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New chief conductor Popelka helms Radio orchestra for first time

Number of people hospitalised with covid increasing

Eight people arrested in Brno on corruption charges

Russian ambassador summoned to Foreign Ministry

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Foreign Ministry calls on Czech citizens to leave Russia

Gas consumption in Czechia falls 18 percent year-on-year

River flows below average for 12 months in row

The first pre-school institution -a so-called "model youth nursery" -  was founded in 1832 by Jan Svoboda, a teacher at the Prague Emmaus parish school Na Hrádku. Svoboda taught children aged three to six the basics of reading, writing and German ...

Elections to one-third of the seats in the Czech Senate were not a success for opposition leaders ANO, which took only three of 27, compared to 20 for the governing Together group. Where did it go wrong for Andrej Babiš’s party? And will the resu...

Czech and Slovak foreign ministers agree migration problem must be solved at European level

Czech researchers at the Technical University of Liberec have developed a new material that could find multiple uses in interior design and various artistic fields such as the creation of perfumed jewelry. The new glass-ceramic porous material calle...

Hot-air balloon enthusiasts from around the country took to the skies over Bělá pod Bezdězem, north-east of Prague, at the weekend.  

iRozhlas: Human rights violated at Czech psychiatric hospitals

The Czech tennis player Barbora Krejčíková has won her first singles title of 2022 in Tallinn.

Babiš: Senate second round not success for ANO but some positives

Krejčíková wins in Tallinn for first singles title of year

Kupka: Extraordinary tax on power producers could generate CZK 100 billion

Zeman joins other presidents in region in rejecting Russian annexation in Ukraine

Covid hospitalisations in Czechia jump

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CT: Half million seniors in Czechia on verge of poverty

Russian historian Zubov to teach at Czech university

The best-known Czech pop punk band Rybičky 48 is celebrating two decades on stage. The popular band will mark the anniversary with a special show in Prague’s O2 Arena this month, performing not only their biggest hits, but also some of their late...

Fiala: Election results unequivocal for Together coalition

Governing Civic Democrats most successful party in Senate elections

Czechia slams Russia for abuse of veto power on UN Security Council

Vystrčil defeats Nagyová in keenly watched Senate clash

Second round of voting for Senate places concludes

Tourists back at Pravčice Gate, months after major forest fire

21 injured after people smuggler van crashes in Břeclav

MPs to vote on 2023 budget on October 30

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Second round of voting for Senate places ends Saturday afternoon

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Fiala: Annexation of Ukrainian territories by Russia “unacceptable and illegitimate”

The 11th annual Architecture Day has got underway in more than 100 cities and towns across Czechia and Slovakia. Despite its name, the festival will run for a whole week, offering free guided tours of famous buildings as well as lesser known archite...

Czech Gripen fighters return from mission in Baltic

Iga Świątek among star lineup at this year’s Angel Open in Ostrava

A forestry worker in north Bohemia came upon a valuable prehistoric treasure: a massive bracelet and other objects dating back to the Bronze Age.

Russia’s plan to annex more of Ukraine on Friday, following sham referendums in the occupied eastern regions of the country, have drawn widespread condemnation from Western democracies. Czechia, which currently holds the EU presidency, has slammed...

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Lipavský: Russian referendums a sham, EU preparing further sanctions

EU ministers approve energy relief package

Police arrest migrants and traffickers on border with Slovakia

Czechs vote in second round of Senate elections

Covid epidemic continues to accelerate

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US Congress approves $106 million military aid for Czechia

Czech Foreign Minister hopes to find political agreement on visa liberalisation for Kosovo

This week Prague hosted a summit of the Pact of Free Cities, a cooperation agreement that was jointly signed nearly three years ago by the mayors of Prague, Bratislava, Warsaw, and Budapest. The pact has since grown in membership and now also includ...

HPI index: housing prices in Czechia more than doubled in past decade

Fuel prices lowest since Russian invasion of Ukraine

Russian players can take part in upcoming NHL games in Prague

Tennis: Muchová and Krejčíková reach quarter-finals in Tallin

Czech police detain 120 migrants since reinstated border controls

On the occasion of Czech Statehood Day, the Czech Embassy in Canada organized a gala evening in Ottawa, awarding EU presidency medals to the Czech-Canadians who helped mold the close relationship between the two nations.

Czechia reinstated border controls with Slovakia for a period of ten days as of midnight Wednesday. The government ordered the move in connection with a sharp increase in illegal migration in recent weeks.

Senate speaker awards commemorative medals on Czech Statehood Day

Interior Minister Rakušan warns against manipulators in hard times

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Thousands of people join anti-government protest in Prague

Refugees moved to hostels as cold weather closes Troja tent town

Business leader warns large companies are in trouble

Slovakia slams Czech decision to reintroduce border controls

Senate speaker to hand out commemorative medals

Czechs marking Statehood Day, honoring nation’s patron saint

The cult of St Wenceslas is ever-present in the Czech Republic, not least in the field of music. Many people are probably familiar with the Christmas carol "Good King Wenceslas" about a Bohemian king who goes on a journey, braving harsh winter weath...

