IMF downgrades Czech economic growth forecast

MPs to debate windfall tax on oil refineries

Budget committee backs draft budget for 2027

Prague coalition talks to focus on policy priorities

Water retention and infrastructure among priorities in fight against drought

BIS chief warns of possible Russian attacks on NATO territory

PM Babiš berates coalition partner for commenting on European affairs

Czechia’s local elections were the first nationwide vote since Prime Minister Andrej Babiš returned to power in 2025. In a special episode of Czechast, political scientist Vladimíra Dvořáková explains why the results should be interpreted cau...

Junior ruling party wants EU leaders to negotiate with Russia over Ukraine

Two-time Olympic champion Lukáš Krpálek (white) won a bronze medal at the World Judo Championships in Baku. He defeated Finland’s Martti Puumalainen before the time limit in the over-100 kg bronze-medal bout, claiming his sixth medal at the Wor...

Environmental group Hnutí Duha to seek enforcement over Turek’s apology

The Bílá pastelka campaign held annually across Czechia will kick off in mid-October. It aims to help people with visual impairments to live more independent lives and enable them to engage in a broader scope of activities.

Pavel warns of AI risks as Forum 2000

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Support for ANO party declining, poll finds

Czech industry and trade minister on working visit to India

Coalition talks underway; Prague coalition deal expected in November

Czech government officials and experts to assess response to extreme drought

Burmese dissidents receive Forum 2000 award

Irish horse Final Orders wins Velká pardubická steeplchase

The heart of Czechia's library network

Fiala: Freedom and Direct Democracy election results not a success

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The Christian Democrats won the most seats in municipal elections held around the Czech Republic on Friday and Saturday. The Mayors and Independents won in Prague, while ANO came first in six regional capitals.

Babiš: Europe must respond to Trump deal to import Russian diesel

Mayors and Independents come first in Prague elections

Elections seen as success for Mayors, Christian Democrats

Christian Democrats do best among parties in local elections

Five candidates make Czech Senate in first round of elections

David Koller, one of the best-known Czech rock musicians, has released his sixth studio album. Called Nebudem se bát, or We Won’t Be Afraid, it features a number of prominent guest artists, including the world-famous guitarist Al Di Meola. You ca...

Number of candidates reach Senate in first round of elections

Votes being tallied in Czech local and Senate elections

The first round of elections to one-third of the seats in the upper chamber of the Czech Parliament, the Senate, took place on Friday and Saturday, when polling stations closed at 2 p.m.

Czech artist and teacher Vladimír Kopecký dies at 94

Macinka hopes Putin will also want to discuss peace after diesel deal with US

Polls close in Czech municipal, Senate elections

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Police car falls into Vltava after crashing on Prague bridge

Nosková reaches WTA Finals for first time

Voters going to polls in second day of municipal, Senate elections

Petr Pavel returns from holiday to vote in Czech municipal elections

Drought cuts Vltava hydropower output to half the long-term average

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Online exhibition explores Václav Havel’s role as host to world leaders

Czech-US memorandum aims to boost business cooperation

Czech under-21 footballers to face Turkey in Euro qualifying play-off

Two Czech nationals charged in Cambodia in drug-related case

Czechs are among the leading nations in Europe when it comes t o growing food at home . Indeed, a CVVM survey published this week found that no less than 70 percent of people in Czechia cultivate their own fruit and veg – 62 percent in their garde...

Falling water levels at the Lipno reservoir in Southern Bohemia have uncovered dozens of gravestones from the former cemetery in Dolní Vltavice, a village that was flooded in the 1950s. Experts are now recovering the stones and considering how best...

Freak accident leaves truck trapped under Prague railway bridge

David Pastrňák scores four points in Boston's 6–1 NHL victory over Utah

Czechs head to polls in municipal and Senate elections

A new exhibition at Prague’s Museum of Decorative Arts, part of this year’s Designblok, shines a light on mass-produced lamps made in Czechoslovakia from the 1950s to the 1980s. I went to have a look and spoke to the exhibition’s curator Eva S...

Czech candidate narrowly misses out on IIHF presidency

Constitutional Court upholds movement restrictions in Šumava National Park

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Czechia responds to EU concerns over PM Babiš's conflict of interest

President Petr Pavel has come in for criticism after his office announced that he will not vote in local elections on Friday and Saturday because he is on a private holiday. Czech heads of state almost always take part in elections, so is Mr. Pavel�...

Ladislav Špaček is a Czech writer, television journalist and presenter, whom Vaclav Havel handpicked to serve as his spokesperson between 1992 and 2003. In the course of that decade, which Špaček describes as the most exciting and rewarding peri...

