Heavy rain in Czechia sees fire services called out hundreds of times

President Pavel attends final of Romany teens soccer competition

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Expenditure on benefits for Ukrainians in Czechia falling

The 58th anniversary of the start of the occupation of Czechoslovakia – 21 August 2026

August 21, 1968, went down in Czechoslovak history as the day that Soviet-led Warsaw Pact troops crushed the Prague Spring reforms and the hopes of millions of people yearning for freedom and democracy. At a solemn ceremony outside the Czech Radio b...

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Prague court upholds sanctions against Belarusian journalist

A painting of the death mask of Jan Palach was unveiled on Friday at a memorial to the young man who set himself on fire in connection with the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia that began on August 21, 1968. The work is by the UK-resident visua...

Rain brings some relief from drought but groundwater remains critically low

Severe thunderstorms forecast for parts of Czechia, danger of flash floods

Hip Hop Kemp festival cancelled at the last minute

Wind turbine collapses in Czechia in first such accident

Hundreds commemorate 1968 events outside Russian Embassy

Czechs mark 58 years since Soviet-led invasion

A damaged statue of an angel, believed to have inspired one of Karel Kryl's best-known songs, is returning to the western Bohemian town of Ostrov. It will go on display in the local church on August 21, the anniversary of the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasi...

A team of archaeologists led by researchers from the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen are investigating a sanctuary near the village of Chleby in the Nymburk region. The more than 6,500-year-old structure served as a ritual site linked to the mo...

Finance Ministry downgrades economic outlook, expects 1.9% growth this year

If Pigeons Turned to Gold has been selected as Czechia’s submission for the Best International Film at the 2027 Academy Awards. A raw and inventive documentary, it explores addiction in director Pepa Lubojacki’s own immediate family. But can suc...

President Pavel: Defense spending should exceed 2% of GDP next year

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Education minister wants teachers’ salaries to gradually return to 130% of the average wage

Critics say coalition amendment to the Building Act is prone to corruption and poorly thought out

Czech agriculture will lose CZK 20 billion in revenue this year

Samizdat exhibition opens in Frankfurt ahead of Czech showcase at Book Fair

Zůna: Czechia will meet 2 percent defence spending target in 2027

Czech Radio’s international broadcasting service was once one of the main sources of information about Czechoslovakia abroad, and it annually received thousands of letters from listeners the world over. A portion of this rich, multilingual archive...

Senators reject move to curb president’s powers

As the country counts the costs of prolonged drought, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) has announced the revival of the National Anti-Drought Coalition, which had been dormant for several years. He is promising fast, targeted action, but questions...

New hospital to go up in grounds of Vinohrady University Hospital

Court confirms hospital not responsible for shooting of patient

Record period of insufficient soil moisture seen in Czechia

Interior minister says more police, fire officers to be hired in 2027

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If Pigeons Turned to Gold put forward as Czech submission for Oscar

Exhibition of Czech crown jewels to open on September 19

Archaeologists uncover 6,500-year-old ritual site in central Bohemia

Five large circus tents, caravans, and dozens of artists from the Czech Republic and abroad. That is what Letná Park in Prague currently looks like, as it hosts Letní Letná, the largest Czech festival of contemporary circus and theater. The 23rd ...

Senate Constitutional Committee says proposed change to presidential powers is unconstitutional

NASA selects Czech photographer’s image Astronomy Picture of the Day

Fire risk warning lifted across Czechia

Prague Zoo celebrated World Elephant Day on Saturday, giving visitors a chance to learn more about the daily process of caring for the elephants and enjoy a feeding and bathing session. Two of the elephants are expecting young. Janita is expected to...

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Czechia facing shortage of social care workers

President hosting environmental meeting at Lány

Government approves closure of Eurocentres

Lower house to debate freeze on politicians’ salaries

Finance minister debating budget allocations for 2027 with cabinet ministers

Average rents increased, but became cheaper in most regional capitals

President Pavel signs CZK 50,000 increase in parental allowance to CZK 400,000

Velvet Blues, a collection of 20th century stories by Czech and Slovak Romany writers, is set to be presented at October’s Frankfurt Book Fair, where this year Czechia will be guest of honour. I discussed the anthology with Karolína Ryvolová of ...

Oscar-winning director Jan Svěrák’s comedy Pět švestek (Five Plums) will be released in cinemas in the United Kingdom this autumn under the title What a Way to Go. It is only the fourth Czech film in the 30 years since the Czech Republic beca...

Renewed National Coalition Against Drought to be led by Prime Minister Babiš

Radar and command-systems manufacturer Retia Pardubice reports record profit

Food prices may continue falling for several more months, analysts estimate

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Customs officers discover nearly 10 kilograms of drugs in the Teplice area and detain two people

The Czech Republic can expect showers and thunderstorms this week, but no extreme temperatures

Students will once again pay more for apartment rentals

If these two stop-motion puppet characters get their hands on something, you can be pretty sure it will go wrong. Pat and Mat, Czechia’s famously clumsy handymen, have been entertaining audiences for five decades, and their slapstick adventures ha...

