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

Defence minister: Pay is not the main reason people join the army

Minister fined over conflict of interest disclosure

Number of exchange offices continues to decline in Czechia

Canoeist Kneblová wins world slalom gold

President Pavel honours Czech Wimbledon stars at Prague Castle

China adds Czech Tatra trucks to export sanctions list

Czech researchers are developing a custom-made, 3D-printed implant with a porous structure that can be infused with drugs and release them gradually over time. To support the project, the Prague team has acquired a state-of-the-art 3D metal printer....

The 2026/2027 season in Czech football kicks off after the summer break on Saturday. Slavia Prague look like the team to beat, as they go for three championship titles in a row, while their city rivals Sparta will be out to end a two-year trophy dro...

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Proposal to allow single women access to IVF faces strong opposition

Chinese espionage suspect remains in detention after prosecutor’s appeal

Finance minister not ruling out partial privatization of Prague Airport in future

 A miniature Celtic bronze figurine of a duck more than 2,000 years old has been discovered in a field near the village of Tučín (Olomouc Region) by an amateur archeologist. The figurine was unearthed along the route of the Amber Road, the ancien...

Court clears pro-Russian militia group of terrorism charges

Škoda Auto grows profit despite Volkswagen slowdown

Czech foreign minister promotes nuclear cooperation in Croatia

Czech and Slovak Black Hawks to help battle French wildfires

Czech kayaker Krejčí wins world slalom title

Soldier killed in Czech military helicopter crash

Babiš (ANO) hopes Serbia will buy Czech-made Skyfox aircraft

One killed in Czech military helicopter crash

Czech foreign minister honours victims of Croatia boating tragedy

Fuel prices jump after end of Czech price cap

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Czechia rises to seventh in EU household financial health ranking

Czech President Petr Pavel has vetoed a controversial amendment to the country's budget rules that would allow the government to exceed the approved state spending framework by up to CZK 200 billion. The ruling coalition is determined to override th...

Graphic designer Pavel Fuksa has worked with some of the world’s top brands, including Nike, Lego and Google. Now Fuksa has turned his skills to a different field, designing the 2026–2027 strip collection for reigning Czech football champions Sl...

MPs to decide on president's budget veto in August

Czech Republic confirms new ambassadors to US, UN and OECD

Czech Radio: Quiet shake-up at Defence Ministry as key unit is moved

Czech and Saxon groups launch cross-border nature network

Czech Railways cancels tender for high-speed train carriages

Police reviewing Filip Turek's 2021 video for reckless driving

The 22-year-old Miss Czech Republic, Sophia Osako, will represent the country at Miss Universe in Puerto Rico this November. Born to a Moravian mother and a Japanese father, and raised speaking mostly English, she spoke to me about how the competiti...

Czech foreign minister urges Russia to end war with Ukraine

President Pavel vetoes public finance reform bill, ruling coalition planning to override veto

The monument to Field Marshal Josef Václav Radetzky is set to return to Prague's Malá Strana after more than a century. While the decision has broad political backing, some history minded members of the public still question whether the location i...

Police charge six people after Prague City Hall raid

Czech road tolls top CZK 10 billion in first half of year

Foreign Minister Macinka to visit Croatia

Prague court rehabilitates 19 former dissidents persecuted under communism

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Czech lower house speaker Tomio Okamura has headed to Beijing for the last part of a visit to China. His trip comes against the backdrop of the arrest of a Czech citizen in China – and amid suggestions China could seek to exchange him for a Chines...

Škoda Group to rebrand ahead of expiry of Škoda trademark licence

Tram disruptions in central Prague due to track repairs

Czech Army Operations Command holds ceremonial change of guard

DJ Nana Addae is fascinated by Czech culture. If they weren’t so closed up, they’d be celebrating success worldwide, she says.  

Czech Republic signs deal on small modular reactor sites

President Pavel warns against undermining trust in courts

Police detain two people during raid at Prague City Hall

The Czech government has approved a proposal to ban the use of mobile phones in schools. Starting in 2027, the ban would apply to children in nursery, primary schools, grammar schools and conservatories. The opposition and the Children's Ombudsman o...

Czech woman struck by lightning on Croatian beach

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The future of the Václav Havel Library has become uncertain amid disputes over its leadership, governance and the use of Václav Havel's name. Former director Milan Babík, who led the institution for less than a year, says many of today's problems...

Czech government to expand anti-drone powers to protect critical infrastructure

Black puma sighting reported again in South Bohemia

Rain improves topsoil moisture, but deep soil drought remains a problem

National security adviser Hynek Kmoníček to step down

Prague Airport unions declare strike alert over new chairman appointment

Prague Council to replace collapsed Barrandov Bridge sculpture

Opposition slams government Constitutional Court move

Bar Association against abolition of statute of limitations for murder

Czech govt backs ban on mobile phones in schools from Sept 2027

Sparta to face Lyon in Champions League qualifier

Government approves higher pensions for over 80s

The Colours of Ostrava festival has become an integral part of the Czech summer music scene. With a line-up spanning a wide range of genres, there's something for fans of virtually every musical taste.  

First half of week to be overcast, relatively cool

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Krejčíková climbs to 26th in rankings after first title in two years