Historic Spitfire from Second World War to be unveiled in Prague

Czech government and unions to resume talks on public sector pay rises

ANO proposes debate on single-round Senate elections

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Protesters urge Babiš to save Prague’s historic railway bridge

Senate speaker invites Babiš to attend upper house sessions

Number of women in Czech Senate falls to 14 after elections

Czech President Pavel to meet German Chancellor Merz in Berlin next week

Prague paramedics see sharp rise in teenagers suspected of cannabis intoxication

When 18-year-old Czechoslovak tennis player Martina Navrátilová sought political asylum in New York during the 1975 US Open, she became overnight a symbol of resistance to communist rule and a rising star of world tennis. She lost her homeland but...

The Czech bluegrass band Druhá tráva with Robert Křesťan were formed 35 years ago this year. Celebrations are set to culminate with a show in Prague.

Babiš calls ANO’s Senate election result ‘catastrophic’

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Median poll: ANO party support falls to 29.5 percent as STAN rises to 17 percent

Alexander Choupenitch wins opening Fencing World Cup event in Japan

STAN and ODS win Czech Senate elections, ANO fails to gain a seat

Petra Kvitová returns to tennis courts seven months after giving birth to twins

Prague’s restored Industrial Palace opens to the public for free

One in 11 babies born in Czechia last year was a foreign national

Czech Senate run-off elections resume across the country

The 14th edition of Prague’s Signal Festival is transforming parts of the Czech capital into an open-air gallery of digital art and light.

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Hrůša and Bamberg Symphony win award for Martinů recordings

Eurostat: Czechia has fourth-lowest inflation in EU despite September rise

Czech President Pavel says he paid for Morocco trip himself

Czechia records third-highest number of cyber incidents in a year

Tomki Němec is a Czech documentary photographer best known for his work with the late dissident playwright and president Václav Havel. He accompanied Havel from 1989 to 1992, a period he has described as one of the most powerful and positive exper...

The 14th edition of Prague’s Signal Festival is now underway, transforming parts of the Czech capital into an open-air gallery of digital art and light every evening until Sunday October 18.

Last week the Pavel Haas Quartet picked up a prestigious Gramophone award for the album Martinů: String Quartets Nos 2, 3, 5, 7. It is by no means the first Gramophone prize for the Prague-based classical ensemble, who BBC Music Magazine named one ...

Czechia seeks emissions scheme delay as EU budget divisions persist

Czechia pushes for emissions scheme delay as EU summit exposes divisions

Czech voters return to polls for Senate run-offs

Prague’s Signal festival opens with light installations at 17 locations

Czechia and Visegrád partners seek delay to EU emissions scheme

Municipalities challenge nuclear waste plans with European Commission

Prague Zoo has scored a rare breeding success, becoming the first in Czechia to breed the orange-breasted fig parrot. The tiny, colourful species is notoriously difficult to breed in captivity and is kept at only three other institutions in Europe. ...

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Czechia’s tallest structures demolished in Liblice

Czech company bankruptcies reach highest nine-month total since 2016

Former referee handed 15-year football ban for corruption

Two 355-metre-high radio transmitter towers in Liblice, Central Bohemia, were demolished on Thursday.

The Czech Health Ministry is preparing changes to the law aimed at adapting the healthcare system to what officials describe as the fastest population ageing in the country’s history. “Prevention” is the operative word in the new strategy, wit...

The Czech Ministry of Culture has recently approved a new state arts policy, changed grant application guidelines and said it would reassess the support it provides to organisations in the field, including festivals. Some in the arts sphere are cryi...

PM Andrej Babiš rejects proposed EU budget revenue sources

Czech army chief warns Russia could test NATO unity with limited attack

Czech farmers can apply for aid over Middle East crisis

Prague’s Signal festival opens with light installations at 17 locations

Czech MPs approve late-night voting on legislation

Salvation Army clinics for homeless people face doctor shortages

The annual Signal Festival of light kicks off in Prague on Thursday, with 21 installations by Czech and international artists across the city. For the first time this year, the festival will take visitors to Dejvice and feature a dedicated zone show...

Czech computer games are currently one of the country’s biggest export articles, with games such as Mafia, Kingdom Come or Vietcong selling millions of copies worldwide. Now one of the top players in the Czech gaming industry - Amanita Design, is ...

Chinese citizen denies spying charges at Prague trial

Transparency International says EU confirms Babiš’s conflict of interest

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The unique Arctic-like tundra landscape of the Krkonoše Mountains in northern Czechia is  gradually disappearing as rising temperatures allow shrubs, tall grasses and dwarf bushes to spread across the mountain ridges. The Krkonoše National Park a...

Senators challenge law allowing government to cap fuel prices

Opposition criticises civil service changes as MPs reconsider vetoed bill

Nečas scores twice as Adam Jiříček nets first NHL goal

Czech mortgage lending rises in September as interest rates increase

Prague court opens trial of Chinese citizen accused of spying

Tomáš Souček extends West Ham contract until 2028

Coalition MPs urge Pavel to disclose Morocco holiday costs

The human heart can show signs of trouble long before heart failure develops. A scientist in Brno is researching how routine ECG tests could help doctors detect these warning signs. Her work has won first prize in an international competition for yo...

