Czech-Danish Mr. Nobody Against Putin wins Oscar for best documentary

Star actors drew a record 28,000 fans to Comic-Con in Prague

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Czechia secures preliminary U.S. gas terminal deal

Analysts expect no interest rate change by Czech National Bank despite Middle East conflict

Police to receive 11 new helicopters for CZK 4.1 billion

About half of Czechs believe that small amounts of alcohol are healthy

Film Franz wins most awards at Czech Lion ceremony

Government to discuss new foreign nationals law and consumer credit amendment

The folk band Nerez holds a special place in the history of Czech popular music. Their distinctive sound was captured on their debut album Masopust, released in 1986, which later became one of the key works of Czech folk and popular music.

Exactly 80 years ago, on March 15, 1946, Brno Zbrojovka handed over three Zetor 25 tractors to the first customers. This began the history of the brand, which later became one of the most famous export symbols of Czechoslovakia.

Strong winds keep firefighters busy with dozens of callouts in the Olomouc Region

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War in Iran will cause additional inflation increase in Czechia

At their first meeting with the new government, regional governors want to focus mainly on funding

Construction of a CZK 150 million school and kindergarten in Brno-Židenice to begin in the coming weeks

Travelling exhibition of Josef Lada’s work to tour Japan this year and next

Government to discuss proposal to set caps on consumer loan costs

Government plans to ban HHC and place kratom plants on list of substances under review

Govt. party pushes for end of postal voting in Czech elections

Diesel reaches highest price in years in Czechia

Ex-Prague mayor Bém to stand again, as ANO candidate?

For the first time in thirteen years, conservationists have bred a chick of the critically endangered Philippine eagle, one of the world’s rarest birds of prey, using artificial insemination. The breakthrough in the Philippines was achieved with h...

Olomouc draw with Mainz in home leg of Conference League tie

Official: Govt. to digitise all state services within year

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Deputy Prime Minister and Industry Minister Karel Havlíček is continuing his week-long visit to the United States, accompanied by dozens of Czech companies and innovation centres. A key stop is Texas, where the delegation is promoting Czech techno...

Czechia should ban Chinese-made cars from entering strategic sites, Bartošek says

PM Babiš: NGOs seeking to influence politics should be subject to registration

Czechia is ending repatriation flights launched due to the war with Iran

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Mayors and Independents urge a diesel price plan

UK journalist, author and broadcaster Misha Glenny has deep ties to this part of the world, having spent time in Prague in the 1980s and covered revolutions here and elsewhere in the then Eastern Bloc. On a recent visit to the Czech capital, Glenny ...

Artists from the National Theatre Brno will perform at a festival in Hong Kong

Analyst: Czech industry saw its biggest monthly drop since July 2023

Opposition TOP 09 proposes anchoring EU and NATO membership in the Czech Constitution

The 12th edition of the international Bazaar Festival opens today in Prague, bringing contemporary dance and performance from across Central and Eastern Europe to various venues across the capital. I spoke with the festival’s artistic director, Ew...

Diesel prices in the Czech Republic rise by CZK 5.79 in a week to CZK 40.89 per litre

Forbes: Czech billionaire Strnad among world’s 100 richest

President Pavel begins state visit to Lithuania

Czech MPs approve budget with 310-billion-crown deficit

A legendary code-breaking story, secret wartime inventions and the fascinating history of cryptology. The National Technical Museum in Prague is inviting visitors to a special exhibition open until May 10.

The video game Kingdom Come: Deliverance (KCD) has proved to be a boon for tourism in Central Bohemia. The game’s realistic depiction of 15th-century life in Bohemia has led to an influx of foreign and domestic tourists visiting real-life location...

Czechia's Bubeníčková wins second Paralympic silver in cross-country skiing

President Pavel discusses cooperation and sports with Czech troops in Latvia

Government gives PM authority over flights of top officials

Schmeichel says Tudor “destroyed” Czech goalie Kinský’s career

A scientific career can take on many shapes and forms. For Veronika Verdonckt Smutná, this manifested as a transition from public research to clinical development in the private pharmaceutical sphere. Working mostly from her quaint home in the nort...

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Survey: Over half of Czechs cutting spending

Czech President Petr Pavel has repeatedly denied that he is the de facto leader of the opposition, including in a major interview at the weekend. But if we accept the head of state’s words, who is actually PM Andrej Babiš’s main political oppon...

Number of Czechs registered in Middle East falls to about 2,100

Environment minister Červený stresses need for reliable data

Czechs shifting to newer used cars, prices rising sharply

Pavel meets Czech troops during Latvia visit

Czech MPs to vote on budget with 310-billion-crown deficit

Gas pipeline fire in Prague’s Holešovice contained

The 28th edition of the One World film festival gets underway in Prague on Wednesday night with a screening of the Hungarian documentary Meant to Be. Over eight days the event – which is run by NGO People in Need – will bring around 170 filmmake...

