Milan Kundera and his wife laid to rest in Brno

Prague approves new rules allowing districts to ban fireworks

Czechia's World Cup hopes suffer setback after South Africa draw

With summer approaching and the climate crisis progressing, it is likely that new temperature records will once again be recorded at Prague’s Clementinum meteorological station with more than 250 years old tradition. Nevertheless, scientists point...

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New organ at St. Vitus Cathedral to premiere public’s choice composition

Charter 77 signatory and former political prisoner Jiří Wolf dies at 74

Interior minister to dismiss nuclear protection institute chief over training of Chinese experts

Hundreds gather in Prague to honour Operation Anthropoid paratroopers

One of the country’s biggest music festival, Metronome , begins in Prague on Friday. This year’s headliners – Nick Cave, Sting and Tom Odell – will be familiar to Czech audiences, though the 10th anniversary edition of the event is set to ta...

Prague archbishop launches church inquiry into former priest accused of rape

Czech crown jewels to go on display at Prague Castle in September

Classical music and unusual venues will come together in Prague's Troja district from Thursday as the Troja Festival returns for its third edition. Running until June 23 and themed Between Heaven and Earth, the festival aims to connect music with so...

Heatwave to bring temperatures up to 36°C

Czechia seeks first World Cup points in crucial South Africa clash

Czech government backs new EU sanctions against Russia

Few Holocaust testimonies are as vivid and comprehensive as the illustrated diary created by Alfred Kantor. Born in Prague in 1923, the young Jewish artist was deported to Terezín in December 1941 as part of the first transport of men sent to estab...

President backs public broadcasters' right to strike

Prague’s Jiřího z Poděbrad Square officially reopened on Wednesday following a major renovation lasting over two years. Officials say around 170 trees have been added to the well-known public space, but critics say it is not green enough.   

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Public broadcasters announce one-day strike over funding overhaul

Government proposes tighter restrictions on kratom sales

NATO chief: Czechia missed defence spending target in 2025

University rectors urge government to rethink public media funding

Security Council discusses military strategy ahead of NATO summit

Ostrava hospital pioneers new laser treatment for brain tumours

Czechs arrive in Atlanta for must-win World Cup clash

Two in three Czechs say they can express their views freely

Broken Voices producers reach settlement with Czech Television

Security Council to discuss new military strategy

Pavel: Efforts not to anger US have undermined NATO summits

Czech Radio chief: funding reform is aimed at weakening public broadcasters

Diplomats' spouses, ambassadors, charity representatives, and government officials gathered at Prague's historic Czernin Palace on 12 June, as the Diplomatic Spouses Association (DSA) awarded more than CZK 1.3 million to 16 Czech charities.

For climbers, El Capitan in California's Yosemite National Park is what Mount Everest is for mountaineers. This spring, Czech climber František D'Agostino achieved something that only a handful of people have ever done. Together with American climb...

Prague Fringe founder Steve Gove awarded MBE by King Charles

At least 11 wolves now living in Krkonoše National Park

The Czech government on Monday made good on its promise to abolish license fees for public-service media and fund them directly from the state budget. The approved draft law, which will now go to the lower house, has raised a storm of controversy wi...

Survey: Czechs fear labour shortage but don’t want foreign workers

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Czech Army tanks take to motorway for training exercise

A 17th-century engraving by Wenceslas Hollar has returned to the Beneš Villa in Sezimovo Ústí after spending decades with relatives of the Czechoslovak President in the United States. For the family, the donation is not only the return of a work...

Court to hear Seznam case against Babiš in September

Ministry boosting consular services in countries popular with Czech tourists

Czech football club Karviná expelled over match-fixing

International experts urge government to preserve Czech drug policy model

Czech PM cautiously welcomes US-Iran agreement to end war

Czech TV and Czech Radio to strike next Monday against proposed public media funding plan

Government approves bill abolishing television and radio license fees

Survey: Many Czech social care providers face funding shortfalls

After years of fundraising, design work and construction, the new organ for St. Vitus Cathedral is finally complete. Built in Spain, inspired by a Czech natural landmark and funded by public donations, the instrument will be inaugurated with a cerem...

Eleven monumental works by artist Jaroslav Róna are now on display in the town of Litomyšl. According to the artist, each sculpture has a special connection to the space in which it is placed. Róna is best known for his sculptures in Prague and a...

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Death toll from Czech yacht accident near Split rises to four

For nearly 25 years, Libuše Salomonovičová has been piecing together the stories of Jewish families connected to Ostrava in the northeastern Czech region of Moravia-Silesia. Now the 89-year-old researcher has donated her life's work, a unique arc...

