Constitutional Court rejects complaint by Russian state property enterprise over sanctions

Fiala congratulates Babiš, pledges smooth handover

Andrej Babiš was appointed Czech prime minister for the third time on Tuesday morning at Prague Castle. His return comes almost four years after he left office, as ANO forms a coalition with SPD and the Motorists. The government could be fully appo...

Slavia seek first Champions League win in bid to stay in contention against Tottenham

President Pavel appointed ANO Party leader Babiš as prime minister

ANO, SPD and Motorists discuss post-appointment timetable for new government

Czechia to receive Europe’s first Firehawk helicopters for domestic and international missions

Czechia and eight other states criticise proposal to prioritise EU-made products

New hepatitis A cases in Prague down by one-third in November

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Slavia Prague seek to revive Champions League hopes against Tottenham

Klempíř: Motorists favour keeping licence fees for public media

Šťastný outlines sport agenda to Pavel, wants to keep NSA budget level

On Saturday, Czech scouts lit lanterns with the Bethlehem Light in Linz, Austria, and brought it to Brno by train that evening. The flame, taken from the so-called eternal fire that travels annually from Bethlehem around the world, will be available...

EU states agree on solidarity fund for 2026, Czechia exempt from contributions

Keep getting lost in Prague’s city centre? Residents and visitors can now find their way more easily thanks to “Prague Walker”, a new pedestrian signage system that shows that sometimes walking really is the quickest way to get around.

Czech sport has found a new star. Just 19 years old, speed skater Metoděj Jílek dominated the 10,000-metre World Cup race in Heerenveen, Netherlands. His time of 12:29.63 set a new Czech record, marked his personal best, and ranks as the fourth-f...

The Czech Republic has dozens of castles and chateaux whose history is well documented and whose interiors are open to visitors. However, some castle ruins have yet to reveal their secrets and modern technology is helping to uncover what lies buried...

Pavel continues consultations as culture-minister nominee Klempíř arrives

Czech unemployment steady at 4.6 percent in November

Industrial output rises 1.1 percent year-on-year in October

Smartwings likely to be taken over by Turkish carrier Pegasus

Police secure house in Ostrava ahead of disputed demolition

Pavel continues talks with ministerial nominees as Turek cancels over health issues

Turek cancels meeting with President due to health issues

Kutná Hora marks 30 years on UNESCO list

Macinka: Motorists not seeking stand-in for Turek

Přívratský claims World Cup win

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The Peace Light of Bethlehem arrives in the Czech Republic

Transparency International: doubts persist over Babiš’s conflict-of-interest plan

In December 1905, Austrian ophthalmologist Eduard Konrad Zirm performed in Olomouc the first successful corneal transplant in the world. Czech medicine thus became a pioneer in a field that continues to develop even in the modern era – for example...

Okamura: incoming coalition agrees to reduce subcommittees

The Czech Nightingale Awards, Český slavík, are the country’s annual popularity poll for singers and bands, decided entirely by public vote. This year, Ewa Farna triumphed among female singers for the third consecutive year, also claiming the o...

Prague metro station Pankrác to reopen on December 19

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Speed skating: Jílek takes first World Cup win

Pellegrini confident Czech–Slovak ties will improve under Babiš

Report: minorities in Czechia face disinformation and tensions

Czech helicopters took off over Poland after Russian attack

Czech NHL highlights

Czech Republic to allow medical use of psilocybin

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After five years of renovation, the main building of the Museum of Prague at Florenc is reopening to the public. Visitors will find a completely new digital and interactive exhibition called City Through Time, based on the museum’s most valuable p...

Lower house speaker: New government could seek confidence vote on January 13

The renowned Czech costume designer, painter, and set designer Theodor Pištěk has died at the age of 93. He remains the only Czech artist ever to win an Academy Award for costume design, which he received in 1985 for Miloš Forman’s Amadeus. But...

Constitutional court rejects Communist Party’s proposal over lack of legal standing

Lower house speaker orders audit of Czech MPs’ past foreign trips

Another 50,000 vaccines arrive in Czechia amid surge in hepatitis A cases

Czech Republic pushing for reversal of 2035 combustion-engine car ban

President Petr Pavel has announced that he is ready to name ANO leader Andrej Babiš to the post of prime minister next Tuesday, after the latter publicly dispelled concerns regarding his potential conflict of interest stemming from his multi-billio...

Poll: Over half of Czechs oppose Turek as environment minister

President Pavel to appoint Babiš prime minister on Tuesday, 9 December

Babiš to cut all personal ties to Agrofert to resolve conflict-of-interest concerns

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Nominee for foreign minister Petr Macinka meets with President Pavel to discuss policy continuity

President Petr Pavel has described the Bedřiška settlement as a unique example of how residents of a socially excluded area transformed their neighbourhood into a thriving community. In his view - and that of many others defending the settlement -...

