Jurečka calls for renewed talks with unions over public sector pay

An increasing number of young Czechs aged 18 to 25 have never had sex - nearly 55% of men and about 30% of women, according to a recent survey by the Czech National Institute of Mental Health. What is behind this surprising trend?

Secondary school students try mock parliamentary elections this week

Czech government to discuss floods report and visas for Georgian diplomats

Czech high jumper Jan Štefela wins bronze at World Championships

Foreign Minister Lipavský: Czechia opposes suspension of EU–Israel Association Agreement

President Pavel to deliver TV address urging voter turnout before elections

Literature night brings readings to more than 90 Czech towns

Tokyo: pole vaulter Švábíková heads to WAC final, Vadlejch faces javelin qualification

Mass in Prague for slain American influencer Charlie Kirk

Prague’s Výtoň railway bridge to be rebuilt, not replaced

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The Czech crown jewels, including the St. Wenceslas Crown, sceptre, orb, and robes used in the coronation of Czech kings, are on display at Prague Castle. This year’s exhibition designed by the famous London-based architect Eva Jiřičná, highlig...

Study: Financial strain and corruption undermine Czechs’ trust in government

The Czech Air Navigation Services have introduced DroneMap: a new digital tool that helps pilots navigate both air and ground restrictions. The app provides instant information about no-fly zones, required permissions, and areas where rules have be...

Czech diplomacy wants to impose visa requirement for Georgian officials over repressions

President Pavel to head Czech delegation to UN General Assembly

A Czech court is due to rule on the possible release of the Czech Republic’s longest-serving inmate –a brutal murderer who narrowly escaped the death penalty thanks its abolition after the fall of communism. The first prisoner in Czechia to rece...

Švábíková advances to pole vault final, Juška falls short in long jump

State property office tries again to sell National House in Vinohrady

Exhibition of Czech crown jewels opens at Prague Castle

Czechia must expand elderly care as over-80 population set to reach 900,000 by 2050

Czechs scored a sensational Davis Cup win in the hunt for their first title since 2013 at the weekend. The victory was sealed by rising star Jakub Menšík, who defeated U.S. Frances Tiafoe in the deciding match on Saturday.

Justice ministry launches pilot telemedicine project in women’s prison

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Czechs honor Czechoslovak RAF pilots in Prague on Battle of Britain anniversary

A new exhibition at the Museum of Music in Prague pays tribute to one of the most significant figures of Czech and world music, opera singer Soňa Červená, on the occasion of what would have been her 100th birthday.

Rare Micheli’s flatsedge discovered in Železné hory

Czech power networks to be boasted by 80 billion CZK investment

Last week’s incursion of Russian drones into Polish territory has put NATO on high alert. Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Friday announced the launch of operation Eastern Sentry to bolster the alliances’ eastern flank and France, Germany and the...

Horse football—known as pushball—was part of a show at the Kladruby National Stud Farm this weekend. Jiří Nesvačil also set a Czech record, harnessing 24 horses for a ride around the track. The team was arranged so that a white horse was alwa...

Median poll: most acceptable option for Czechs is ANO Party government

Lipavský: Czechia supports more sanctions against Russia after Romanian airspace breach

Czech crown jewels to go on display

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Senate chair Vystrčil honors T.G. Masaryk’s legacy

STEM poll: ANO maintains lead, Pirates gaining support

Czech military sending special helicopter unit to Poland

Czech solar power nearly doubles in five years, outpacing EU growth

New Czech record set with 24-horse carriage in Kladruby

Police investigating poisoned water threat

Czech tennis team advances to Davis Cup finals

Barbora Zmeková is a Czech singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist who weaves together jazz, folk, classical music, and subtle electronics into her own unmistakable sound. Her songs are often tinged with sadness but also contain humor and warmt...

Seventy-five years ago, a blast in a quarry near the village of Koněprusy revealed the entrance to an underground world that today is one of the Czech Republic's greatest natural treasures.

Davis Cup: Czech Republic and USA tied after opening singles

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Bartůňková knocks out defending champion in Guadalajara, reaches maiden WTA semifinal

Storm warning issued for eastern parts of Czech Republic

National Museum showing rare Chinese imperial treasures

Fallen Czechoslovak soldiers’ remains repatriated

Russia–Belarus military drill seen as political signal

Migration Pact alone not enough, says Czech interior minister

Youth crime on the rise in Czechia, suicide second leading cause of death under 24

Kutná Hora’s Chocolate Museum may well be the smallest museum of its kind in the world. But the story it tells – of Lidka chocolate, its 20th century rise, fall, and later 21st century revival – serves as a very large mirror of modern Czech h...

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Poll: Czechs favor Babiš as next prime minister

Conference in Prague examines Roma and Sinti Holocaust trauma

Governor of Lower Austria protests against Czech nuclear expansion

Central European foreign ministers meet to debate security issues following drone incident

Arthouse Gallery is preparing to auction over 300 exclusive pieces of historic glass and porcelain. The online auction scheduled for September 24, will give collectors the opportunity to acquire gems from the Baroque Renaissance, Biedermeier and Art...