Government coalition plans major changes to mortgage tax relief

New railway timetable comes into force across Czechia

New pipe organ at St. Vitus Cathedral blessed in special ceremony

Iron Maiden headlines Rock for People festival

Czech government to debate ending public broadcasting licence fees

The Czech Entomological Society has named the praying mantis Czechia’s Insect of the Year for 2026. Once found mainly in southern Moravia, this striking predator has spread across much of the country and is now turning up in places where people wo...

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Three Czechs killed in boat collision off Croatia

Iron Maiden among stars at Rock for People festival

Government and opposition clash over conflict-of-interest bill

Okamura calls for ending temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees

ANO leads Czech election poll

President receives hundreds of clemency requests

Canoeist Fuksa wins second European title in Portugal

Dog blood donor registry seeks more volunteers

Czechia ranks second in Europe for cyberattacks on businesses

One hundred and twenty-five years ago, Prague witnessed a milestone in the history of women’s education. At just 24 years old, zoologist Marie Zdenka Baborová became the first woman to earn a doctorate at a university in the Czech lands. At a tim...

FM Macinka: Czechia wants to normalize ties with China

The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra’s 100-year history is also a century of remarkable conducting personalities. Each of them imprinted their own character on the ensemble, advanced its artistic ambitions and helped it grow from a radio orchestra ...

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Fuksa and Dostál win European canoe sprint titles

Opposition Civic Democratic Party outlines new policy agenda

Křetínský to become West Ham’s largest shareholder

Lidice massacre victims remembered 84 years on

Czech officer appointed to senior NATO command post

Study highlights challenges facing Czech workers over 50

Government to discuss new rules for minority and Roma grants

Smetana Litomyšl festival opens with Czech Philharmonic

Respect festival brings global music to Prague’s Štvanice Island

Czech TV, Czech Radio staff to go on 24-strike on June 22

ČEZ to increase network of charging stations by end of year

People around the country can now experience a trip into space through virtual reality. A special rocket-shaped simulator called SpaceBuzz is touring the country, offering visitors a chance to embark on a virtual space mission and view Earth from th...

Czech minister uninjured in attack

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Czech population falls by nearly 20,000 in first quarter

Novo Nordisk invests CZK 8 billion in Czech production plant

Ukrainian veterans build combat drones in Czechia

Czechs are famous for their love of cottages, cabins and weekend retreats. But while this tradition has often been explored as a social phenomenon, far less attention has been paid to the architecture behind it. A new exhibition at Prague’s Museum...

Czech mortgage lending rises 54% from a year ago

Czechia lose opening World Cup match after surrendering lead to South Korea

The Babiš government is preparing a major tightening of the country’s drug policy, marking a significant departure from the more liberal approach pursued in recent years. The proposals on the table include a clamp down on kratom sales, tightening...

Czech MPs advance major building law reform

Budget council warns Czech deficit could exceed 350 billion crowns next year

Health minister discusses healthcare reforms with President Pavel

Czechia plans three small modular reactors, aims to supply European projects

Opposition attacks conflict-of-interest bill as Babiš skips special parliamentary session

Czechs spent CZK 94.5 billion on healthcare beyond insurance coverage

Zdena Mašínová, whose family played a major role in modern Czech history, has died at the age of 92. Her father was a WWII resistance hero, while her brothers dramatically escaped from communist Czechoslovakia – leading to Mašínová and other...

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Customs seize 38 kilograms of illegal ivory in Czech Republic

FM Macinka calls for Czech development policy focused on trade and investment

Czechs underestimate health risks when travelling outside Europe, survey finds

A sound designer trained at FAMU in Prague, Victoriia Kralko spent months collecting phone calls and messages from Ukrainians separated by war - soldiers, refugees, families waiting for news. Born in Prague to Ukrainian parents, she turned this mate...

Special parliamentary session over alleged Babiš conflict-of-interest law

Czechs open World Cup campaign against Korea

President Pavel flags off 1000 Miles of Czechoslovakia veteran rally

US doctor monitored for Ebola leaves Czech hospital

Zdena Mašínová, daughter and sister of Czech resistance fighters, dies at 92

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Czechia records one of Europe's lowest inflation rates

The Czech Republic boasts one of the densest library networks in Europe. But who exactly uses these libraries, and what do their reading habits look like? Drawing on data from roughly 17 million loans made over three years at Prague's Municipal Libr...

Eighty-four years ago, on June 10, 1942, the Nazis annihilated the Central Bohemian village of Lidice in retaliation for the assassination of Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich by Czechoslovak parachutists. In one of the most brutal reprisals ...

ČEZ to build pumped-storage hydropower plant at Orlík reservoir

Defence minister seeks military spending increase to NATO target

Experts back restoration of Prague's historic Vyšehrad railway bridge

Speedskater Jilek wins top Czech sporting award