Fiala cabinet to revise policy programme over Ukraine war and energy crisis

High number of cyber-attacks recorded in October, says security agency

Seven miniature versions of Prague’s Communist-era brutalist buildings have been installed in a park outside the Malostranská Metro Station. The site-specific project, featuring seven illuminated sculptures cast from concrete, was created by Czec...

A film festival highlighting brave acts of resistance to the Nazi and Communist regimes and the people behind them is currently underway in Prague. Organized by the Museum of 20th Century Memory the festival offers screenings, lectures and debates a...

Translator, writer and tireless promoter of Czech literature Markéta Goetz-Stankiewicz passed away at the age of 95 in Vancouver on Sunday. During the 1970s and ‘80s, she became a crucial link for Czechoslovak dissidents with the West, smuggling ...

Would-be presidential candidates submit signatures on deadline day

Lipavský to visit Georgia Wednesday and Thursday

Prague hosted the largest international fair of cannabis and medicinal herbs of its kind last weekend. Known as Cannafest, the 12th edition of the fair drew great numbers of Czechs of all ages to explore and try out the various legal cannabis produc...

17th All Sokol Slet planned for summer 2024

Written by Amal Al-Kheir (a story inspired by the life of my grandmother, Dana Svobodová)

Written by Gabby Gartner, aged fifteen (inspired by the story of my great-great-grandfather)

Written by Eva Nováková, aged 13 (inspired by my grandmother, Eva Nováková and great-grandmother Olga Szántová)

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Writer with links to pre-1989 Czech dissent Goetz-Stankiewicz dies at 95

Czech jobless rate remains at 3.5 percent

Written by Žaneta Málková, aged 14 (a story of resilience)

Written by Nathalie Rowe (inspired by an experience my father had as a soldier)

Written by Anushree Kshirsigar, aged 16 (the story of my great-great-grandfather)

Written by Jakub Liška, aged 15 (inspired by my great-grandfather)

Written by An-Li Frisk (set in the year 1981, Guangdong province of China)

Written by Johana Trejtnar, aged seventeen (a story that starts with my great-grandmother)

Written by Rade Meech-Tatić (adapted from the memoirs of my grandfather R. C. Meech)

Written by Lucienne Erent, aged 13 (inspired by my father’s story)

Written by Martin Rada (telling the story of the village where my great-grandmother lived)

Written by Amelie Sophia Piper, aged 11 (inspired by the story of my great-great-grandfather)

Written by Michael Lovitt, aged 13 (a story about my Grandfather Jiří, when he was 10 years old in the 1950’s)

Retail sales in Czechia continue to decline year-on-year

Siniaková and Krejčíková lose WTA Finals championship match

Czech currency at its strongest since start of war in Ukraine

Lipavský: EU must actively counter Russian propaganda in Africa

Czech plans for new nuclear reactor raising concerns across border

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Latest poll suggests support for Pavel and Babiš extremely close among voters

Fyield, a group of musicians from Czechia and Iceland, have just released the LP Future Landscapes. The unusual project, based on field recordings made in a variety of locations in both states, is aimed at boosting awareness of climate change. Membe...

Czechia experiences foreign trade deficit for eighth month in row

The final resting place of the Rožmberk clan, one of the richest and mightiest noble families in the land, was veiled in mystery for over 400 years. When researchers lowered a probe into the Rožmberk crypt in the Cistercian Monastery in Vyšší B...

Founded in 1974, the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is the most important institution of its kind in the US. For the last four years it has been headed by Cecilia Rokusek, who herself has deep Czech roots and was ...

ČEZ to increase price of heating by 20 percent next year

International survey finds Czech children's screen time one of highest

Twenty-four teams from four continents took part in the Football Tennis World Championship in Prague. From left: Chong Wuchin of Korea, famous for style of play, and Ivan Grom of Ukraine.

PM Fiala: Czechia to join global commitment to reduce methane emissions by 2030

Siniaková and Krejčíková through to WTA Finals championship match

Slovak road hauliers to block motorway crossing between Czechia and Slovakia

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Special envoys for Sahel to meet in Prague

Czech PM leaves for UN Climate Conference in Egypt

Valère Gustin, one of last Belgian veterans who helped liberate Plzeň, dies at 98

Exhibition of art by twin sisters Jitka and Květa Válová opens in GASK

Javelin thrower Jakub Vadlejch named Athlete of Year

Frantisek Bílek's villa in Hradčany is one of the most original houses in Prague. The villa has an unusual round floor plan, which is supposed to resemble the footprint of a scythe in a field of wheat. Wheat plants also served as inspiration for t...

This week’s Sunday Music Show is dedicated to rock musician Michal Ambrož, the frontman of the popular band Jasná Páka whose music was a beacon for many in a generation of Czechs that grew up in the final years of Communist Czechoslovakia. Ambr...

