Government sets medal bonuses for Winter Olympics

Czech Foreign Ministry to send power generators to Ukraine

Government cancels appointments of ambassadors approved by previous cabinet

Defence spending to reach 2.07 percent of GDP in 2026

President cancels foreign policy consultations at Prague Castle due to time pressure

Police detained over 10,000 illegal migrants in Czechia in 2025

Okamura: Draft declaration for meeting with president unacceptable to coalition

Last weekend, the Vysočina Arena in Nové Město na Moravě once again hosted the Biathlon World Cup . Fans came out to support their favourites despite the freezing weather. Pictured here is Michal Krčmář during the men’s 15 km mass start. ...

Radio Prague International is celebrating 90 years since the launch of international broadcasting this year. To mark the anniversary, it has prepared a new series of QSL cards, which are among the most distinctive visual artefacts linked to the trad...

Okamura: ANO–SPD–Motorists government will not increase defense spending in 2026

President Petr Pavel is hosting Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, Foreign Minister Petr Macinka, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Tomio Okamura, and Senate President Miloš Vystrčil for talks on Czech foreign and security policy, as international par...

Peasants have long been sidelined in history books. Jakub Beneš, Associate Professor at UCL’s School of Slavonic and East European Studies in London, seeks to restore them to the historical narrative, focusing on the area of the former Austro-Hun...

Restaurant and café prices up 51 percent since 2019

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U.S. Ambassador: Czech soldiers were allies and family to Americans in Afghanistan

Top constitutional officials to discuss foreign policy at Prague Castle

Government approves state budget for 2026

Speed skater Metoděj Jílek wins first mass start World Cup race in Inzell

Funds from SOS Kyiv appeal begin helping frost-hit Ukraine

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Public sector pay rises to cost up to CZK 28 billion, says labour minister

Winter Survival military competition begins in the Jeseníky Mountains

Former Olympic medallist Ondřej Synek receives Thomas Keller Award

Smog conditions persist in Moravian-Silesian region despite gradual improvement

Prague ranked eastern Europe’s most expensive city to live in

Siniaková last Czech remaining at Australian Open

In January 2006, the Škoda 14T tram, nicknamed the “Porsche” because of its design by Porsche Design, made its debut in Prague. Today, two decades later, these controversial vehicles are an unmistakable part of the streets of Prague.

Conductor Jakub Hrůša has become a pop star of Czech classical music. In this episode of Sunday Music, he takes us on a journey through Richard Strauss’s Lieder, spanning nearly seventy years of the composer’s creative life. Hrůša – here n...

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President Pavel: Europe must stop relying on the US

Czech team win bronze in mixed relay at Nové Město Biathlon World Cup

Crowd marks Ukraine’s Unity Day on Prague’s Charles Bridge

Babiš re-elected ANO leader, calls for joint presidential candidate in 2028

Menšík reaches Australian Open last 16 as five Czechs exit

Olympic weightlifting champion Ota Zaremba dies

Hector wins giant slalom as women’s World Cup opens in Špindlerův Mlýn

President Pavel says he may seek re-election

Army chief: Donation of L-159 jets would not endanger Czech security

PM Babiš: Central Europe should persuade Poland to return to V4

Ledecká wins World Cup snowboard event on season debut

The Czech police has detained a man suspected of working for a Chinese intelligence service and charged him with “unauthorised activity on behalf of a foreign power.” He is the first person to be prosecuted for this offence, which was introduced...

Defence minister confirms Czech Army cannot sell L-159 jets to Ukraine

Nineteen-year-old Nikola Bartůňková has taken Melbourne by storm at her very first Grand Slam, stunning world number ten Belinda Bencic to reach the third round of the Australian Open. She is one of several Czech players still in the tournament �...

Muchová advances to Australian Open fourth round

Former Prague High Court judge Ivan Elischer found guilty of corruption

Czechoslovak Group becomes Czech Republic’s most valuable company

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Over the past five years, total fertility rate in Czechia has fallen from 1.83 to below 1.3 children per woman. While declining fertility is a trend shared by most countries of comparable wealth, the drop in Czechia is among the steepest – fifth w...

Rare Volksturm carbine handed in during Czech gun amnesty

Icy conditions cause over 150 accidents in South Moravia

Siniaková and Townsend advance in Australian Open doubles

Czech Republic invited to join Trump’s Board of Peace

Babiš: EU must be ready to respond to shifts in US rhetoric

Pavel: defence spending plan must keep Czechia credible in NATO

Prague approves taxi emissions rules, rejects electric-only plan

Babiš says detention of Chinese national more serious than summoning ambassador

Foreigners made up ten percent of Czech population in 2024, over a quarter in Prague

Czechia again declared free of African swine fever

Macinka says return to ties with Russia difficult amid ongoing aggression

Miloš Forman Square in central Prague is set for a major transformation. This week, city officials announced the winner of an international architectural competition for the site at the end of Pařížská, Czechia’s most expensive street, near t...

