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Wed, 14 Sep 2022 07:59:00 +0200
Covid cases on rise for ninth day in row
Covid cases on rise for ninth day in row

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 07:47:00 +0200
Senate supports government's proposal to set power price caps
Senate supports government's proposal to set power price caps

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 15:24:00 +0200
Construction of new Prague bridge over Vltava begins
Construction of new Prague bridge over Vltava begins

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 14:12:00 +0200
Economist: Czech inflation finally slows but still far from culmination point
Czech year-on-year inflation slowed in August, from 17.5 percent in July to 17.2 percent. This followed 13 months of continuous rises. Obviously inflation is still very high, but does this mean the Czech economy has finally turned a corner? I spoke ...

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 13:45:00 +0200
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Tue, 13 Sep 2022 13:32:00 +0200
John Malkovich to premiere one-man show in Prague
John Malkovich to premiere one-man show in Prague

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 13:17:00 +0200
Mortgage interest rates increase for another month in row
Mortgage interest rates increase for another month in row

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 12:53:00 +0200
Supreme Court overturns verdict for man accused of fighting with pro-Russian separatists
Supreme Court overturns verdict for man accused of fighting with pro-Russian separatists

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 12:36:00 +0200
Tender to build new Wenceslas Sq. tram lines announced
Trams ran up and down Prague’s Wenceslas Square in the past and are set to do so again. This plan has now taken another step forward, with the city’s transport authority issuing a public tender to build the necessary lines, Novinky.cz reported.

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 11:57:00 +0200
Second day of Stork’s Nest trial continues
Second day of Stork’s Nest trial continues

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 11:00:00 +0200
Czechia puts forward composer biopic Il Boemo for Oscars
Il Boemo has been selected as the Czech nomination in the Best International Film category in the Oscars. Petr Václav’s movie tells the story of composer Josef Mysliveček and will get its world premiere at the San Sebastian film festival this we...

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 10:00:00 +0200
Czech ambassador to Canada on energy security and the country's Volhynian Czechs
Bořek Lizec is not just Czechia’s ambassador to Canada but also a man on a mission to track down the history of the many Czech communities in North America. He recently visited Radio Prague International’s studios to talk about Czechia’s sear...

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 08:28:00 +0200
Number of new Covid cases again reaches 3,000 a day mark
Number of new Covid cases again reaches 3,000 a day mark

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 07:15:00 +0200
Czech government sets power price caps
Czech government sets power price caps

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 18:18:00 +0200
Czechs to pull out of Russian nuclear institute by end of 2022
Czechs to pull out of Russian nuclear institute by end of 2022

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 14:07:00 +0200
Síkela: EU should consider raw materials reserves system
Síkela: EU should consider raw materials reserves system

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 13:33:00 +0200
Seventh edition of VARY°Září festival of light
The seventh edition of the VARY°Září festival of light took place in the West Bohemian spa town of Karlovy Vary at the weekend.

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 13:28:00 +0200
Former Žižkov spa to turn into centre of dance
The city of Prague is due to have its first major institution dedicated exclusively to dance. Prague councillors have recently signed a memorandum on the construction of a House of Dance, which will be located in the former municipal spa in the dist...

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 13:21:00 +0200
Director: Communists feared RAF men with good reason
This week sees the release of Good Old Czechs, a powerful new documentary about extremely brave Czech airmen in World War II. Entirely comprised of period footage and with narration read by actors, Tomáš Bojar's film draws on the memoirs of two av...

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 13:16:00 +0200
Why did Prince Charles suddenly become King Karel in Czech?
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, there was some debate as to what to call her successor. Until then he was known as Princ Charles, but almost immediately news organisations translated the name and called him Král/King Karel. So why the c...

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 12:58:00 +0200
Siniaková and Krejčíková achieve career Golden Slam
Czech tennis duo Kateřina Siniaková and Barbora Krejčíková defeated their opponents in the US Open final on Sunday, meaning they have now won every major title in tennis doubles. But it was an extremely close game, and at first it was not at al...

