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Wed, 02 Nov 2022 09:54:00 +0100
Czech sports teams to appear under unified name Czechia
Czech sports teams to appear under unified name Czechia

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 07:32:00 +0100
Plzeň lose 2:4 to Barcelona for six Champions League defeats in six
Plzeň lose 2:4 to Barcelona for six Champions League defeats in six

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 18:06:00 +0100
Cyber security agency says attacks on Czechia up
Cyber security agency says attacks on Czechia up

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 15:00:00 +0100
Czech visit to Kyiv successful despite missile attacks and Russia’s withdrawal from grain deal
A Czech government delegation led by Prime Minister Petr Fiala has returned from Kyiv, following a day of talks with their Ukrainian counterparts and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The trip was intended to express support for Ukraine in its fight ag...

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 14:21:00 +0100
Western sanctions should next target Belarus, says Fiala
Western sanctions should next target Belarus, says Fiala

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 14:04:00 +0100
Labour minister Jurečka also takes environment portfolio on temporary basis
Labour minister Jurečka also takes environment portfolio on temporary basis

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 14:00:00 +0100
Expert on why Czechia’s electricity prices soared highest in EU, despite being net exporter
Data released by Eurostat on Monday show that Czechia saw the sharpest year-on-year rise in electricity prices out of all EU member states in the first half of 2022 (+62%). The average cost of electricity for Czechs was the sixth highest in the EU a...

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 13:47:00 +0100
Scientists recreate face of Stone Age girl
Scientists recreate face of Stone Age girl

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 13:31:00 +0100
Interest in sex change growing among young people in Czechia
According to sexologists, interest in sex change among young people in Czechia is on the rise. While in 2013 a special commission at the Ministry of Health approved 47 applications for gender transition, last year it was 195.

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 12:56:00 +0100
Media: Babiš verdict could come days before presidential vote
Media: Babiš verdict could come days before presidential vote

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 11:52:00 +0100
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Tue, 01 Nov 2022 11:51:00 +0100
Rakušan: Returned Ukrainian refugees could come back before winter
Rakušan: Returned Ukrainian refugees could come back before winter

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 11:51:00 +0100
Kunsthalle project wins national architecture prize
Kunsthalle project wins national architecture prize

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 11:00:00 +0100
Why students from outside the EU struggle to find accommodation in Prague
Czechia has become an increasingly popular destination for foreign students from around the world, offering a rich cultural scene and a cost-effective, quality education in different fields of study. But for some of them finding a place to live may ...

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 10:13:00 +0100
Labour Minister Marian Jurečka takes over environment ministry portfolio
Labour Minister Marian Jurečka takes over environment ministry portfolio

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 10:12:00 +0100
Analysts: electricity prices soared due to limited state action
Analysts: electricity prices soared due to limited state action

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 01:32:00 +0100
Radio Prague's Monthly Quiz
Test your knowledge of things Czech!

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 18:56:00 +0100
Czech government delegation holds talks in Kyiv
Czech government delegation holds talks in Kyiv

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:18:00 +0100
NASA’s Picture of the Day – Shooting stars over Slovakia
Czech astrophotographer Petr Horálek from the University of Opava was selected for NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for his photograph "Seven Years of Halley Dust". The photograph is a composite of the biannual Orionid meteor shower caused by ...

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:38:00 +0100
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Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:17:00 +0100
Man shoots himself dead outside Office of the Government
Man shoots himself dead outside Office of the Government

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:06:00 +0100
Andrej Babiš officially confirms presidential candidacy
Andrej Babiš officially confirms presidential candidacy

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:02:00 +0100
“He will be very aggressive” – analyst on Babiš’s entry into presidential race
ANO party leader Andrej Babiš announced on Sunday that he will be running in the January 2023 Czech presidential election. The former prime minister made the decision despite currently being behind in the polls after several months of touring the c...

