President Pavel to meet PM Babiš at New Year’s lunch

Czechia to continue coordinating ammunition initiative for Ukraine

Czech foreign minister to visit Ukraine soon

Czech state budget posts CZK 290.7bn deficit

Florenc21 is Prague’s largest urban renewal project. It’s taking a neglected brownfield along a major road and transforming it into a green walkable neighborhood. Launched through an international urban design competition in 2021, the project wa...

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Czechia meets NATO defence spending target of two percent of GDP

Bychkov to become music director of Paris National Opera

Rulík names 19 world champions in Czech Olympic hockey squad

President Pavel to attend Security Council meeting on ammunition initiative

Broken Voices and Father get most nominations in Film Critics’ Awards

Second World War veteran Miloslav Masopust has died at the age of 101. In 1944, he joined the First Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union and took part in the liberation of Slovakia. Thanks to recorded testimonies, we can hear his story in his...

Czech foreign trade posts surplus in November

Czech electricity production rises for first time since 2021

Czech tennis team beats Australia in United Cup opener

Bohem Brewery is a London-based Czech brewery that does more than just brew authentic Czech lager. It also runs two pubs and a taproom, all with a wider mission in mind: to teach Britons what good lager can taste and look like.

FM Schillerová to unveil last year’s budget result, deficit seen above plan

Czechs win silver at world junior ice hockey championship

Three Kings procession with camels passes through Prague

World war II veteran Masopust dies at 101

Macinka discusses public mood with Ukrainian ambassador

Babiš to present Turek’s ministerial nomination to president

Government approves policy statement with focus on cheaper energy and pensions

The Czech hockey team defeated Canada 6:4 in the semifinals of the World Junior Championships and will play Sweden for the gold medal on Tuesday night at 2:30 a.m. CET. Tomáš Poletín scored the winning goal at 58:46, and Vojtěch Čihař sealed t...

Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) hopes that US intervention in Venezuela will lead to citizens enjoying freedom and democracy and choosing a democratic regime, he said on Instagram. During Saturday's surprise attack on Caracas, US forces detained ...

Hepatitis A cases five times higher than year before, other infections also rise

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Government coalition ministers and MPs disagree on Vrbětice sabotage

Prague public transport switches to winter schedule with longer intervals

Time magazine has named Tomáš Cihlář, a Czech virologist at the US biopharmaceutical company Gilead , among the 100 Most Influential People of 2025, alongside biochemist Wesley Sundquist of the University of Utah. Their work focuses on developin...

Thanks to freezing temperatures, Czechs are enjoying the winter season not only in the mountains. Ideal conditions for winter fun can also be found in Prague’s parks, for example in Stromovka.

Czech lower house Speaker Tomio Okamura's New Year speech has ignited a major dispute on the Czech political scene less than a month after the new government took office. The address, peppered with insults against both Ukraine and the EU, has sparke...

PM Babiš: Turek should be given a chance to work through his past

PM Babiš hopes US intervention in Venezuela will lead to democracy

Audit office: Passport and visa services still not properly digitalised

Government to approve policy statement, faces dispute over Turek nomination

Czech under-20s beat Canada 6–4 to reach World Junior final

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About 50 people protest in Prague in front of US embassy against attack on Venezuela

PM Babiš to propose Turek to president to head Environment Ministry

Deputy PM Havlíček: Attack in Venezuela was unconventional, but Czechia should support US

FM Macinka will summon Zvarych to discuss criticism of Okamura

Coming nights to reach 16 degrees Celsius below zero

ČF Director Mareček: Czech Philharmonic wants to be national musical representative

Prague Stock Exchange improved record again as PX index surpasses 2,700 points

Krejčí was perfect from three-point range and scored 13 points, but Atlanta lost

Opposition senators call on Babiš to make clear to Okamura that he is harming Czechia

When Antonín Dvořák conducted the Czech Philharmonic’s very first concert on January 4, 1896, few could have foreseen that it was an orchestra destined to become one of the symbols of Czech culture.  

For this week’s Radio Prague Sunday music show, we are presenting one of the musical highlights of 2025: the 80th Prague Spring International Music Festival, featuring Smetana’s My Country—the pinnacle of the Czech classical music calendar and...