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 10:52:00 +0200
Czechia records 17.2 percent rise in inflation in August
Czechia records 17.2 percent rise in inflation in August

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 10:24:00 +0200
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Mon, 12 Sep 2022 10:21:00 +0200
Il Boemo selected as Czech nominee for Oscars
Il Boemo selected as Czech nominee for Oscars

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 10:14:00 +0200
Babiš denies wrongdoing as fraud trial begins in Prague
Babiš denies wrongdoing as fraud trial begins in Prague

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 09:39:00 +0200
Czechia’s population rises to 10.526 million
Czechia’s population rises to 10.526 million

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 09:28:00 +0200
Krejčíková and Siniaková win US Open doubles
Krejčíková and Siniaková win US Open doubles

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 19:33:00 +0200
Lipavský expects EU members to be united on extending Russia sanctions
Lipavský expects EU members to be united on extending Russia sanctions

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 19:23:00 +0200
Czech PM to attend Queen’s funeral, president says
Czech PM to attend Queen’s funeral, president says

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 15:12:00 +0200
ANO comes in first in new Kantar poll, followed by Civic Democrats
ANO comes in first in new Kantar poll, followed by Civic Democrats

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 14:05:00 +0200
Finance minister reveals details about national plan for tackling energy crisis
Finance minister reveals details about national plan for tackling energy crisis

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 13:42:00 +0200
Saturday numbers show coronavirus cases continue to rise
Saturday numbers show coronavirus cases continue to rise

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 11:55:00 +0200
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Sun, 11 Sep 2022 11:51:00 +0200
Síkela: People will start to benefit from EU energy crisis measures by January 2023
Síkela: People will start to benefit from EU energy crisis measures by January 2023

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 11:40:00 +0200
Prague Zoo gets male gorilla Kisumu from Austria
Prague Zoo gets male gorilla Kisumu from Austria

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 11:29:00 +0200
Survey: 56 percent think interior minister should resign
Survey: 56 percent think interior minister should resign

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 01:56:00 +0200
Sept 1902: Brazil president with Czech roots Juscelino Kubitschek is born
Brazilian president Juscelino Kubitschek, who had Czech ancestry, was born on 12 September 1902. He is best known for building a new federal capital, Brasilia.

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 01:23:00 +0200
Young, free and international: Emma Smetana and Jordan Haj
This Friday, September 16, an open-air concert at the Czech Centre in Paris will be taking place to mark Czechia’s EU council presidency, featuring popular young musicians Emma Smetana and Jordan Haj. In today’s Sunday Music show we’ll be list...

Sat, 10 Sep 2022 16:01:00 +0200
Freedom and Direct Democracy choose presidential candidate
Freedom and Direct Democracy choose presidential candidate

Sat, 10 Sep 2022 12:44:00 +0200
2022 sees rise in number of tick transmitted diseases
2022 sees rise in number of tick transmitted diseases

Sat, 10 Sep 2022 12:32:00 +0200
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Sat, 10 Sep 2022 12:30:00 +0200
Friday sees Covid cases rise for fifth day in a row
Friday sees Covid cases rise for fifth day in a row

Sat, 10 Sep 2022 12:20:00 +0200
Jakub Tomeček wins European Championships gold in mens skeet
Jakub Tomeček wins European Championships gold in mens skeet

Sat, 10 Sep 2022 12:10:00 +0200
Opposition calls for extraordinary meeting to look at social impact of energy crisis
Opposition calls for extraordinary meeting to look at social impact of energy crisis

Sat, 10 Sep 2022 12:03:00 +0200
Fiala hails meeting of energy ministers as a success
Fiala hails meeting of energy ministers as a success

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 16:09:00 +0200
EU finance ministers agree on EUR 5 billion loan for Ukraine
EU finance ministers agree on EUR 5 billion loan for Ukraine

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 15:44:00 +0200
EU countries propose using windfall profits from cheaper energy producers to aid consumers
EU countries propose using windfall profits from cheaper energy producers to aid consumers

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 14:09:00 +0200
King Charles III: How then prince helped save Prague architecture
With the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, her oldest son ascended to the throne as King Charles III. Not so many people outside of Czechia know, however, that Charles visited the country a number of times after the fall of communism in 1989,...