Record number of Czechs died abroad during summer holiday season

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Health minister considers re-introducing above-standard health care

Some 270,000 people in Czechia used food banks this year

Sanusi Ayomide is a 24-year-old professional dancer from Nigeria. For the past year, he has lived in Prague as part of a Nigerian mission established by Czech artist and UN Goodwill Ambassador of the Czech Republic Yemi Ankemi (professionally known ...

Lowest weekday increase in Covid cases recorded since June

Survey: More than quarter of Czech households can only afford cheapest food and clothing

US and Netherlands to jointly pay for renovation of 90 Czech T-72 tanks for Ukraine

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The Oriental Institute (OI) of the Czech Academy of Sciences is celebrating 100 years of existence this year. One of the oldest institutions dedicated to the study of Oriental cultures in Central and Eastern Europe, the OI has played its part in fur...

Fiala to attend UN climate conference in Egypt next week

A joint show presenting the youngest generation of fashion designers from Czechia and Belgium is due to take place in Brussels on Saturday. The event, called WE’RE NEXT BRUSSELS, is part of a day dedicated to Czech culture and is organised by Czec...

EU funds to go to Czechia's coal regions to help transition to low-carbon economy

With heating bills going through the roof, many Czechs are turning back to solid fuels, stocking up on coal, firewood and in the worst-case scenario, burning household waste, including plastics. Environmental experts are warning of the multiple dang...

On the backdrop of the ongoing Czech EU presidency, a special exhibition titled: “Design and transformation. Stories of Czech design 1990-2020” is currently on display at the Design Museum Brussels. The exhibition serves not just as an opportuni...

Czechia struggles with shortages of vital medicines

Police charge youth with attempted murder of grandfather and neighbour

Israeli airline offers 44 million euros for Smartwings

Czech minister urges Western Balkans to harmonise visa policy with EU

Government agrees on windfall tax

Foreign Affairs Committee describes Russian regime as “terrorist”

The Mucha exhibition which opened in July at Prague’s Waldstein Riding School has proven so popular that it has been extended until the end of the year, although it was originally slated to close on Monday. Marcus Mucha, the great-grandson of the ...

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President Zeman vetoes amendment to 2022 budget

Eurostat: Czechia’s unemployment rate remains lowest in EU

Czechia to receive CZK 780 million to strengthen EU outer border protection

Czechia plans to close embassy in Mali and consulate general in Chengdu

New documentary The Investigator follows one-time Prague detective Vladimír Dzuro as he returns to former Yugoslavia, where he made a groundbreaking 1997 war crimes arrest after helping uncover a grisly mass killing. The film had its world premiere...

A queue of 300 people standing for hours to register with a dentist in South Moravia has just made headlines news. More than any other report in the media, it underscores the lack of dentists in the regions and the fact that many people have to trav...

Prague City Hall and UNICEF to open new support centre for Ukrainian refugees

69 percent of Czechs dissatisfied with state support in energy crisis

Moody’s downgrades outlook for Czech banks

Patients in Covid isolation may be able to vote in upcoming presidential election

Czech Army to end participation in EU Mali mission by end of 2022

Czechoslovak classics now undergoing revival

Czechia to close its embassy in Kabul

A faithful replica of the Venus of Dolní Věstonice, Czechia’s most famous archaeological find, went on sale on Tuesday at the Moravian Museum in Brno. The current model is much more accurate than any of the previous ones. The prototype for the m...

One of the highlights of this year’s Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival was the Czech premiere of Darkening (Tmání), a film by Ondřej Moravec that explores depression – via virtual reality. Headsets are used for Darkening, with ...

Government approves energy price cap for state and municipal companies

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Civic Democrat Miloš Vystrčil re-elected as Speaker of the Senate

Babiš, Nerudová likely secured support to run for president

Prim watches, which started to be produced more than 70 years ago, are one of the most famous Czech trademarks. For many people in Czechia, who grew up during the Communist regime, the brand is synonymous with wristwatches. Today, Prim watches are p...

Minister: Gas consumption fell by nearly 28 percent in October

Czech sports teams to appear under unified name Czechia

Plzeň lose 2:4 to Barcelona for six Champions League defeats in six

Cyber security agency says attacks on Czechia up

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...

Western sanctions should next target Belarus, says Fiala

Labour minister Jurečka also takes environment portfolio on temporary basis

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...

Scientists recreate face of Stone Age girl

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.

Media: Babiš verdict could come days before presidential vote

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Kunsthalle project wins national architecture prize

Rakušan: Returned Ukrainian refugees could come back before winter

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 ...

Labour Minister Marian Jurečka takes over environment ministry portfolio

Analysts: electricity prices soared due to limited state action

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Czech government delegation holds talks in Kyiv

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 ...

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Man shoots himself dead outside Office of the Government

Andrej Babiš officially confirms presidential candidacy

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...

Czech household debts rising

Installation of Putin in cadaver bag draws criticism