Prague airport saw 17.75m passengers in 2025

Czech Press Photo 2025 announced

Czech footballers climb one place in FIFA rankings

Dozens of fake Czech online shops emerge

Lavrov: “healthy forces” have awoken in Czechia

Ostrava authority rules Bedřiška demolition broke regulations

Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka on Tuesday met in Prague with his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa’ar. The talks focused on the situation in the Middle East, bilateral ties and the need to address growing antisemitism in the world today.

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Czech scientists have announced an extraordinary discovery in the Moravian Karst in South Moravia. Inside one of the region’s caves, they found a rare engraving of a horse — an image created around 15,000 years ago, at the very end of the last I...

Committee to decide on requests to lift Babiš and Okamura’s immunity on February 3

CSG offers shares worth €3.3bn on Amsterdam exchange

Firefighters responded to more fires last year

Environment Minister Macinka wants to cut climate education funding

Northern lights brightened Czech skies

PM Babiš hopes Greenland dispute can be resolved diplomatically

The Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka met his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó in Prague for talks focused on energy, migration and regional cooperation. Both ministers highlighted what they described as long-standing political alignment b...

FM Macinka: Czech–Israeli friendship to continue under new government

Malá Strana is one of Prague’s most visited neighbourhoods and very much part of the beaten track. But behind its busy streets lies a network of stairways that lead away from crowds and into calmer, more intimate spacesand take you suddenly off t...

Šediváčkův Long dog sled race begins in Orlické Mountains

Czech tennis player Plíšková reaches second round of Australian Open on return

Czech foreign minister: no invitation yet to Trump’s proposed Peace Council

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January and February are traditionally the months when universities across the Czech Republic hold open days. The University of Defence in Brno was no exception, offering prospective students the chance to explore courses and get hands-on experience...

Czech government moves to scrap public broadcasting fees

This week, Prague Philharmonia embarks on a concert tour of the United States, performing in six cities across the American Southeast before culminating its journey at New York’s legendary Carnegie Hall. Ahead of the opening concert in Florida, RP...

Shooting at municipal office in North Bohemia leaves two dead, six injured

Ice Age engraving discovered in Moravian Karst cave

Czech president received by Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican

Film Franz leads Czech Lion Awards nominations with 15 mentions

Ruling coalition rejects sale of L-159 fighter jets to Ukraine

Few Czech silent films are as renowned as Erotikon, directed by Gustav Machatý in 1929. The intimate romance, provocative for its time, has now been digitally restored and will receive a major new premiere on Tuesday. The screening will feature the...

Czech tennis players advance to 2nd round of Australian Open 

Czech freed from Venezuelan jail returns to Prague

Czech women claim historic silver in field hockey Euros

ODS reshuffles leadership, pledges to strengthen party brand

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Ledecká claims first medal of season with super-G bronze in Tarvisio

FM Macinka: President Pavel acted “like a bull in a china shop” by offering aircrafts to Ukraine

SPD and Motorists would reject lifting immunity of Babiš and Okamura

Study finds that Czechia holds several EU firsts in relations with Taiwan

Czech courts declare most company bankruptcies since 2017

Government to begin preparations to nationalise energy conglomerate ČEZ

Avalanche in the Austrian Alps kills three Czechs

This Friday, the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra celebrated a major international success in Paris, where it received the Diapason d’Or de l’Année award for its triple album of the complete symphonic works of Bedřich Smetana. The award, present...

Reshtenko wins sensational European bronze for Czech figure skating

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Director of Prague hospital resigns amid bossing allegations

More foreign workers in Czechia, but labour shortage remains

Czech doctors perform record number of transplants

Metro line B closed between Florenc and Vysočanská this weekend

Czech passport ranks 6th for travel freedom

Civic Democrats elect new leader

Czech Pirate Party re-elects Hřib as its leader

Štvanice Winter Stadium, designed in 1932 by functionalist architect Josef Fuchs, was the first arena in Czechoslovakia with an artificial ice surface. It hosted the country's first-ever ice hockey world championship win in 1947, as well as the fir...

STAN leader Rakušan fails in first round of vote for Chamber deputy speaker

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Czech President Petr Pavel is on his third visit to Ukraine since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. During the trip, he received Ukraine’s highest state honor from President Volodymyr Zelensky, in recognition of his strong and consisten...

Fernstädtová finishes Skeleton World Cup season in fourth place

Russian military intelligence GRU allegedly behind planned arson attacks in Czechia

A Czech political prisoner detained in Venezuela since 2024 has been released with other foreign nationals, Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka said at an impromptu press briefing on Friday. The minister signaled that the Czech Republic is ready to ...

President Pavel receives Ukraine’s top state honour from Zelensky

Exactly 120 years ago, in 1906, the Austro-Hungarian Empire began systematically registering motor vehicles, requiring the few car owners in the Czech lands — then still part of the Empire — to display a clearly visible registration plate.