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 12:41:00 +0100
Czech household debts rising
Czech household debts rising

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 12:40:00 +0100
Installation of Putin in cadaver bag draws criticism
Installation of Putin in cadaver bag draws criticism

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 12:38:00 +0100
Constitutional experts: no legal obstacles to Babiš’ candidacy for president
Constitutional experts: no legal obstacles to Babiš’ candidacy for president

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 12:37:00 +0100
Czech government delegation in Kyiv
Czech government delegation in Kyiv

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 12:22:00 +0100
Pro-democracy demonstration shows support for Ukraine still strong in Czechia
Tens of thousands of people joined a rally “against fear” in Prague’s Wenceslas Square on Sunday.  The demonstration, called by the civic association Million Moments for Democracy, came at a time when fear of rising prices and the looming ene...

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 10:21:00 +0100
Ji.hlava-winning doc shines light on “deleted” Czech composer
The top domestic honour at this year’s Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, the Czech Joy award, went to Kapr Code by Lucie Králová. It explores the story of the once-celebrated but now largely forgotten composer Jan Kapr – in a h...

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 08:07:00 +0100
Majority of Czechs now economizing on eating out, new clothes and transport
Majority of Czechs now economizing on eating out, new clothes and transport

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 08:06:00 +0100
General Pavel: Babiš’ populism is a threat to Czechia
General Pavel: Babiš’ populism is a threat to Czechia

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 20:05:00 +0100
ANO leader Andrej Babiš to run for president
ANO leader Andrej Babiš to run for president

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 15:08:00 +0100
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Sun, 30 Oct 2022 15:06:00 +0100
Living and subsistence minimum benefits to increase by five to six percent next year
Living and subsistence minimum benefits to increase by five to six percent next year

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 14:17:00 +0100
Rudolf Jelínek: Moravian slivovitz maker with a fascinating history
Rudolf Jelínek is one of Czechia’s best-known brands of slivovitz (slivovice in Czech).

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 08:29:00 +0100
Warm spell breaks temperature records around Czechia
Warm spell breaks temperature records around Czechia

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 08:28:00 +0100
HIV infections on the rise
HIV infections on the rise

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 08:26:00 +0100
Eight injured in disco crush
Eight injured in disco crush

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 08:25:00 +0100
President Zeman to meet with Babiš
President Zeman to meet with Babiš

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 08:23:00 +0100
Thousands join rally “against fear” on Wenceslas Square
Thousands join rally “against fear” on Wenceslas Square

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 06:25:00 +0100
75 years ago: the first heart operation in Czechoslovakia
Professor Jan Bedrna is one of the early pioneers of heart surgery in the former Czechoslovakia. At a hospital in Hradec Králové 75 years ago, he performed cardiac surgery for the first time in the country’s history.

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 00:01:00 +0200
Marta Kubišová: Great Czech singer turns 80
The great singer and dissident Marta Kubišová – who many Czechs associate with key moments in the country’s modern history – turns 80 on November 1.

Sat, 29 Oct 2022 15:42:00 +0200
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Sat, 29 Oct 2022 15:38:00 +0200
Prague Castle opens Deer Moat for extended weekend
Prague Castle opens Deer Moat for extended weekend

Sat, 29 Oct 2022 15:37:00 +0200
Four workers injured in accident in Příbram
Four workers injured in accident in Příbram

Sat, 29 Oct 2022 08:59:00 +0200
Czechia to switch to Standard Time on October 30
Czechia to switch to Standard Time on October 30

Sat, 29 Oct 2022 08:58:00 +0200
Domestic violence among most common causes of divorce
Domestic violence among most common causes of divorce

Sat, 29 Oct 2022 08:56:00 +0200
Czech interior minister defends extension of border checks
Czech interior minister defends extension of border checks

Sat, 29 Oct 2022 08:02:00 +0200
State honours handed out on Czechoslovak Independence Day
State honours handed out on Czechoslovak Independence Day

Sat, 29 Oct 2022 00:05:00 +0200
Previously unseen photos from Terezín shed new light on everyday life in the ghetto
 A unique collection of newly discovered photographs depicting everyday life in the Terezín ghetto are currently on display at the Memorial of Silence in Prague. The previously unseen images are on display at the Bubny train station, the place whi...

