Ukraine plans Carpathian Initiative with Czech Republic and Slovakia

Czech prosecutors close probe into MP Turek's hate speech posts

One of the oldest "patients" on record has undergone an examination at the St. Anne's University Hospital in Brno. Using computed tomography, doctors scanned the more than 700-year-old statue of the Žarošice Madonna, which depicts the Queen of Hea...

The annual Prague Pride festival gets under way on Monday with nearly 200 events across the Czech capital. This year's edition also brings a major change, with the festival moving from Letná Plain to its new main venue on Štvanice Island. I discus...

Brno pulsed to the rhythm of Brazilian samba during the seventh annual Brasil Fest, held over the past few days. Hundreds of dancers, drummers, capoeira performers and other artists filled the city centre with colour and energy as they paraded throu...

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Prosecutor indicts former justice minister Blažek in bitcoin case

Half tram, half train. Engineers in the village of Dětenice, in the Jičín region, are testing a vehicle that could make regional rail transport more efficient. Powered by onboard batteries, the prototype could begin carrying passengers within two...

ČEZ begins paying CZK 22.6 billion in dividends

Czech goalkeeper Horníček joins Newcastle in €30 million move

The network of Czech Centres is heading for its biggest transformation in years. Newly appointed director Ivan Jukl says the goal is not to shrink the organisation but to strengthen its presence abroad while making it more efficient at home. 

Week-long heatwave to bring temperatures up to 39°C

Senate urges faster rollout of EU disability card

Czech public health institute website still offline after weekend cyberattack

Prague Pride festival kicks off Monday, offering more than 200 events

Czech Journalists' Union condemns Foreign Ministry over reporter exclusion

Czechs mark Roma Holocaust Memorial Day

More than 2,200 butterfly species recorded in Bohemian highlands

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Demand for holiday cottages rebounds in Czech Republic

Czech Republic braces for new heatwave, temperatures to reach 39°C

Czech central bank employee remanded over multi-million theft case

Tests rule out dangerous infection in woman hospitalised after Uganda trip

On August 4, 1306, the seventeen-year-old King Wenceslas III, the last male descendant of the House of Přemyslid, was murdered in Olomouc. His death brought the dynasty to extinction in the male line and closed an era of more than five centuries du...

An elegant gentleman with a trademark moustache and a bow tie, R. A. Dvorský was one of the biggest stars of Czechoslovak popular music during the First Republic. Some of his songs became timeless hits, and in his heyday there was hardly anyone who...

Czech Republic joins EU states calling for emergency talks on Ceuta migration crisis

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Suspected dangerous infectious disease reported in woman back from Uganda

Coalition lawmakers seek to remove statute of limitations for premeditated murder

Former Constitutional Court judge Jiří Nykodým dies at 81

Heatwave and lack of rain worsen drought across Czech Republic

Foreign Ministry planning overhaul of travel registration system Drozd

Czech government begins two-week summer recess

PM Babiš calls for immediate Schengen closure to Spain over migration

During the communist era Radio Prague functioned as a highly effective Cold War propaganda tool, tailoring communist messaging to audiences around the world, while operating under strict censorship and centralized control. Yet amid the ideological c...

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Meteorologists declare smog situation in Prague and Central Bohemian Region

Longer and more intense heat waves are becoming a growing challenge for Prague, where the urban landscape traps heat long after sunset. City officials are responding with a range of adaptation measures, including an interactive map of cooling locati...

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The opposition Civic Democrats said this week that they were prepared to take a Czech government plan to loosen rules on fiscal responsibility to the Constitutional Court. For their part, the coalition say they will overturn a presidential veto of t...

Czech household debt to banks rises by CZK 26.5 billion to CZK 2.72 trillion in June

Outgoing ambassador to Egypt Jukl to head Czech Centres, Macinka announces

Hundreds of police officers and a helicopter to monitor Prague Pride march

Seniors can end pension savings without penalty starting in August, says Finance Ministry

A hospital in the south Bohemian city of České Budějovice has become the first in Czechia to perform brain surgery using a system that combines augmented reality, artificial intelligence and 3D glasses. The technology, currently used at only thre...

Jirásek's Hronov amateur theatre festival gets underway

Heatwave pushes temperatures above 40°C in Czechia, with more extreme heat forecast

One of Prague’s lesser-known but all the more fascinating libraries is the Jiřina Šiklová Library, hidden in the city centre on the banks of the Vltava. Although it is one of the smaller libraries, it has something to offer even the most demand...

Former president Klaus to speak at Milan Knížák’s state funeral

Prague opens air-conditioned refuge from heatwave in city centre

President Pavel honours Czech rescue team for Venezuela mission

EU approves higher energy aid for Czech industry

Czech firefighter to join EU wildfire crisis team in Brussels

The tragic death of the Irish rock musician Glen Hansard on Wednesday made headlines around the world. There has also been an outpouring of grief here in the Czech Republic, where Hansard touched countless lives on many visits over a 30-year period....