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 13:51:00 +0200
UK Embassy in Prague opens book of condolences for Queen Elizabeth II
UK Embassy in Prague opens book of condolences for Queen Elizabeth II

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 13:14:00 +0200
Javelin great Barbora Špotáková ends career, her world record still unbeaten
Two-time Olympic champion and world-record holder Barbora Špotáková officially announced that she is ending her professional career as a javelin thrower on Friday. Špotáková is one of the most successful sportswomen in Czech history.

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 13:11:00 +0200
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Fri, 09 Sep 2022 12:26:00 +0200
Queen Elizabeth II “was a beacon of Czech-British relations”, says former ambassador to UK
Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away on Thursday, is fondly remembered by many Czechs. Not least thanks to her visit to the country in March 1996, when she met with the then president Václav Havel and chatted with locals on Charles Bridge. One of th...

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 12:01:00 +0200
Javelin Olympic champion Barbora Špotáková announces end of career
Javelin Olympic champion Barbora Špotáková announces end of career

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 11:40:00 +0200
Prague Art Week 22 festival gets underway in Czech capital
Prague Art Week 22 festival gets underway in Czech capital

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 11:39:00 +0200
Poll: Confidence in government at 36 percent
Poll: Confidence in government at 36 percent

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 11:39:00 +0200
Covid infection rate continues to accelerate
Covid infection rate continues to accelerate

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 11:38:00 +0200
Flags at Prague Castle flown at half-mast in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
Flags at Prague Castle flown at half-mast in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 09:01:00 +0200
US defence chief visits “Anthropoid” church in Prague
US defence chief visits “Anthropoid” church in Prague

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 21:29:00 +0200
Czech leaders offer condolences following death of Queen Elizabeth II
Czech leaders offer condolences following death of Queen Elizabeth II

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 14:08:00 +0200
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Thu, 08 Sep 2022 14:00:00 +0200
Adolf Loos’s famous Pilsen apartment opens to public
The City of Pilsen has completed a decade-long renovation of the Semler Residence, a striking interwar apartment designed by the pioneering modernist architect Adolf Loos.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:48:00 +0200
Czech PM attends Dutch LNG terminal opening ceremony
Czech PM attends Dutch LNG terminal opening ceremony

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:09:00 +0200
Jewish tombstones broken up for paving stones made into new Prague monument
A new monument, called The Return of the Stones, has been unveiled at the Old Jewish cemetery in Prague’s district of Žižkov. It is made out of fragments of tombstones from derelict Jewish cemeteries that were cut up into cobblestones during the...

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:04:00 +0200
Poland hopes Czech government will return 368 hectares of land
Poland hopes Czech government will return 368 hectares of land

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 12:20:00 +0200
Czechia withdraws lawsuit against European Commission
Czechia withdraws lawsuit against European Commission

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:45:00 +0200
Síkela: Czech gas storage filling despite Nord Stream 1 closure
Síkela: Czech gas storage filling despite Nord Stream 1 closure

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:18:00 +0200
“Hard discussion” seen at energy ministers meeting Friday
All eyes will be on Brussels on Friday, when Europe’s energy ministers meet to discuss ways of tackling soaring power prices. The head of the European Commission has proposed capping Russian gas prices – but the Czech presidency of the EU is fir...

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:37:00 +0200
Jurečka: Govt. plan to alleviate energy crisis should be announced next week
Jurečka: Govt. plan to alleviate energy crisis should be announced next week

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:23:00 +0200
Unemployment rose to 3.4 percent in August
Unemployment rose to 3.4 percent in August

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 15:15:00 +0200
Anti-drug coordinator: Czechia could soon legalise sale and growing of marijuana
Anti-drug coordinator: Czechia could soon legalise sale and growing of marijuana

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 14:55:00 +0200
Finance minister: Czechia has enough energy to last until end of next April
Finance minister: Czechia has enough energy to last until end of next April

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 14:04:00 +0200
Síkela: Czechia will try to exclude price cap on Russian gas from EU energy ministers’ talks
Síkela: Czechia will try to exclude price cap on Russian gas from EU energy ministers’ talks

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 13:42:00 +0200
Lennon Wall gets fresh look in EU presidency event
Prague’s graffiti-covered John Lennon Wall was a symbol of freedom in the final decade of communism. Now it has been repainted by artists from all around Europe in a project that is part of the Czech presidency of the EU.