MPs urge president to appoint ministers immediately without assessment

The EU has allocated 75% of Czech subsidies for 2021–2027

Czech senators honour Jan Palach in Prague

Czech man held in Venezuela released after long legal limbo

Macháč beats Paul to reach Adelaide tennis final

Pavel arrives in Kyiv on second day of Ukraine visit

Defence approves CZK 5.33bn modernisation of Čáslav air base

Macinka to discuss Greenland with Danish diplomats, hears out US stance

President Pavel begins Ukraine visit in Lviv

Senior who attacked Babiš with cane gets suspended sentence

On January 16, Czechs mark 57 years since Jan Palach set himself alight in the centre of Prague. The twenty-year-old student’s shocking act was intended to rouse Czechoslovak society from growing apathy in the wake of the Soviet occupation of Augu...

Lower house debates confidence vote as Babiš rejects prosecution request

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A dramatic rescue operation unfolded this weekend in the Moravian Karst, where emergency teams spent more than twenty hours freeing an injured speleologist trapped deep underground near the village of Rudice. The man was brought to the surface on Su...

Babiš says he will not allow prosecution in an alleged corruption case

One of Prague’s most picturesque squares - Námestí míru -  was the selected site for a wedding scene in  Netflix’s upcoming series The Age of Innocence, an adaptation of the famous novel by American writer Edith Wharton. Its shooting this w...

Pirates demand recovery of subsidies paid to Agrofert, threaten criminal complaint

Retail sales growth in Czechia accelerates to 4.6% in November, driven by online trade

ČEZ to invest more in Temelín modernisation this year

Audit office: €2bn spent on digitalisation, only 18% of state services fully online

MPs suspend confidence debate on Babiš government, to resume on Thursday

Macinka sees scope for cooperation with Ukraine on counter-drone defence

Czech biathletes finish fifth in Ruhpolding World Cup relay

Poll: president and PM are trusted by the majority of citizens

Prague square transformed for Netflix series

Former MP Dominik Feri faces further rape charge

Child and adolescent psychiatry under strain in Czechia

Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša has been named Artist of the Year for 2026 by the International Classical Music Awards. Often described as the “Oscar of classical music,” the honour recognises his exceptional international career and his work with...

CSG plans to issue new shares worth €750m in Amsterdam

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Czech theatre piece on daily life in war-torn Ukraine to appear in Vancouver

Rents set to rise faster than wages in Czechia in 2026

Celebrations of regional folk music and dance take place around Bohemia, Silesia and Moravia each year, drawing hundreds of admirers. And while the tradition is only brought out on special occasions, the good news is that those charmed by their vibr...

Agriculture minister dismisses head of Lesy ČR (Czech Forests)

Drivers urged to take care as icy conditions persist

13-year-old Czech boy killed in avalanche in Austria

Getting a tattoo may leave a lasting mark not only on your skin, but also on your immune system. This is the conclusion of a groundbreaking international study involving researchers from the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The resea...

The Nordic film festival SCANDI gets under way across Czechia

Influencer Janek Rubeš named moral role model at Ď Awards

Lawmakers continue vote on confidence in PM Babiš government

Former prime minister Fiala: PM Babiš’s cabinet is government of destruction

Senate will elect candidates for ombudsman from six nominees, including Schorm and Kříž

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Iran’s regime is facing another wave of mass protests, with reports indicating that hundreds of demonstrators have already been killed. The country is once again grappling with a near-total communications blackout, strict censorship, and severely ...

Women in the South Moravian town of Lednice have created a new online collection documenting more than one hundred traditional woollen shawls known as vlňáky. Once a common part of winter folk costume in the Podluží region, these scarves survive...

Opposition moves to remove Okamura as Speaker

SPD to back government in confidence vote

Havlíček convinced government will win confidence in Chamber of Deputies

The tug of war between the president and the new coalition government over the unsuccessful nomination of Filip Turek to the post of environment minister on Monday brought a surprise move from the cabinet, which made him government commissioner for ...

The Chamber of Deputies will begin debating a vote of confidence in the three-party coalition cabinet on Tuesday. Given the high number of MPs seeking to speak in the debate, the vote itself is expected no earlier than Wednesday evening. The new cab...

Prague to require zero-emission taxis from 2030

Czech and Polish foreign ministers discuss V4 cooperation

PM Babiš to ask lower house for vote of confidence in new administration

Icy conditions disrupt rail and road transport across parts of Czechia

Tripartite council to coordinate Czech push in EU against ETS 2 emissions trading

MP Filip Turek appointed government commissioner for climate policy

The Metoděj Vlach Aviation Museum in Mladá Boleslav has a new exhibit: a replica of the Kuňkadlo sport aircraft. It was built by designer Juraj Tinka and donated to the museum. The original aircraft was constructed 100 years ago by brothers Bohum...

Icy conditions force flight cancellations at Frankfurt Airport, including Prague connections