Lipavský: EU should look at visa liberalisation for Kosovo

Around a hundred representatives of international education agencies across Europe gathered in Prague this week to discuss current challenges facing the Erasmus+ program. The so-called Directors' Meeting is traditionally organised by the country hol...

Křetinský’s EPH becomes sole owner of Dutch power plant

UK stamp features photo of Queen from Prague Castle

With inflation at over 17 percent and energy prices expected to go through the roof in the autumn, economizing has become the order of the day for the vast majority of Czechs. According to polls, eighty percent of Czechs are feeling the crunch, a th...

Senator Hraba quits Mayors and Independents

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Pavel collects more than required 50,000 candidates to stand for president

Czechia brings back checks at Slovak border over high illegal migration

Covid daily new cases highest since early April

The Petřín cable car will soon get a new look courtesy of designer Anna Marešová and her team. It's airy, practical and sassy!

V4 defence ministers meet in Slovakia

Síkela: EU countries to agree on windfall tax for energy firms this Friday

Renáta Kellnerová tops list of wealthiest Czechs and Slovaks

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Four out of ten people in Czechia expect that they will be doing the same job until they retire and a further 20 percent believe that they will be doing the same job for at least another decade, according to a survey conducted by the Data Collect ag...

EU agency calls for displaced persons from Ukraine to fill out survey

The weekend municipal and Senate elections took place in an atmosphere of growing concern about soaring energy costs, inflation and the global security situation, raising fears that this might fuel nationalist and extremist tendencies. I asked comme...

Bohemian Switzerland park director dismissed following complaints over handling of forest fire

The 21st Prague Fringe gets underway on Monday, with organisers promising one of the best editions yet. The week-long event will also feature an act from Ukraine – and the festival is planning to bring alternative theatre to Kyiv in future. I spok...

Confidence in Czech economy at all-time low

The 2012 Olympic champion in cross-country cycling, Jaroslav Kulhavý, has called time on a great career. The 37-year-old Czech (right) took part in his last professional event at a former industrial site at Ostrava’s Vítkovice at the weekend.

UK historian Mark Cornwall is an expert on Czech-German relations and the late Habsburg Empire. His book The Devil’s Wall explores the previously little-known story of Heinz Rutha, an associate of Sudeten German leader Konrad Henlein whose sexuali...

Industry minister: Cap on energy will not cover all the energy consumed

Coalition talks underway in wake of municipal elections

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First coalition deal emerges in Plzeň

With the final results now out from this weekend’s municipal and Senate elections, political commentators are noting that there are is no sign of fundamental change on the Czech political scene.

Mayors and Independents suffer losses in wake of scandal

ANO leader welcomes gains in municipal elections, disappointed with turnout

PM Fiala: Municipal election result proof that ruling coalition is viable

Three senators elected in first round of Senate elections

ANO takes eight regional towns in municipal elections, ruling parties dominant in Prague and Brno

The first ever football match in the Czech lands is not very well documented. According to some sources it took place 135 years ago, according to others it was five years later.

This week’s Sunday Music Show is focused on the new vinyl record Traxler 110, which will receive its ceremonial christening at the Gala Evening of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union on September 26, 2022. The record is dedic...

Two senators elected in first round of Senate elections

Preliminary results indicate SPOLU coalition has highest gains in Prague

Voting has ended in municipal elections and elections to a third of seats in the Czech Senate. Traditionally independent candidates have won the most votes followed by the ANO party. ANO will also challenge the ruling parties in the second round of ...

Czechs have cast their votes in the 2022 municipal and Senate elections. Voting booths around the country closed precisely at 2pm and preliminary results are expected in the late afternoon or early evening.

Independent candidates win lion’s share of votes in municipal elections

Majority of Czechs experience decline in living standard

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Czech Health Ministry proposing lower temperatures in workplace

Czech MEP Jaroslava Jermanová elected chair of ECON

Foreign ministry warns NHL it will not grant Russian players visas

Foreign ministry aims to soften regulations for Ukrainian, Belorussian students

Second day of voting in municipal, Senate elections

Czechs voting in municipal and Senate elections

Friday sees the start of the 2022 municipal and Senate elections in Czechia. Voting booths are open on Friday from 2pm to 10pm and on Saturday from 8am to 2pm. In those districts where a Senate candidate does not receive more than 50 percent of the ...

Following President Putin’s announcement of a partial mobilisation on Wednesday, there were reports of thousands of Russians leaving the country to avoid the call-up. Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský has said that Russians fleeing their homela...

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