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Number of registered vehicles in Prague rises to 1.36 million

Czechia experiences tropical night as even warmer nights forecast

Czechia bids to host EU AI gigafactory

Slavia avoids stadium closure over derby violence

Czechs are among Europe's least mobile workers. OECD and Eurostat data show they are far less likely than many other Europeans to relocate for work, often preferring to commute instead. Regional geographer and university president Jaroslav Koutský ...

Anyone visiting Charles Bridge recently may have noticed workers suspended from ropes high above the Vltava or operating from boats below. They are carrying out regular maintenance to help keep one of Prague's most iconic landmarks in good condition...

Public transport usage grows in Prague

Uherské Hradiště Film School comes to close

Although it has been almost two weeks since the Prague premiere of what is likely to be this year's biggest blockbuster, Prague's IMAX cinema is still packed. The screening schedule for the 180-minute epic The Odyssey by director Christopher Nolan h...

Irish musician with Czech connections Glen Hansard dies at 56

Czechia records EU funding net gain of CZK 38.2 billion in first half of 2026

CzechTrade and CzechInvest to merge into single agency

The Czech government is merging CzechTrade and CzechInvest agencies into a single agency called CzechBusiness. Officials say the move will simplify services for companies, strengthen support for exporters, investors and startups, and reduce administ...

Historic writing instruments often form only a small, supplementary part of permanent exhibitions at castles and châteaux, despite the undeniable historical and artistic value of these frequently overlooked objects. A current exhibition at Lobkowic...

Temperatures of up to 40C possible in Czechia in coming days

State castles and chateaus to open for free on two days

Media: Spain’s Denia in frame for Czech football coach job

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When Hanna moved from Belarus to Czechia, it changed her career and her views on sex. Many women from former Soviet countries struggle to discuss sex openly with their partners, says the designer-turned-sexologist.

Babiš: Unemployment support system must change

Army chief: Czechs keen to learn from Ukraine on air and anti-drone defence

Police drop hate speech accusations against MP Turek

A unique restoration project is underway in the north-eastern city of Opava, where conservators are rebuilding the glass-block dome of the historic Breda department store. The dome is made up of thousands of individual glass blocks weighing around f...

Czech PM Babiš may visit China next spring

Traditional extremist movements weakened in Czechia last year. But the Czech Interior Ministry in its new report warns that online radicalisation is becoming a growing security threat. The document has also sparked political debate by omitting the ...

Krkonoše National Park operators warn of wildfire risk as temperatures rise

Milan Knížák to get funeral with state honours

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Babiš: next year's budget deficit to stay well below CZK 400bn

Heatwave prompts earlier start for Pardubice races

Czech Radio: Constitutional changes face uphill battle in Senate

Government sharply reduces fast-track zones for wind farms

Czechs produce more household waste than EU average

President Pavel sends condolences after Berlin attack

Police searched hundreds of buildings after mass bomb threat

Czech FM urges citizens to leave wildfire-hit southwest France

Pavel Jungwirth, one of the country's leading chemists and an internationally respected researcher, has died at the age of 60. Renowned for his pioneering research, he was equally admired for his exceptional teaching and science communication.

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Diesel prices jump after end of government price cap

Prague Airport passenger numbers rise nearly six percent

Honey badgers are only rarely kept in zoos, making the recent new arrival at Dvůr Králové Safari Park an exceptional breeding achievement. The cub is currently staying with its mother behind the scenes, and the first visitors will be able to see ...

The well-known artist, musician and arts administrator Milan Knížák has died at the age of 86. Knížák was part of the Fluxus art movement and was active in the Czechoslovak underground, before heading Prague’s Academy of Fine Arts and the Cz...

Tributes paid after death of artist Milan Knížák

Czech ministry warns against travel to fire-hit southwest France

Ninety years after the legendary Slovak Arrow first connected Prague and Bratislava, Czech journalist and author Michaela Vetešková is keeping its legacy alive. Inspired by a rare journey aboard the iconic train, a children's book she wrote celebr...

Police check hundreds of buildings after bomb threat

Heatwave to bring temperatures near 40°C

Government plans online vehicle registration

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Wildfire smoke from France and Spain reaches Czech skies

Czech politicians condemn Berlin attack

Babiš says President Pavel's budget veto is politically motivated

Babiš says President Pavel's budget veto is politically motivated

Government camp looks for candidate to challenge President Pavel

Artist Milan Knížák dies at 86

Company bankruptcies hit highest first-half level since 2017

Přindiš wins world kayak cross title

Pitbull brings I'm Back tour to Prague

On what would have been his 78th birthday, Radio Prague International looks back at the life and career of guitarist and composer Luboš Andršt, one of the founding figures of Czech blues and a self-taught musician who performed with some of the wo...

One hundred and thirty-five years ago, the Petřín Lookout Tower opened and the Petřín funicular began operating. The new attractions transformed Prague's skyline and remain among the city's most popular landmarks.

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Summer Film School honours Ester Krumbachová

Choupenitch becomes Czechia's first men's fencing world champion

Motorcyclist killed in freak collision with jumping deer

Czech top-flight football season gets under way