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 12:47:00 +0200
Czechia could send up to 1,200 soldiers to NATO’s eastern border from next year
Czechia could send up to 1,200 soldiers to NATO’s eastern border from next year

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 12:21:00 +0200
PPF and Home Credit leave Russian market
PPF and Home Credit leave Russian market

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 11:58:00 +0200
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Wed, 07 Sep 2022 11:55:00 +0200
Fiala: Czechia and Poland have renewed cooperation on Stork II pipeline
Fiala: Czechia and Poland have renewed cooperation on Stork II pipeline

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 11:42:00 +0200
Válek at EU health ministers meeting: We want cooperation on cancer treatment
Válek at EU health ministers meeting: We want cooperation on cancer treatment

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 11:23:00 +0200
Ministry of education plans to attract more Ukrainian teachers and assistants to Czech schools
According to unofficial data, there could up to ten thousand teachers and teaching assistants among Ukrainian refugees in Czechia. However, only between one to two thousand of them are actually working in Czech schools at the moment. The Ministry of...

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 11:11:00 +0200
Court to hand out tickets for Stork’s Nest trial
Court to hand out tickets for Stork’s Nest trial

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 09:23:00 +0200
Press: Together group drop idea of fielding presidential candidate
Press: Together group drop idea of fielding presidential candidate

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 07:05:00 +0200
Plzeň play first Champions League group game at Barcelona
Plzeň play first Champions League group game at Barcelona

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 16:35:00 +0200
Fiala: National energy plan will supplement or replace EU solution
Fiala: National energy plan will supplement or replace EU solution

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 14:09:00 +0200
Analysts: Slow in industrial output growth sign of looming recession
Analysts: Slow in industrial output growth sign of looming recession

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 13:53:00 +0200
EU energy ministers to consider two Czech proposals at Prague meeting
EU energy ministers to consider two Czech proposals at Prague meeting

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 13:50:00 +0200
Sunflowers of Hope project seeks to create “library of emotional messages” for Ukraine
Sunflowers of Hope is the name of a new project launched in cooperation with Prague City Hall and the city’s Ukrainian Embassy. Using Ukraine’s national flower as a symbol, it seeks to combine financial donations with messages of emotional suppo...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 11:56:00 +0200
Petr Jákl: Jan Žižka movie is “Braveheart about a Czech hero”
This week sees the long anticipated premiere of the most expensive Czech film in history. Medieval, or Jan Žižka as the film is being marketed in Czechia, cost around 450 million crowns and stars actors such as Michael Caine, Ben Foster and Til Sc...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 11:55:00 +0200
Ex-NATO official Pavel launches campaign for presidency
Ex-NATO official Pavel launches campaign for presidency

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 11:50:00 +0200
Archaeologists in Prague uncover ancient Neolithic structure
 Archaeologists in Prague are currently uncovering a monumental building from the Stone Age. The so-called roundel, built around 7,000 years ago, is located in the district of Vinoř on the outskirts of the city. Experts are hoping that the researc...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 09:58:00 +0200
Prague’s Clam-Gallas Palace reopens after major renovation
Prague’s Clam-Gallas Palace reopens after major renovation

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 08:30:00 +0200
Plíšková reaches quarter-finals at US Open but Kvitová exits
Plíšková reaches quarter-finals at US Open but Kvitová exits

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 07:08:00 +0200
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Tue, 06 Sep 2022 07:05:00 +0200
Prague EU health ministers meeting starts Tuesday evening
Prague EU health ministers meeting starts Tuesday evening

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 18:38:00 +0200
Fiala reiterates assertion Prague protest organised by pro-Russian elements
Fiala reiterates assertion Prague protest organised by pro-Russian elements

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 16:46:00 +0200
Czech leaders welcome election of Truss as new UK PM
Czech leaders welcome election of Truss as new UK PM

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 14:01:00 +0200
Union leaders call demonstration in Prague for October 8
Union leaders call demonstration in Prague for October 8