State planning PPP tender for railway to Prague Airport

Czech government to scrap 20-year-old EU information strategy

Wild boars are increasingly moving into urban areas across the Czech Republic. Once largely confined to forests, they are now appearing in city parks, gardens and residential neighbourhoods,scavenging for food.    

Regions to lose state funding for lower-class road repairs

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PM confirms four billion crowns for measures to fight drought next year

Six cottages destroyed by fire in Brno

Czech tourist dies on Mount Babia Gora

Temperature records broken at 30 percent of Czech weather stations

Drought forces Czech fish farmers to take emergency measures

The biggest star of his time, a wild performer who had girls falling at his feet, a Czech rock’n’roll king with a tragic fate. All of this is associated with the name Miki Volek, the once-famous singer who died alone and forgotten on August 14, ...

Five years ago, the Mělník III power plant, once the largest coal-fired unit in the Czech Republic, ceased operation. Commissioned in 1981, it was a mainstay of the country’s energy system for decades. Its closure in 2021 paved the way for a maj...

All Czech tourists evacuated from Omiš fire have returned to accommodation

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Frosty night in the mountain regions before another hot day

Supermarket price war helps keep food prices down

Czech hospitals warn of critically low blood supplies, appeal to donors

Czech government to debate drought measures on Monday

Olomouc Archdiocese cancels pilgrimage for LGBT+ Catholics following hate mail

Three highest levels of drought affect 88 percent of Czechia

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Around 300 Czech citizens evacuated due to fire near Omiš, Croatia

Czech Army recruits 2,997 soldiers this year, Babiš guarantees 2% of GDP in funding

Banks provided CZK 40.4 billion in mortgages in July, 7% more than last year

Experts: Scrapping ninth grade of primary school would worsen students’ educational outcomes

This year’s edition of the legendary Trutnoff Open Air music festival is dedicated to Václav Havel, marking what would have been his 90th birthday. Even when Havel was president, he was known simply as “the tribal chief” at the rock festival,...

Seemanová wins third European 200m freestyle title

Siniaková wins 38th doubles title in Toronto

Conservationists have published the results of their traditional winter survey of large carnivores along the Czech-Slovak border. Trackers covered nearly 200 routes ranging from five to 25 kilometres, confirming the presence of wolves, lynx and bear...

Burned synagogues and smashed shop windows are some of the best-known images of Nazi persecution of Jews. But the Nazis also systematically confiscated Jewish books, hoping to build a huge collection that could be used to provide a ‘scientific’ ...

Czech government to spend four billion crowns on drought measures

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This week’s solar eclipse and the Perseid meteor shower once again drew Czechs outside to look at the sky. They also highlighted something unusual about the country: Czechia has one of the densest networks of public observatories and planetariums ...

Study: Age discrimination in Czech job market starts as early as 40

Siniaková reaches doubles final in Toronto, eyes 38th career title

Low river levels force 90 percent of small hydropower plants in Czechia to stop

Czech Culture Ministry to provide CZK 9 million for Lidice children’s memorial restoration

Czechia faces wildfire risk nationwide as drought and heat continue

Drying wells and declining groundwater levels are affecting an increasing number of communities across Czechia. In some areas water utilities and fire crews have had to deliver drinking water to villages where inhabitants are dependent on their own ...

Trutnoff Open Air festival begins, commemorating Václav Havel’s 90th birthday

People across Czechia observed a partial solar eclipse, next similar event in 50 years

Shortage of feed caused by drought forces livestock farmers to sell cattle

Senate committee backs reduction in maximum number of troops on NATO’s eastern flank

Hop growers estimate harvest will be one-fifth lower, quality will also be worse

Prosecutor charges three people with investment fraud causing damage of CZK 1.1 billion

Firefighters are responding to a forest fire near Břeclav, a munitions factory once exploded there

Due to drought and heat, Czech farmers are looking for new crops that can better withstand such conditions. Increasingly, they are opting for sunflowers instead of rapeseed. In the eastern parts of the country there have even been attempts to grow f...

It was built as a secret Soviet command post during the Cold War and hidden from the public for decades. Now the Jasyr bunker in the Karlovy Vary region in northwest Bohemia is open to visitors, thanks to a group of enthusiasts who have spent years ...

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Justice Minister confirms US request to extradite four Mexicans, two have already agreed to extradition

Number of self-employed people rose by 23,000 to 1.202 million in the first half of the year

Czechia recording driest year since 1961

Partial solar eclipse to coincide with Perseid meteor shower

One of the challenges of living abroad is gradually losing contact with your native language, and this can be even more difficult for children of expats. Various associations can therefore serve as a bridge to their native language and fellow countr...

Court rehabilitates witness to Číhošť miracle

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The end-of-summer blues is setting upon the citizens of Prague. Festival season is over, the holidays are coming to an end, but there are still films and plays aplenty! Here are our top tips to fill your end-of-summer programme in Prague.

Public stress test of eDoklady digital ID app to take place Thursday

Inflation rises to 1.7% in July

Charles University is building its largest science centre in modern history. The nearly five-and-a-half-billion-crown Biocenter is due to open in Prague in just a few years, and the university is now looking for a world-renowned scientist to lead it...