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 16:09:00 +0200
Czechs plant Sir Nicholas Winton Alley near legendary Říp Hill
Czechs plant Sir Nicholas Winton Alley near legendary Říp Hill

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 14:19:00 +0200
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Fri, 28 Oct 2022 14:10:00 +0200
Installation on Czech Interior Ministry depicts Vladimir Putin in cadaver pouch
Installation on Czech Interior Ministry depicts Vladimir Putin in cadaver pouch

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 13:35:00 +0200
ANO party to announce presidential candidate on Monday
ANO party to announce presidential candidate on Monday

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 11:28:00 +0200
Slovakia pays tribute to common state of Czechs and Slovaks
Slovakia pays tribute to common state of Czechs and Slovaks

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 11:09:00 +0200
Nobel-prize winner's granddaughter on growing up mixed-race with his legacy under Communism
Neela Winkelmann-Heyrovská never had the chance to meet her Nobel-prize winning chemist grandfather – Jaroslav Heyrovský died in 1967 and she was born two years later. But she had to live with his legacy her whole life – which, she says, was b...

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 09:59:00 +0200
Historic sites open their doors to the public for free
Historic sites open their doors to the public for free

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 09:19:00 +0200
First Czech MP comes out as gay
First Czech MP comes out as gay

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 08:53:00 +0200
Celebrations and anti-government protests on Czechoslovak Independence Day
Celebrations and anti-government protests on Czechoslovak Independence Day

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 21:39:00 +0200
EU strikes deal on new combustion-engine car ban
EU strikes deal on new combustion-engine car ban

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 15:28:00 +0200
Independence Day celebrations in Czechia mark country’s 104th birthday
October 28th is Czechoslovak Independence Day, marking the establishment of Czechoslovakia in 1918.  Czechs will commemorate the 104th anniversary of the birth of the Czechoslovak Republic with a host of events, including the traditional ceremony a...

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 14:29:00 +0200
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Thu, 27 Oct 2022 14:19:00 +0200
New Chinese and Spanish ambassadors to Czechia sworn in
New Chinese and Spanish ambassadors to Czechia sworn in

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:45:00 +0200
Museum of Literature opens in Prague
After nearly seven decades, the National Literature Memorial has left its premises in Prague’s Strahov Monastery and moved to its new headquarters in the district of Bubeneč. Last week it opened to the public under the name Museum of Literature.

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:34:00 +0200
Government extends controls at Czech-Slovak border for another 15 days
Government extends controls at Czech-Slovak border for another 15 days

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 12:38:00 +0200
Zeman to receive Babiš at Lány residence on Sunday
Zeman to receive Babiš at Lány residence on Sunday

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 12:27:00 +0200
Thousands attend Prague rally in support of LGBT rights
Thousands of people gathered on Wenceslas Square in Prague on Wednesday evening to call for an end to prejudice against LGBT+ people, which led to the homophobic murder of two young men in Bratislava earlier this month.

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 12:04:00 +0200
Czech foreign minister continues two-day visit to Qatar
Czech foreign minister continues two-day visit to Qatar

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 09:41:00 +0200
Karolína Křížová: People in Czechia are starting to take the problem of sexual violence seriously
When the #MeToo campaign resonated in the Western world many Czechs were openly sceptical and even ridiculed what they considered to be a typical excess of Western feminism. Then two cases of multiple rape made media headlines – one involving Domi...

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 07:24:00 +0200
Budget deficit of CZK 295 billion for 2023 passes first reading
Budget deficit of CZK 295 billion for 2023 passes first reading

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 07:15:00 +0200
Thousands gather on Wenceslas Square to support rights of LGBT+ people
Thousands gather on Wenceslas Square to support rights of LGBT+ people

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 17:00:00 +0200
Wolf territories in Czechia increased to 24
Wolf territories in Czechia increased to 24

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 14:29:00 +0200
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Wed, 26 Oct 2022 13:55:00 +0200
Prague Castle’s Deer Moat to open to public at weekend
Prague Castle’s Deer Moat to open to public at weekend

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 13:10:00 +0200
Lidice children remembered in special art exhibition at UNESCO headquarters in Paris
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Lidice tragedy, the Czech village razed to the ground by the Nazis in 1942 as revenge for the assassination of Nazi governor Reinhard Heydrich. 340 people were murdered, including 88 children. For the last...