Czechia welcomes new EU budget proposal, with certain reservations

Culture Ministry to review cooperation with major cultural institutions

ČEZ to challenge Luxembourg court ruling in Diag Human case

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Czech inflation rose to 2.5 percent in September

The Polévka, která pomáhá or Soup that Helps charity organization earned its record number of sales for a rainy day this weekend in the town of Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav north of Prague, raising over 300,000czk for the Brandýs Mental H...

Czechia's mountain passes are important corridors for birds migrating across Europe each autumn. In the Krkonoše and Jeseníky Mountains, ornithologists observe and ring birds travelling from northern Europe to wintering grounds as far away as Indi...

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

Two Czech nationals charged in Cambodia in drug-related case

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

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

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

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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

PM Babiš rejects Russian ambassador’s claim that Czech government softened anti-Russian rhetoric

Opposition warns against playing down risks posed by Russia

Numerous events mark upcoming Havel birth anniversary

Czech Rectors’ Conference warns universities may have to limit student numbers over finances

Hundreds of cars gather at tuning meet in Prague

President Pavel to miss municipal elections due to private trip to Morocco

Thalia Awards to be presented at Prague’s National Theatre

Finance Ministry sets maximum fuel prices for the weekend and Monday

Seven-week wine festival begins in Český Krumlov

Filip Turek apologises to environmental group Hnutí Duha for offensive remarks

Czechs go to the ballot boxes in a week’s time for municipal elections and elections to one-third of the seats in the Senate. How significant will the latter be for government leaders ANO? And what are the local polls likely to tell us about the p...

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Metronome Prague festival to end after ten years

Czech Defence Ministry cancels CZK 24.7bn armoured vehicle tender

Drones have fundamentally altered the character of modern warfare and have become a decisive factor on the battlefield. The Czech military is winding up a 12-day international exercise, Drone Shield 2026, aimed at mapping and testing available techn...

Škoda Auto cuts production due to supplier problems

Police refer Turek car crash case to misdemeanor proceedings

Finance Ministry to set fuel price caps for weekend and Monday

Babiš government survives second no-confidence vote

Vejmelka opens new NHL season with shutout

One of Czechia’s most celebrated modernist buildings, Prague’s Villa Müller, has just reopened after renovations. A presentation on Wednesday also included the launch of a book about the villa, co-authored by leading Dutch architect Winy Maas.

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Czech police seize drugs and equipment worth CZK 330 million

EU states approve stricter migrant return rules

A new exhibition at Prague’s Villa Pellé explores the work of Kamil Lhoták, one of the most distinctive Czech artists of the 20th century. Called Landscape of Dreams, it brings together works spanning more than five decades of his career.

One hundred and fifty years after the birth of Tomáš Baťa, the world-famous shoe brand is undergoing a major turning point. The Baťa company has officially announced it will close its last factory in Central Europe, definitively ending productio...

More than three-quarters of Czechs fear AI-generated fraud

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Diesel prices fall sharply after price caps take effect

Czech manufacturing conditions improve for seventh month

Fuel price caps take effect in Czechia

MPs could vote on no-confidence motion against Babiš government

Czech foreign intelligence service gets new director

Zlín Zoo loses African elephant after surgery

Baťa to close Czech shoe factory, ending traditional footwear production in Europe

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Minister files criminal complaint over contamination at former military site

Pavel: NATO members must make clear they are ready to defend their airspace and territorial waters

Czech government sets fuel price caps amid rising prices

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, one of Russia’s best-known composers, visited Prague three times, but his stays were not always a triumph. Much depended on the political mood of the time, while many questions and myths still surround both his life and t...

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One of Egon Schiele’s most recognisable drawings is now on display at the National Gallery Prague. Seated Woman with Bent Knees has been reproduced countless times on posters and merchandise, but the fragile original normally remains in storage.

Pavel welcomes Romanian President Nicusor Dan at Prague Castle

Czech police reported to be using software at centre of US investigation over Russia links

Thursday sees the start of the music conference ReConnect Brno , one of several such events, often combining industry discussions with showcases and festivals, that take place in Czechia. But like the music industry itself, music conferences have to...

Czech MPs continue debate ahead of no-confidence motion in Babiš government

PM Babiš reiterates Czechia’s commitment to Article 5

Babiš talks up Czech-Italian action plan after meeting with Meloni in Prague

Czech footballers lose to England in home Nations League game

Media: US officials informed Babiš about Russia threats

Czech Army testing drones and ways to combat them in international exercise

Media: PM’s aide submits proposal to cut staff by 10 percent to ministers

Scientists in Brno have developed a special bone glue that could one day help doctors treat even complicated fractures. The material is now being tested on sheep.

People gathered on Říp Mountain this past Sunday to mark 900 years since the restoration of the Rotunda of St. George and St. Adalbert. Říp is a well-known symbol of Czech history, traditionally associated with the legendary arrival of the Czech...

Groups in field against Babiš appointments to Human Rights Council

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Czech crown jewels return to vault at St. Vitus’ Cathedral

Giorgia Meloni to meet Czech PM Andrej Babiš in Prague

Czech Senate awards 17 silver medals on Statehood Day

Czech MPs debate no-confidence motion against Babiš government