Culture minister says he assured president public media reforms pose no threat

Court upholds Czech tax revenue allocation formula for regions

New registration system for dog owners starts in Czechia

Six taken to hospital after lightning hits tree in South Moravia

Prague Zoo has welcomed a new Cape fur seal pup, the great-grandson of the legendary Gaston, whose dramatic escape during the devastating floods of 2002 made headlines around the world. I discussed the latest arrival and Gaston's lasting legacy with...

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Coalition party want Zelensky stripped of high Czech honour

Women get reduced jail terms for killing of cult leader

Lieutenant General Miroslav Hlaváč has officially become the new Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces. Defence reporter Kateřina Gruntová of Seznam Zprávy says his appointment promises continuity in military priorities while ope...

Experts quit human rights councils over reorganisation

Scholars from 25 countries have gathered in Prague for the 7th World Czech Studies Congress, held this year under the theme Literature and Languages in Dialogue. I spoke with Dalibor Dobiáš, director of the Institute of Czech Literature at the Cze...

Miroslav Hlaváč symbolically takes over as head of Czech Army

Poll: ANO on 35.5 percent support, Motorists below threshold

Macinka sorry for “unintended promotion” of festival where he was booed

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Koubek steps down as Czech football coach

Czech rescue team continues searching rubble in Venezuela, experiences minor aftershock

President Pavel accredited for NATO summit, Czech delegation to be led by PM Babiš

Nine out of the ten highest temperatures in the Czech Republic are from the past weekend

Scorching heat failed to deter visitors to this year's International Folklore Festival in Strážnice, South Moravia. One of the highlights was the final of the Slovácko verbuňk, a traditional male solo dance often accompanied by song. This year's...

Crime in Czechia is not rising, but cases involving high aggression among children are increasing

Czechs show the highest interest in apartments in Italy this year, Spain was the top choice last year

Who should represent Czechia at the upcoming NATO summit in Ankara has become the latest flashpoint in the conflict between President Petr Pavel and the government. Political commentator Martin Čaban of Seznam Zprávy told Vít Pohanka that the qua...

Prague archbishop Přibyl receives the pallium from Pope Leo XIV, symbol of service to the faithful

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Experts: Raising teachers' salaries to 130% would require an additional CZK 35 billion

After nearly nine years in Prager's Cubes, Prague's Centre for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning (CAMP) is closing its current home as the landmark brutalist building undergoes a long-awaited renovation.  Just before CAMP closed its doors on S...

An American choreographer working with local residents on the banks of the Sázava River. Performances filling historic courtyards, streets and parks. CorresponDance has grown into an international celebration of contemporary dance rooted in the Cze...

Government to announce final line-up for Czech NATO summit delegation

Czechia records hottest night of current heatwave

Fourteen Czechs to compete as Wimbledon gets under way

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Krpálek takes bronze at Judo Grand Prix in China

Czechia records first official temperature above 41 degrees

Czech rowers win overall World Cup title after silver in Lucerne

ANO leads June poll, STAN comes second

Foreign minister says PM to lead Czech NATO delegation, president to attend

Czechia records another tropical night as heatwave continues

Czech rescue team arrives in Venezuela after deadly earthquakes

The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra has called the legendary Studio 1 its home since 1935. A space that was once among the most modern in Europe became the setting for thousands of recordings, hundreds of premieres, and countless musical moments tha...

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Věra Linhartová, pioneer of Czech experimental prose, dies at 88

František Wiendl, anti-Nazi and anti-communist resistance fighter, dies at 102

Temperature record falls in Czechia, reaching 40.6°C

Muchová wins Bad Homburg title ahead of Wimbledon

Tropical night recorded across a fifth of Czechia as heatwave continues

Friday deadliest day on Czech roads this year

Czech rescue team departs for Venezuela after deadly earthquakes

Social worker: For homeless people, summer is now as risky as winter

Chamber of Deputies approves controversial coalition change to rules for employing civil servants

International experts confirm cause of last July's power outage

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A huge concrete wall in Prague's Ruzyně district is being transformed into one of Europe's longest collaborative murals. Thirty artists from Czechia and abroad are taking part in the project, which will become a permanent open-air gallery. RF went ...

Czech politics are currently dominated by a Constitutional Court ruling allowing President Pavel to attend a NATO summit next month, despite the Babiš government’s efforts to block him. But what will actually happen in Ankara? I discussed the sit...

Prague police arrest two nationally wanted men in a single day

Twelve EU countries led by the Czech Republic call for a delay to methane emissions rules

Where land was once drained, water is now being held back. Forest managers in Western Bohemia are reversing decades-old practices by creating ponds and wetlands designed to retain moisture and support a more diverse forest landscape.

Heat records broken across Czech Republic as extreme temperatures mount

Czech striker Patrik Schick retires from international football after World Cup exit

Chef, food writer and cookbook author Evie Harbury is the author of My Bohemian Kitchen, which introduces international readers to Czech food through recipes and personal stories. Inspired by her childhood between England and the Czech Republic, the...