Oscar-winning Czech artist Theodor Pištěk dies at 93

Old Town Hall to unveil interactive 3D digital model of Prague’s Astronomical Clock

Moose Emil chosen as Austria’s 2025 word of the year

Survey: Eight in ten Czechs without property say owning a home is out of reach

Jan Čejka wins European bronze in 200m backstroke with new Czech record

Veteran fighter pilot Emil Šneberg, participant in the Prague Uprising, dies at 94

Electronic cigarettes with candy-flavored additives — such as cotton candy, marshmallow or donut — will soon disappear from Czech vape stores. A new amendment to the law tightening the rules for the sale and labeling of electronic cigarettes whi...

Prague has been pulled into the Stranger Things universe with new installations at the Albertov and Chodovská tram-stops. A looming Demogorgon and a symbolic portal to the “Upside Down” promote the fifth and final season of the hit Netflix seri...

Pavel: Turek’s controversies probably more than media inventions

Court in occupied Luhansk jails Czech citizen

Over 300,000 applications filed for new “super-benefit”

Czech U20 ice hockey team finalised for world championship

Prague apartments remain Europe’s least affordable

V4 presidents meet for talks in Hungary

Okamura: Czechia and Slovakia reject ETS 2 and EU migration pact

Czech authority warns about damaged or unclaimed packages

Central Group delays 1,000 new apartments

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The Renaissance chateau in the east Bohemian town of Pardubice will have a new representative hall with a unique wavy bubble ceiling designed by architect Eva Jiřičná. It consists of 1,100 bubble-shaped pieces made of plaster that will ensure ide...

The hepatitis A outbreak in Czechia is far from abating. Doctors have recorded close to 3,000 cases of the highly infectious disease this year, which is twenty times more than last year and the highest figure in 30 years. How serious is the situatio...

Czech FM Lipavský: Russia is using talks to buy time

Poll: SPD voters most satisfied with post-election talks

Immunity committee to issue recommendation on Babiš and Okamura in February

Lower house chief holds talks in Slovakia

V4 presidents meet for talks in Hungary

The Madonna from Havraň, a rare medieval sculpture of the Virgin Mary, has gone on display in the Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia in Prague. The National Gallery acquired the object three years ago, and it has since undergone careful examination an...

Hepatitis A cases surge to highest level since 1984

Renowned Czech stage designer Jan Dušek dies at 83

Roráty, the centuries-old Advent dawn Masses, remain one of the most distinctive spiritual traditions in Czech and Central European culture. Celebrated in darkness and by candlelight, they offer a quiet moment of reflection before sunrise. A Cathol...

Have you ever wondered where to send your Czech Christmas wishes to? It’s not to Santa Claus at the North Pole, but instead to little Baby Jesus (or Ježíšek) whose “official” Christmas address is the post office in Boží Dar, the highest-l...

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Exactly 220 years ago, on December 2, 1805, one of the most significant battles in European history unfolded near Slavkov.

Exactly 220 years ago, on December 2, 1805, one of the most significant battles in European history unfolded near Slavkov. Emperor Napoleon I of France defeated the joint Russian-Austrian army in a brutal clash that claimed around 60,000 lives. Beca...

Bhutan and Czechia are not two countries we would immediately link together. Yet, they share a 20-year history of collaboration, with Bhutan being UNICEF Czechia’s most consistently supported partner. Current aid focuses on 9,000 young Buddhist mo...

Czech satellite VZLUSAT-2 ends mission after four years

Prague court opens insolvency proceedings against Orthodox Church

Lower house chief heads delegation to Slovakia on first foreign trip

Envoy Kopečný says Czech support for Ukraine remains steady

Czech players leave their mark across NHL despite mixed team results

Czechs ate more meat and cheese last year, while alcohol intake fell

ANO’s nominee for interior minister discusses pay rises and EU Migration Pact with president

Alfons Mucha’s sculpture “Nature” sold at a major Prague auction for CZK 18.35 million including fees, setting a new domestic record for the artist, according to the European Arts Investments auction house. The bronze bust, created in 1900 and...

News of the death of award-winning British playwright Sir Tom Stoppard has touched many people in the Czech Republic deeply. Czech-born, Sir Tom, retained a close link to the country and tirelessly fought to help Czech dissidents during the communis...

Czech and US scientists have just launched TerraDrought, the first global system for monitoring drought and forecasting its impacts. To better understand how this tool works, what kinds of data it provides, and who it can help, I spoke with Miroslav...

Budget deficit deepens in November but remains below last year’s level

A reenactment of one of Europe’s most pivotal battles took place near Brno at the weekend. Enthusiasts in authentic Napoleonic-era uniforms brought the famed battle at Austerlitz to life. The celebrations included a military parade through the tow...

Filip Turek of the Motorists' party seen as the most problematic government nominee

Pavel meets ANO nominees to discuss economic, financial and social plans

Czechs plan to spend roughly the same on Christmas as last year

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Pavel says Turek must fully explain controversies to be fit for ministerial post

Railway administration board dismisses chief Svoboda after police cash discovery

Nearly hundred films compete for Czech Lion nominations

Icy layer of snow on roads

Stricter rules for selling e-cigarettes in Czechia take effect

President Pavel continues consultations on new government

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33 people have died in traffic accidents in November

Hertl scores two goals in NHL, Vladař earns his tenth win

Motorists provide justifications for Turek's ministerial appointment

Analysis: Majority of Czechs continue to save on energy

Czech-born playwright Tom Stoppard passes away at 88