Minister: Govt. cannot afford more than sum earmarked for energy support

Czechia gets hot weather warning for Thursday, Friday

The British are not generally known for their impressive language skills, usually ranking at the bottom of tables comparing countries by foreign language knowledge – and if they know any at all, it is likely to be one of the major European languag...

Satoranský best paid Czech sportsperson for third year running

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UK authorities give preliminary green light to huge Avast deal

State attorney says Zeman sabotage claim unfounded

Svíčková na smetaně, or simply svíčková, is unquestionably one of the most popular Czech meals. The recipe for the beef sirloin in a thick, creamy vegetable sauce was first mentioned in the famous cookery book by Magdalena Dobromila Rettigov�...

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New Petr Václav film to premiere at San Sebastian 

UK studio wins competition for new cable car in Prague

On Roma Holocaust Memorial Day on 2 August, Brno’s Museum of Romani Culture is launching an exhibition at the Vítkov National Memorial, focussing on the Nazi persecution and genocide of Roma on the territory of present-day Czechia. Called The Ro...

Tick activity in Czechia reaches highest level

Water flow in Labe increased due to fire in Bohemian Switzerland

Meteorologists issue heatwave warning

The biggest forest fire seen in the modern history of Czechia is now under control. But the blaze at a national park in the north of the country has drawn fresh attention to the issue of climate change, with a senior officer saying the fire service ...

Fire officers expected to complete work at national park in coming days

Week-on-week fall in new Covid cases again recorded

Czech kayaker Vít Přindiš won the world championship in whitewater slalom in Augsburg this weekend. With three European titles already under his belt, including one in extreme slalom, he is now celebrating his biggest victory.

Sizable rise in electric car sales recorded in Czechia

EU energy ministers made an agreement last week to reduce gas consumption by 15 percent in preparation for a potentially tough winter. However, the agreement has been criticized by some as being too weak, unfair, or inconsistent. Czech Foreign Minis...

Photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková documented her own turbulent life, and minorities such as homosexuals and Romanies, in the final decades of communism in Czechoslovakia. Some of her best known pictures come from an underground gay and lesbian bar...

Czech tennis player Marie Bouzková defeated Russia’s Anastasia Potapova in the finals of the Livesport Prague Open tournament on Sunday, securing the first WTA title of her career. The 24-year-old dropped just three games against the Russian play...

Eurostat: Czechia has EU’s lowest unemployment rate

New Covid cases down in Czechia for fourth day in row

12 more road deaths recorded in July than same month last year

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Another 150 fire officers deployed at North Bohemia blaze

Poll: Babiš would win president election first round but Pavel narrowing gap

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Police detain 44 migrants, mainly from Syria

Bouzková wins first WTA title in Prague

Kocáb to decide late in day whether to run for president

Analysts: National Bank most likely to keep interest rates at current levels

Tourists caught attempting to reach spot in area hit by wildfire

Efforts to douse North Bohemian wildfire continue

190 years ago rail transport came to continental Europe with the opening of a line between České Budějovice and Linz; horse-drawn stagecoaches began running regularly between the cities on August 1, 1832.

In 2016 Markéta Cukrová and pianist Ivo Kahánek recorded a CD titled Ej, smutno je mě – or Ej, I’m feeling sad. The meloncholy album is a compilation of songs by Bohuslav Martinů inspired by Czech folk music and Benjamin Britten's cycle A C...

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Kayaker Vít Přindiš becomes world champion in Augsburg

Bouzková into Prague final after beating compatriot Nosková

Senator wants right to pay by cash in constitution

Petr Janda and Olympic set for documentary treatment

Power giant ČEZ begins pull-out from Turkey

Around 700 fire officers now dealing with North Bohemia blaze

Tennis: Nosková advances to Prague Open semi-finals

The 48th edition of the Summer Film School festival is kicking off this Friday in Uherské Hradiště in the south-east of Czechia. The festival will run until August 4 and will feature around 180 films including shorts. I caught up with programme d...

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Czechia’s net benefits from EU reached CZK 23.5 billion in first half of 2022

Czechia to receive nearly CZK 900 million to fight crime