Hepatitis A outbreak in South Moravia could worsen this autumn

Czech unemployment remains at five percent for third consecutive month

Czech retail sales growth slows to 4.3 percent in August

Drought drains Czech reservoir as water restrictions take effect

Czechs prepare for municipal and Senate elections

Pavel Haas Quartet wins musical ‘Oscar’ for Martinů recording

Water shortage declared on Vltava and Labe rivers in Central Bohemia

A new book by the late Czech writer Ivan Klíma has just been published, almost 25 years after he wrote it. His family only discovered the manuscript after his death. 

Culture minister criticizes writer Radka Denemarková's Frankfurt Book Fair speech

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PM Babiš calls national drought coalition meeting

Czech Constitutional Court upholds existing noise limits

Midnight Swimmers are a Czech indie-rock band with roots in London and Olomouc, now based in Prague. After releasing their debut EP Oceans & Seas, the band followed it up with their first full-length album, Odd Ones Out, in 2026. It is rated as one ...

The annual DesignBlok , Central Europe’s largest design and fashion festival, opens in Prague on Wednesday. The 28th edition, centred on the theme of light, brings together a record number of designers, studios and brands from Czechia and abroad....

Czech writer Radka Denemarková has delivered a forceful defence of literature as a moral and political force at the Frankfurt Book Fair , where Czechia is "Guest of Honour". She warned of the rise of authoritarianism, nationalism and manipulation o...

Czechia receives first €309 million from EU SAFE defence fund

South Bohemia declares drought emergency as Husinec reservoir nearly dries up

President’s wife criticises impossibility of voting in local polls from abroad, different constituency

Czechia lose 3:0 to England at Wembley

Czech Minister of Culture Klempíř booed at Frankfurt Book Fair opening

Aide: Return of Pavel for elections cannot be ruled out

Lehečka loses to Alcaraz in Japan Open final

Forty editors-in-chief from across the Czech media have issued a rare joint appeal to the country’s politicians. They are calling on them to reject violence and threats against journalists and to guarantee equal access to information from public i...

Czechia withdraws from 2027 Eurovision

Babiš: EU emissions trading system costing Czechia billions

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Study: Average flat in Czechia costs twice as many years’ salary as in some EU states

Czechia takes centre stage at Frankfurt Book Fair

Czech voters receive ballots as pre-election polling blackout begins

Among those paying tribute to Václav Havel on the 90th anniversary of his birth on October 5 has been former American President Bill Clinton, who in an interview with Czech Radio’s Jana Ciglerová shared memories of his political ally and their l...

Letter-writing campaign marks Václav Havel’s 90th anniversary

Brno engineering fair opens with nearly 1,400 exhibitors

Among those paying tribute to Václav Havel on what would have been his 90th birthday has been former US president Bill Clinton, who in an interview for Czech Radio shared memories of his political ally and long-time friend.

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Czech authorities join international crackdown on illegal drugs

The two 355-metre-high masts of the Liblice transmitter near Český Brod are due to be demolished by controlled explosions in October 2026. In its time, the complex, built in 1976, was the most powerful medium-wave transmitter in Central Europe, wi...

Senate unveils plaque honouring Václav Havel

Court orders Motorists candidate to apologise over false Facebook post

Experts from Charles University tested commonly used 3D printing materials and found that some of them can negatively affect human cells when used over a long period, potentially causing eczema or itching. The results of the Czech research have appe...

Former MP gets extra year in prison for fleeing to Paraguay

Czech man jailed over Moscow protest released

Patrik Schick named Czech footballer of the season

Václav Havel would have turned 90 on October 5. Politician and diplomat Alexandr Vondra first encountered him as a young underground publisher in communist Czechoslovakia and later became one of his closest collaborators and his foreign-policy advi...

Audit finds shortcomings in Czech start-up funding

Seznam says Turek has failed to comply with court ruling

Media chiefs call on politicians to reject violence

Turek apologises to Seznam.cz over claims about access to users’ emails

Czech defender Chaloupek ruled out of match against England

Around 200,000 Volkswagen Group cars in Czechia affected by recall over steering concerns

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Government planning to cut ministry staff by 10 percent

Czechs marking Václav Havel’s 90th birth anniversary

More than half of Czech workers use AI at work, survey finds

Bartůňková stuns Sabalenka to reach Beijing Open fourth round

Prague police record 176 offences at illegal tuning meet

Lucie Žáčková and Stanislav Majer win Thalia Awards for acting

Czech footballers lose to Spain 3-1 in Nations League

Jaroslav Ježek is a prominent 20th century Czech composer, pianist and conductor whose music became an inseparable part of the Liberated Theatre of Jiří Voskovec and Jan Werich.

Lieutenant General František Fajtl, a WWII hero who commanded an RAF squadron and later got hard labour in communist Czechoslovakia, died on October 4, 2006.

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Czechia keeping diplomatic mission in Kyiv despite Russian warning