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 13:53:00 +0200
Ex-minister gets apology and compensation for wrongful prosecution
Ex-minister gets apology and compensation for wrongful prosecution

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 13:35:00 +0200
Union leaders meet in Prague to demand action on poverty
Union leaders meet in Prague to demand action on poverty

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 13:23:00 +0200
“People are afraid of the future”: Expert on anti-govt. protest in Prague
Saturday saw tens of thousands of people demonstrating on Prague’s Wenceslas Square against what they see as government mishandling of the energy crisis. Among the attendees were also members of hard left and hard right parties, many of them carry...

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 13:20:00 +0200
Memorial to Czech RAF pilot Josef František unveiled in Britain
A memorial dedicated to Czech RAF pilot Josef František, who died on October 8, 1940, while returning from a patrol flight, was unveiled in Surrey in South East England on Sunday.

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 13:00:00 +0200
Czech women’s ice hockey team claim their first major success
The Czech women’s ice hockey team beat Switzerland 4-2 in the bronze medal match at the World Championships in Denmark on Sunday, winning their first medal from a major tournament. The Czechs dominated from the start and claimed the biggest succes...

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 12:59:00 +0200
Real wages in Czechia fall 9.8 percent in second quarter
Real wages in Czechia fall 9.8 percent in second quarter

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 12:44:00 +0200
Czech women third at hockey worlds in historic success
Czech women third at hockey worlds in historic success

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 12:44:00 +0200
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Mon, 05 Sep 2022 12:42:00 +0200
Big budget Jan Žižka gets Prague world premiere
Big budget Jan Žižka gets Prague world premiere

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 12:00:00 +0200
Tatras out in force for Beskids rally
Over 130 classic Tatra cars took part in the 53rd International Tatra Vintage Rally in Czechia’s Beskid Mountains at the weekend. The model pictured is a Tatra 603-3.

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 09:37:00 +0200
Average wage up to CZK 40,086 but down in real terms
Average wage up to CZK 40,086 but down in real terms

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 09:21:00 +0200
Tennis: Krejčíková and Siniaková advance to US open quarterfinals
Tennis: Krejčíková and Siniaková advance to US open quarterfinals

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 18:10:00 +0200
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Sun, 04 Sep 2022 18:08:00 +0200
Czech women’s ice hockey team takes World Championships bronze
Czech women’s ice hockey team takes World Championships bronze

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 16:41:00 +0200
Some 500 Ukrainians attend "March of Gratitude" through central Prague
Some 500 Ukrainians attend "March of Gratitude" through central Prague

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 13:50:00 +0200
Czech mountaineer dies in Italian Alps
Czech mountaineer dies in Italian Alps

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 13:39:00 +0200
Industry and Trade Ministry approves loan for energy companies EPH and Sev.en Energy
Industry and Trade Ministry approves loan for energy companies EPH and Sev.en Energy

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 10:13:00 +0200
Number of Covid cases down after six days of slight increase
Number of Covid cases down after six days of slight increase

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 09:50:00 +0200
Tennis: Kvitová and Plíšková through to US Open fourth round
Tennis: Kvitová and Plíšková through to US Open fourth round

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 03:28:00 +0200
In memoriam: Hana Zagorová, one of Czechia’s most popular singers
Hana Zagorová, one of the country’s most popular singers and a nine-time winner of the Golden Nightingale award died last week at the age of 75. In today’s edition of Sunday Music show we mark her long and successful career, during which she re...

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 00:01:00 +0200
10 years since the methanol scandal which took the lives of fifty people
This tragic event went down in the history of Czech criminology as the case with the largest ever number of defendants – the police charged 61 people in the scandal.

Sat, 03 Sep 2022 17:20:00 +0200
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Sat, 03 Sep 2022 17:16:00 +0200
Seventeen people injured after carousel collapses at funfair in Havířov
Seventeen people injured after carousel collapses at funfair in Havířov

Sat, 03 Sep 2022 16:52:00 +0200
Czech women’s ice hockey team suffers 1-10 defeat to US
Czech women’s ice hockey team suffers 1-10 defeat to US



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