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 13:03:00 +0200
Czech windfall tax to generate huge funds – from next year
Czech MPs debated a windfall tax on profits in the energy and banking sectors in the lower house on Tuesday. The government plans to generate tens of billions from the tax from next year, not retroactively for 2022, as some voices in the coalition h...

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 12:39:00 +0200
Czechia ranked 20th in Rule of Law Index
Czechia ranked 20th in Rule of Law Index

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 12:19:00 +0200
Czech foreign minister begins two-day visit to Qatar
Czech foreign minister begins two-day visit to Qatar

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 12:19:00 +0200
Finance Minister: Czechia has enough gas for winter
Finance Minister: Czechia has enough gas for winter

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 09:05:00 +0200
Rudolf Jelínek: Moravian slivovitz maker with a fascinating history
Rudolf Jelínek is one of Czechia’s best-known brands of slivovitz (slivovice in Czech). The plum brandy firm was set up in Moravia in the late 19th century and the brand is still going strong today. 

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 05:57:00 +0200
Exhibition at UNESCO’s Paris headquarters commemorates Lidice child victims
Exhibition at UNESCO’s Paris headquarters commemorates Lidice child victims

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 05:54:00 +0200
Czech data leaked due to Microsoft storage error
Czech data leaked due to Microsoft storage error

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:51:00 +0200
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Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:12:00 +0200
Oscar-winner Theodor Pištěk turns 90 while holding first joint exhibition with son
The great Czech artist Theodor Pištěk, who turned 90 on Tuesday, won an Oscar in 1985 for his costumes for Amadeus. However, he regards himself primarily as a painter – and a cross-section of his works can now be seen at a joint exhibition in Pr...

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 12:57:00 +0200
Health minister urges people to get inoculated against Covid
Health minister urges people to get inoculated against Covid

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 12:55:00 +0200
Ministers from close to 50 states debating migration issues in Prague
Ministers from close to 50 states debating migration issues in Prague

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 12:54:00 +0200
Majority of cabinet members to be absent from Independence Day award ceremony
Majority of cabinet members to be absent from Independence Day award ceremony

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 12:53:00 +0200
Greenpeace and Bund Sachsen lodge joint complaint over Turow mine
Greenpeace and Bund Sachsen lodge joint complaint over Turow mine

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 12:20:00 +0200
Ukrainians in Czechia doc opens 26th Ji.hlava festival
The 26th edition of the Ji.hlava International Festival of Documentary Films has just got underway. This year’s edition of Czechia’s biggest documentary event will deliver nearly 100 world premieres and several valuable retrospectives. On the ev...

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 08:08:00 +0200
2022 Ji.hlava documentary festival kicks off
2022 Ji.hlava documentary festival kicks off

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 07:54:00 +0200
Czechia’s borders closed to Russians with Schengen visas
Czechia’s borders closed to Russians with Schengen visas

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 15:48:00 +0200
Fiala to attend Castle honours event despite Zeman not inviting top officials
Fiala to attend Castle honours event despite Zeman not inviting top officials

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 14:25:00 +0200
Foreigner seriously injured in shooting during Prague police raid
Foreigner seriously injured in shooting during Prague police raid

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 13:41:00 +0200
Over 5,000 people in Czechia have undergone gender reassignment
Over 5,000 people in Czechia have undergone gender reassignment

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 13:34:00 +0200
In memoriam: Czech conductor and Knight of British Empire Libor Pešek
The world-renowned Czech conductor Libor Pešek has died at the age of 89. In a career spanning seven decades, Mr. Pešek, who was best-known for his interpretations of Czech music, helmed orchestras across Europe and headed the Czech Philharmonic, ...