Czech urban search and rescue team to help out in earthquake-hit Venezuela

President says he will lead Czech delegation to NATO summit

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Mayors urge PM Babiš to dismiss foreign minister over “coup” remarks

The Czech national team's World Cup campaign ended with an early group-stage exit, leaving supporters frustrated and demanding answers. Karel Häring, chief football commentator of Canal + Sport,  believes the disappointing performances cannot be b...

Czech PM attending Gdańsk conference on Ukraine's reconstruction

Czech lower house backs tighter conditions for Ukrainian refugees receiving benefits

Four hundred years ago, the elephant Hansken was a European attraction that also visited the town of Mladá Boleslav. Today, in the same place, a metal sculpture of her has been created as part of the 13th edition of the Metal Symposium, which once ...

President says disputes with government make him more likely to seek re-election

ANO's Prague mayoral candidate withdraws from politics

Prague Metro resumes service after person struck by train

Foreign minister Macinka calls court ruling on NATO summit an 'attempted coup'

Czech Republic exit World Cup after 3–0 defeat to Mexico

Court orders Czech government to include president in NATO summit delegation

Czech Constitutional Court orders government to include President Pavel in NATO summit delegation

St. Vitus Cathedral, the dominant feature of Prague Castle, is known as the site of coronations, state funerals and major religious ceremonies. For nearly a century, however, it has also attracted filmmakers.

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Woman seriously injured in Ostrava shooting, gunman found dead

Czech Railways add extra capacity for holiday travel

The clash between the Czech head of state and the cabinet over who should attend the upcoming NATO summit in Ankara has now reached the highest court in the land. On Tuesday President Pavel  challenged the government’s decision to exclude him fro...

Pavel seeks court injunction over NATO summit dispute

Supreme Court: families of people who died after Covid vaccination may seek compensation

Court: Families of people who died after Covid vaccination may seek compensation

Škoda unveils largest-ever model, electric seven-seat Peaq

Pavel Cyrani named CEO of new ČEZ Energy unit

Czechs dreaming of upset against Mexico, says coach Koubek

Czech climber dies in fall on Austrian peak

Dagmar Havlová withdraws consent for Václav Havel Library to use former president’s name

Visegrád leaders agree to strengthen cooperation at summit in Hungary

The 60th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which begins next Friday, is set to welcome absolute Hollywood royalty, in the form of Dustin Hoffman. Other names just revealed by the organisers include actors Juliette Binoche, Jef...

Armed man arrested in Prague after hours-long police manhunt

Markéta Vondroušová, the Czech tennis star who won Wimbledon in 2023, has been handed a four-year ban by the International Tennis Integrity Agency. The ruling comes despite the former champion's insistence that she has never doped and has never t...

Czech Television and Czech Radio employees held a warning strike on Monday over government plans to replace license fees with state budget funding, over fears that the planned reform would jeopardize their independence. The strike was reflected in b...

Foreign Ministry hosting economic diplomacy conference

Foreign Ministry hosting economic diplomacy conference

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Dustin Hoffman, Juliette Binoche and Robert Richardson to receive Crystal Globe awards at Karlovy Vary Film Festival

President Pavel filing jurisdictional action over NATO summit controversy

Armed man reported near vocational school in Čelákovice, near Prague, police launch major operation

Czechia facing week of extreme heat

Czech archaeologists have announced a remarkable discovery in south-eastern Moravia: an almost perfectly preserved Roman jug found in a 1,500-year-old grave. The vessel is thought to be several centuries older than the burial itself and survived eve...

Fifty years ago, Czechoslovakia won its one and only European football championship. The 1976 UEFA European Championship final in Belgrade entered football history not only because of the result, but above all because of a single kick that captivate...

Wimbledon champion Vondroušová handed four-year ban

Government approves infrastructure project for AI Gigafactory

EBU criticizes Czech public media funding reform

Government excludes President Pavel from NATO summit delegation

Czech Radio staff holding 24-hour strike Monday

On Monday June 22, employees of Czech Radio, including the staff of Radio Prague International, are holding a one-day strike in protest against proposed amendments to the laws governing Czech Radio and Czech Television. Participants in this action b...

Bouzková wins in Nottingham for fourth career title

Pavel at site of Ležáky: Society should watch for signs that preceded past conflicts

From its earliest days, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOČR) has been more than just a performer – it has been a source of inspiration. Dozens of works were written specifically for its musicians and for the possibilities offered by radio b...

Babiš: Ban on mobiles in classrooms to start in September 2027

Czech Radio staff holding 24-hour strike Monday

Nedvěd: Czech World Cup performances below expectation so far

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Nick Cave highlight of second day of Metronome festival

Temperature records broken in many parts of country

The story of American wartime medic Bill Keegan has a Czech connection. He ended his service in Europe in Rokycany and the Plzeň region, where he spent several weeks that he still fondly remembers today. He is one of the last surviving combat medic...

Young Lynx makes unprecedented recorded journey across Czechia

Defence site: Babiš wants EU states supplying Ukraine with F-16s to fund purchase of Czech training aircraft