Prague extends loan of Mucha’s Slav Epic to Moravský Krumlov until 2031

Prague approves Top Tower skyscraper in Nové Butovice, set to be tallest in Czechia

Czechia summons Russian ambassador over drone incursion into Poland

This week, Skoda Auto debuted its Epiq show car — the Czech brand’s SUV crossover slated to be one of the smallest and most affordable electric cars on the market. The Epiq will premiere worldwide in mid-2026, starting at around €25,000 (CZK 6...

European Court rejects Petr Kramný’s complaint against Czechia

Czechia to buy 44 Leopard 2A8 tanks in CZK 34 billion deal

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Covid cases rising again in Czechia, trend mirrors last year

Czech leaders have strongly condemned Russia’s drone incursion into Polish territory, which they view as clear evidence of Russia’s mounting aggression. At its session on Wednesday, the Czech cabinet expressed solidarity with Poland and readines...

The ferry lines across the Vltava are a fairly inconspicuous but charming part of the city’s Integrated Transport System. For tourists they offer a glimpse of the city from a different perspective, for local residents quick connections between dis...

Czech Design Week returns with focus on young creators

Discovered Švejk manuscript to go on display in Prague

Czechia’s population falls in first half of 2025 as deaths outpace births

Defense Ministry prepared to send special operations helicopter unit to Poland

Czechia pledges support for Poland after Russian drone strike

PM Fiala: Czech Republic ready to help protect Europe’s borders

At Pilsner Brewery, new coopers are initiated with a symbolic slap or a strike on a handcrafted barrel. After three years of training, they join the eight-member cooperage team. The ceremony takes place during the traditional tarring of oak barrels,...

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OECD: Czech Republic among nations with fewest university graduates

Bar Association probing ex-justice minister Blažek over bitcoin donation

After borders opened in the early 1990s, churches in remote parts of Czechia became frequent targets of art-theft. Valuable statues and paintings were stolen, often ending up with resellers or in foreign auction houses. Now, decades later, some of t...

Trosky Castle sees surge in visitors thanks to Kingdom Come

Prague’s Motol and Homolka hospitals to merge in 2026

Czech Republic may tap €2 billion from EU SAFE fund

PM Fiala: Putin's regime is testing NATO's defense capabilities

MPs face continuation of last regular session before October elections

Collision involving several cars near Kojetice

Cases of tick-borne diseases in Czechia have reached the highest level in ten years, according to new data from the National Institute of Public Health. Experts warn that numbers may rise further in the autumn, with the onset of the mushroom-picking...

This year Czechs are marking 900 years since the death of the country’s most famous chronicler Cosmas, author of Chronica Boemorum or Chronicle of the Bohemians, the first known documentation of  Czech history. Many town halls are hoping that the...

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Pirates and SPD want Bitcoin scandal to be discussed in Chamber

Hundreds of fans waited overnight in Prague for the release of Dan Brown’s new novel The Secret of All Secrets, a story that is partly set in the Czech capital. 

SPD has never been this high in the polls

Spolu wants to continue modernizing the army and increasing defense spending

Eight of thirty injured in bus accident in Beskydy Mountains remain in hospital

Removal of illegal German waste from Jiříkov has begun

Divorced parents will get right to phone calls with their children from January 2026

Czech hockey forward Kristýna Kaltounková signs three-year deal with New York Sirens in women’s pro league

Dan Brown’s The Secret of Secrets debuts in Prague with signed copies and special tours

Czechia expels Belarusian diplomat linked to spy network

Skoda unveils new all-electric city SUV crossover, Epiq

A memorial dedicated to Czech pilot František Hekl was unveiled on Sunday at Loch Doon in Scotland. During the Second World War, he served with the 312th Czechoslovak Squadron of the British Royal Air Force (RAF). In October 1941, during a training...

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Czech unemployment rises to highest level since 2017 but still among lowest in EU

Jiří Lehečka breaks into top 20 after US Open quarterfinal, becomes Czech number one

Antonín Dvořák’s birthplace completed with visitor centre in Nelahozeves

Russia aims to weaken trust in Czech institutions, says BIS chief

British star Robbie Williams pulled all the stops for fans in Prague on Sunday. “An evening packed with hits, stand-up and charismatic energy” is how the local press described the spectacular show in the sold-out O2 Arena. It was the singer's fo...

He was the phantom of the D4 motorway: every summer social media filled with video footage of a red Formula 1-type car ripping down the D4, zigzagging from lane to lane regardless of the safety of others. And he eluded the police every time. On Sund...

Suicide rates in Czechia above EU average

Czechs arranged fewer building savings contracts than last year

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ANO and SPD to not introduce new emission allowances

Small private plane crashes near Prague

ANO still likely winner of elections

Prague Stock Exchange strengthens for third time in a row

Špindlerův Mlýn bridge being repaired to 1911 self

Czechia set to witness total lunar eclipse for first time in six years

In this edition of our Sunday Music show, we explore Petr Novák, the Czech Romantic of the Rock Era. Petr Novák (1945–1997) was one of the most distinctive voices of Czech popular music in the 1960s and 1970s. Although his name is not widely kno...

Tomáš Skuhravý, an icon of Czechoslovak football, celebrates his 60th birthday. At the 1990 World Cup, he stunned the world with three headed goals against Costa Rica, secured a transfer to Genoa, and became a favourite of Italian fans. Today, he...