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 12:50:00 +0200
Válek: November to bring more Covid, flu hospitalisations
Válek: November to bring more Covid, flu hospitalisations

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 12:34:00 +0200
Czechia gearing up for hardest part of EU presidency: negotiating Green Deal agreements
Czechia has just over two more months at the helm of the EU and according to the Minister for European Affairs Mikuláš Bek, the hardest test of its ability as a negotiator is yet to come. Prague needs to push ahead with some of the basic agreement...

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 12:24:00 +0200
Olympic champion Ledecká speaks about summer collarbone speak
Olympic champion Ledecká speaks about summer collarbone speak

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 12:09:00 +0200
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Mon, 24 Oct 2022 11:15:00 +0200
Load test of Skalka cable car in Ještěd Ski Resort in Liberec
The Skalka cable car in the Ještěd Ski Resort in Liberec undergoes a thorough safety test ahead of each season. And what better way to do that in Czechia than with beer? The process involves putting 200 fifty-litre beer kegs on the cable car to ma...

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 08:39:00 +0200
Nearly 50 ministers discussing migration at two-day Prague conference
Nearly 50 ministers discussing migration at two-day Prague conference

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 07:18:00 +0200
World-renowned conductor Libor Pešek dies at 89
World-renowned conductor Libor Pešek dies at 89

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 15:27:00 +0200
Covid infection rates, hospitalisations and deaths down
Covid infection rates, hospitalisations and deaths down

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 15:20:00 +0200
ČEZ to seek international arbitration over Russian outages
ČEZ to seek international arbitration over Russian outages

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 09:47:00 +0200
Number of Ukrainians with temporary protection status passes 450,000
Number of Ukrainians with temporary protection status passes 450,000

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 09:44:00 +0200
TESLA
From iconic radios to the Tamara radar

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 09:40:00 +0200
LGBT+ rally against violence set for Wenceslas Sq. Wednesday
LGBT+ rally against violence set for Wenceslas Sq. Wednesday

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 08:31:00 +0200
October 24, 1942: family members of Heydrich’s assassins murdered in Mauthausen
In retaliation for the assassination of Heydrich, 262 relatives and helpers of the paratroopers from groups Anthropoid, Silver A, Bivouac, Out Distance, Steel and Intransitive were court-martialled and sentenced to death by the Prague Gestapo 80 yea...

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 08:19:00 +0200
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Sun, 23 Oct 2022 08:18:00 +0200
Plans to ease working from home criticised from many sides
Plans to ease working from home criticised from many sides

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 08:18:00 +0200
Prague Sounds festival kicks off with Snarky Puppy at Lucerna
Prague Sounds festival kicks off with Snarky Puppy at Lucerna

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 03:20:00 +0200
Josef Václav Mysliveček: Il divino Boemo
Josef Václav Mysliveček, was a famous 18th century Czech composer who spent most of his life in Italy, where he was known as the ingenious 'Il Boemo'. Musicologists speak about his significant contribution to the formation of late eighteenth-centu...

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 14:17:00 +0200
ANO presidential election plan announcement postponed till Oct 30
ANO presidential election plan announcement postponed till Oct 30

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 14:10:00 +0200
Annual mass for victims of Heydrich killing reprisals held in Prague
Annual mass for victims of Heydrich killing reprisals held in Prague

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:31:00 +0200
Czech government to discuss screening system for ministers and deputies
Czech government to discuss screening system for ministers and deputies

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 08:31:00 +0200
First congress of Belarusians in Czechia held in Prague
First congress of Belarusians in Czechia held in Prague

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 08:30:00 +0200
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Sat, 22 Oct 2022 08:29:00 +0200
John Cale to perform at Prague’s Archa in March
John Cale to perform at Prague’s Archa in March

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 08:28:00 +0200
Hundreds demand safety for LGBT+ community in Prague march
Hundreds demand safety for LGBT+ community in Prague march

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 08:28:00 +0200
Interest in studying Russian lower since Ukraine invasion
Interest in studying Russian lower since Ukraine invasion



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