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In Sports News this week: Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková win women’s doubles at Wimbledon; Tomáš Berdych drops out of men’s top 50; Czechs take two bronze medals at World Rowing Cup in Switzerland; Czech biker N...

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría is in Prague on Monday for an official visit, during which he presented the 2018 OECD Economic Survey and the Environmental Performance Review of the Czech Republic. According to the OECD, the Cz...

An increasing number of Czech children are getting their pocket money on a bank card. In addition to being practical and boosting financial literacy, this gives parents a good idea of where their children are spending their money. ...

RAF officer Ivo Tonder played an important part in what became known as the Great Escape, a mass breakout by Allied airmen from a German prisoner of war camp in March 1944. But this was only one of many escapes by the Czech pilot, w...

Tuesday should be mostly sunny in central Bohemia, with daytime temperatures of between 25 and 29 degrees Celsius. Rain is likely in the Karlovy Vary and Pilsen regions to the west and in much of Moravia.

Prague Pride, a week-long festival in August celebrating sexual diversity and equal rights for members of the LGBT community, has announced its theme this year will be family relations and include a poster campaign against “labelli...

The Czech Republic has rejected Italy’s request for EU members to share out some 450 asylum seekers rescued at sea. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said Italy’s decision to admit more migrants went against the agreement reached at ...

Two tigers and a lion escaped from their enclosure in a private zoo Biopark Štít in the eastern Bohemian municipality of Klamoš on Monday morning. A police spokesperson said a special task force, including a helicopter unit, was w...

Freight carrier ČD Cargo, a subsidiary of state-owned Czech Railways, plans to issue 7-year bonds worth 1 billion crowns by the end of July with the coupon of 2.55 per cent to fund the purchase of new wagons and towards other invest...

The renowned Czech film and theatre director Petr Weigl, who achieved fame with his opera adaptions, has died at the age of 79 years. Mr. Weigl directed opera and ballet performances in Czech theatres as well as abroad and created a...

An annual festival of street art called Za Dveřmi or Behind the Door gets under way at Prague's Výstaviště exhibition grounds on Monday. Over the next four days, visitors can see over 40 performances by world and Czech troup...

Czechs not to accept migrants Experts warn against drought Wimbledon title

Temperatures over the next four weeks should not fall below average for the time of year, with daytime highs hovering around 25 degrees Celsius, according to a regular four-week forecast issued by the Czech Hydro-Meteorological Insti...

Czech rower Ondřej Synek took the bronze medal at the World Rowing Cup in Switzerland’s Lucerne on Sunday. The Czech World Champion came third in the men’s single skull event, finishing behind Robert Manson of New Zealand and Ol...

Monday is expected to be mostly sunny with occasional showers and daytime highs ranging between 25 and 29 degrees Celsius.

The Czech Republic will not accept any illegal migrants, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš told the Czech News Agency on Sunday in reaction to Italy’s appeal to the EU for help with taking in African migrants. Mr Babiš pointed out tha...

Czech scientists urge politicians to step up their efforts in dealing with water management and drought. In an open letter addressed to Czech political leadership, scientists from the Czech limnological society have called for improv...

General Secretary of the OECD, Ángel Gurría, is set to arrive in Prague on Sunday. Mr Gurría will present the organisation’s regular economic survey and the environmental performance review of the Czech Republic. OECD’s Secr...

The Czech pair Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková have won the women's doubles final at Wimbledon, defeating Czech-US duo Květa Peschkeová and Nicole Melichar 6-4, 4-6 and 6-0. They are only the second ever Czech ...

Traveling music festival Hrady CZ gets underway at the castle of Točník.

Illegal migration pact Okamura re-elected SPD leader Rhino-horn smuggling

Tomio Okamura was re-elected chairman of the anti-immigrant and anti-EU Direct Democracy and Freedom Party (SPD) at a party congress on Saturday. Mr Okamura, who was the only candidate to run for the post, received 150 out of 152 vot...

The Czech government cannot give its consent to illegal migration, the Czech Foreign Ministry said on Saturday in reaction to the migration pact, drawn up by the United Nations on Friday. The ministry also pointed out that the pact i...

The Czech capital has been placed 50th in the annual index of the richest cities in the world, put together annually by Swiss Bank USB, the website Novinky.cz reported on Friday. The index has ranked 77 metropolitan areas according t...

Sunday is expected to be mostly sunny with day-time highs ranging between 25 and 29 degrees Celsius.

A Prague court has delivered verdicts concerning the case of rhino horns smuggling into the Czech Republic, the Czech News Agency reported on Saturday. A group of 16 men were accused of offering to bring back trophies from South Afri...

A boat carrying two adults and three children sunk in the Baťa canal near Uherské Hradiště in South Moravia on Friday evening. All of the people on board managed to escape the sinking vessel by jumping on another boat. The boat w...

Czech javelin thrower Jakub Vadlejch won the bronze medal at a Diamond League in the Rabat on Friday. He threw 85.31 metres at the event at the Moroccan capital in his last series of throws. The 27-year-old athlete, who was the ove...

Fried cheese or smažený sýr, familiarly known as smažák, is a staple on Czech menus, from shabby pubs and bistros to middle class restaurants. The slices of cheese, coated with breadcrumbs and deep fried, are traditionally serv...

CNB sees inflation risks, defence spending on target, Kofola plans capital cut