Babiš meets Merz in Berlin, says Visegrad group not functioning

More than 2,500 Czechs remain in Middle East conflict region

Czech Trade Minister Karel Havlíček leads business mission to US

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Czech scientists help discover how whooping cough bacteria cling to airways

Cyber incidents in Czechia above average in February

Inflation in Czechia slows to 1.4 pct. in February, lowest since 2016

Siniaková stuns defending champion Andreeva to reach Indian Wells last 16

Diesel prices in Czechia rise since start of Middle East war

Latvia’s Rinkēvičs welcomes Czech counterpart Pavel in Riga

A small apartment in Prague, or a terrace apartment for the same price in Dubai? Attractive property deals in the United Arab Emirates have drawn many Czech buyers in recent years. Now many investors fear that a drawn-out conflict could result in he...

Czech wines win top awards at Japan’s Sakura competition

Government monitoring fuel retail margins as prices rise

Head of Krkonoše National Park dismissed

Czech government considering tighter rules for bus transport from Ukraine

Fewer households to qualify for “New Green Savings” subsidies

The highlight of this year’s Motosalon in Brno was the unveiling of two new models by the legendary Czech motorcycle brand Jawa. The company presented the Jawa 730 Twin, expected to be produced in a limited series of about 150 units priced at arou...

A small zoo near the Central Bohemian town of Kladno has announced an exceptional breeding success. Eight rare green chameleons, an endemic species from Madagascar, have hatched there. The Zájezd Zoopark is the only one in the world successfully br...

Czech para athletes Carina Edlingerová and Simona Bubeníčková secured silver medals for the Czech Republic at the Winter Paralympic Games in Tesero, marking the country’s first medals at the event since the Vancouver 2010 Games.

Okamura slams Zelensky’s remarks towards Orbán as open threat

Czech foreign trade surplus reaches CZK 19.3 billion in January

Czech unemployment rises slightly to 5.2% in February

Over 1,500 Czech citizens repatriated from Middle East on government evacuation flights

Marking three years in office in an interview for Czech Television, President Petr Pavel rejected claims that he acts as an “opposition president.” But beyond tensions in domestic politics he focused largely on international issues. Vít Pohanka...

Industry leader: Czechia will need to import up to 100,000 workers a year

Police uncover hundreds of victims in fake investment scam

Tripartite to discuss capping retirement age at 65

President Pavel considering second term in office

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Slavia beat Sparta in Prague derby to extend league lead to 10 points

Pavel: Defence spending cut may cost Czechs credibility among allies

Macinka: Repatriation flights have brought around 1,400 Czechs back from Middle East

Politics debate show host Václav Moravec quits Czech Television on air

Survey: ANO way ahead, Mayors in front of Civic Democrats in second

President Pavel enjoys 57 percent approval three years after inauguration

CT: Czech government to ignore US calls for higher defence spending

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Saharan dust affects skies over Czechia

When it comes to Prague’s underground culture, which developed from 1968 until the Velvet Revolution in 1989, few bands—if any—left a deeper mark on this period than The Plastic People of the Universe. This phenomenon brought innovation, unpre...

Olympic winner Maděrová comes second in World Cup event in Czechia

Okamura defends defence spending cut, asks why Russia would attack Czechs

Averil Huck runs Prague Feminist Tours , a project that introduces visitors to the stories of women who helped shape Czech history but whose names are often missing from monuments and street signs. Originally from France and now based in the Czech c...

More planes deliver passengers to Prague from Middle East

Media: Czechia preparing unprecedented partnership with Texas

Record temperatures for March 6 recorded in Czechia

Czechia recalls ambassador from Tehran

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Czechs boycott opening of Winter Paralympics over Russians, Belarusians

Judge Martin Beneš to become first Children’s Ombudsman

Czech MPs voted on Thursday not to turn the heads of two parties in the coalition governing, Andrej Babiš and Tomio Okamura, over for criminal prosecution in unrelated cases. But now that he has immunity, will Prime Minister Babiš of ANO change hi...

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Transparency International sees decision not to prosecute Babiš as a decline in political culture

President Pavel speaks with Jordan’s king on need to stop attacks in the Middle East

Prague’s Museum of Czech Literature has acquired a suitcase that once belonged to writer, journalist and translator Milena Jesenská, a close friend and translator of Franz Kafka. The item was preserved by the family of a fellow prisoner who share...

President Pavel to hold talks in Lithuania and Latvia next week on Russian threats

Government to monitor fuel station margins as prices rise

Average wage rises to 49,215 CZK, approaching pre-pandemic levels

Health officials fear hepatitis outbreak in South Moravia could worsen in spring

Fewer Czechs in conflict-affected Middle East countries

Another Czech repatriation flight lands in Prague overnight with citizens from Oman

Bulgaria’s snowboard star Zamfirova injured in crash with drunk skier in Špindlerův Mlýn

The cottage of Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal in Kersko near Nymburk has been declared a national cultural monument by the Ministry of Culture. The building, closely connected with the life and work of the renowned author, is owned by the Central Bohem...