Czech foreign policy to move away from moralising, Macinka says

Aero to offer Ukraine Skyfox jets instead of L-159s

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Greenland is integral part of Denmark, Babiš says

Czech Olympic team to match Beijing record with 113 athletes

Scientists from the Faculty of Technology and the Centre of Polymer Systems at Tomas Bata University in Zlín are developing an advanced model of the human small intestine. The main goal behind this effort is to replace animal testing in developing ...

Pavel: European NATO members must ensure security even without US

Pavel says Trump’s style resembles an Arab bazaar, pushed Europe to act

Suspect linked to China first charged under foreign power offence in Czechia

Data protection authority fined over luxury car purchases

Czechia still behind other EU states in solar, wind energy use – study

Czech Olympic Team for Milan–Cortina could exceed 100 athletes

National Heritage Institute seeks contractor for Prague Invalidovna restoration

Senate against plan to abolish public broadcasting license fees

Czech Republic and Slovakia plan faster rail and road links

Senate supports government efforts to boost defence against Russia

Opposition backs Denmark and Greenland, criticises Czech government’s restraint

Nearly 5 % of primary school pupils socially disadvantaged

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An image capturing a miner at work has won the main prize at this year’s Czech Press Photo competition. Photographer Lukáš Kaboň was awarded for documenting life underground as the country’s last operating hard coal mine approaches closure. T...

Taiwan honours former Czech lower house speaker Pekarová Adamová

In just over two weeks, the 2026 Winter Olympic Games will get under way in northern Italy. The Czech Republic is pinning its hopes not only on its skiers, snowboarders and speed skaters, but also on its ice hockey team. Hockey fans will be interest...

Czech type designers have become significant players in the field of global typography – the design of glyphs and letterforms, better known as fonts. As Dominik Jůn discovered, this field of artistic graphic design is also strongly linked to Czec...

Senate to debate Ombudsman candidates, support for Ukraine

Europol dismantles major drug gang

Czech-German Forum: Beneš Decrees belong to the past

Siniaková-Townsend advance in Australian Open women’s doubles

Prague airport saw 17.75m passengers in 2025

Winners of Czech Press Photo 2025 announced

Czech footballers climb one place in FIFA rankings

Dozens of fake Czech online shops emerge

Lavrov: “healthy forces” have awoken in Czechia

Ostrava authority rules Bedřiška demolition broke regulations

Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka on Tuesday met in Prague with his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa’ar. The talks focused on the situation in the Middle East, bilateral ties and the need to address growing antisemitism in the world today.

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Czech scientists have announced an extraordinary discovery in the Moravian Karst in South Moravia. Inside one of the region’s caves, they found a rare engraving of a horse — an image created around 15,000 years ago, at the very end of the last I...

Committee to decide on requests to lift Babiš and Okamura’s immunity on February 3

CSG offers shares worth €3.3bn on Amsterdam exchange

Firefighters responded to more fires last year

Environment Minister Macinka wants to cut climate education funding

Northern lights brightened Czech skies

PM Babiš hopes Greenland dispute can be resolved diplomatically

FM Macinka: Czech–Israeli friendship to continue under new government

The Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka met his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó in Prague for talks focused on energy, migration and regional cooperation. Both ministers highlighted what they described as long-standing political alignment b...

Šediváčkův Long dog sled race begins in Orlické Mountains

Czech tennis player Plíšková reaches second round of Australian Open on return

Czech foreign minister: no invitation yet to Trump’s proposed Peace Council

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January and February are traditionally the months when universities across the Czech Republic hold open days. The University of Defence in Brno was no exception, offering prospective students the chance to explore courses and get hands-on experience...

Czech government moves to scrap public broadcasting fees

This week, Prague Philharmonia embarks on a concert tour of the United States, performing in six cities across the American Southeast before culminating its journey at New York’s legendary Carnegie Hall. Ahead of the opening concert in Florida, RP...

Shooting at municipal office in North Bohemia leaves two dead, six injured

Ice Age engraving discovered in Moravian Karst cave

Czech president received by Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican

Film Franz leads Czech Lion Awards nominations with 15 mentions

Ruling coalition rejects sale of L-159 fighter jets to Ukraine

Few Czech silent films are as renowned as Erotikon, directed by Gustav Machatý in 1929. The intimate romance, provocative for its time, has now been digitally restored and will receive a major new premiere on Tuesday. The screening will feature the...

Czech tennis players advance to 2nd round of Australian Open 

Czech freed from Venezuelan jail returns to Prague

Czech women claim historic silver in field hockey Euros