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FM Macinka: What is important now is calming situation in Venezuela and diplomacy

Government to discuss amendment delaying start of housing support measures until September

Babiš to travel to Paris for meeting of Coalition of the Willing

2025 was 13th warmest year in Czechia in 65 years

Morning snowfall disrupts public transport in Prague

Kristyna and Marek Milde are a Czech artist duo based in Brooklyn. Through installation, sculpture, photography, and collage, they explore how urban life affects our relationship to nature and the objects around us — revealing both the tension and...

Okamura’s remarks cause concern, Pavel to discuss issue with PM Babiš

Czechs beat Switzerland 6-2 at world juniors, reach semifinals again

Czechia offers to transfer burn victims from Switzerland to Prague

FM Macinka says envoy should not judge Okamura’s remarks

First avalanche warning issued in the Krkonoše mountains

Over 300 convicts have been released on January 1, most of them from the women’s prison in Světlá nad Sázavou. The early releases took place under an amendment to the Criminal Code. The measure will mainly apply to people serving sentences for ...

Amendments to the Civil Code, effective as of this year, should open the way to fast-track divorces. The courts will no longer be required to determine who was at fault for the breakdown of the marriage and agreement on custody rights should speed u...

Tragedy in Switzerland leaves president Pavel deeply saddened

Reactions mixed to president’s New Year’s speech

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Record-low birth rate. Data show where population is shrinking in Czechia

Analysts say GDP trends point to 2.5% growth in 2025

Ambassador: Okamura’s anti-Ukraine remarks are undignified and unacceptable

Pavel Talankin is the Russian teacher and filmmaker behind the documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin, which exposes the militarization and propaganda in Russian schools after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Czechia among Europe’s most nuclear-reliant countries in 2025

Vejmelka wins Czech goalie duel in NHL, Rittich and Dobeš concede five

Over 300 prisoners released following changes to Criminal Code

Fireworks restrictions lead to significant improvement in air quality

Czech man dies climbing Breithorn in Austria

In his New Year address to the nation President Pavel pledged to safeguard democracy, expressed pride in what the country has achieved and urged Czechs to be more positive and rebuild trust.  

President Pavel wishes new government success, pledges to guard democracy

No Czechs reported missing after deadly explosion in Swiss resort

Lower house speaker Okamura against further arms supplies to "sustain senseless war"

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Free parking for electric cars in Prague over

Survey: Czechs look to 2026 with cautious optimism

PM Babiš calls for national unity and pride in New Year address

Czech junior hockey team beats Latvia at World Championship

Three Kings Charity Collection kicks off nationwide

Trade unions criticize proposal to replace Civil Service Act

Changes to unemployment benefits, wages and pensions take effect

Hundreds celebrate New Year in Prague centre

The Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World, popularly known as the New World Symphony, was composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1893 when he was director of the National Conservatory of Music of America. It premiered at New York's Carnegie Hall ...

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Three Kings Collection to kick off nationwide on January 1

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Czech junior hockey team to face Latvia

Eight paintings stolen from church in Northern Bohemia

Prague introducing New Year’s Eve restrictions in city centre

Aviation festival to leave Pardubice

Coalition MPs propose abolishing civil service act

PM Babiš to only place Agrofert into blind trust

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Prague emergency services and officers will increase their presence on New Year's Eve

State Forests of Czechia increased profits by 13 percent to CZK 4.4 billion

The Wallachian Open-Air Museum in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm marked the 100th anniversary of its founding in 2025 with a record-breaking celebration. A total of 1,449 people wearing traditional folk costumes gathered in Masaryk Square in late June, mak...

It will snow at turn of the year, with up to 15 cm of snow falling in parts of Czechia

Police in Czechia are warning of a rise in scams in which people are lured abroad and unknowingly used to smuggle drugs. The National Drug Control Centre says that elderly people are particularly vulnerable and at least two Czechs who fell for the s...

Discovery of dead man on tracks halted train traffic in Prague near main station

With New Year’s Eve fast approaching – a night of fireworks for many – you may want to familiarise yourself with the rules on pyrotechnics in Czechia, especially following recent regulatory changes. Not only is the sale of New Year’s rockets...

Culling of infected poultry begins in Habry, inmates assist

Fireworks face heavy fines under new rules and ban zones

Czech juniors edge Finland in overtime at world championship

Regulated electricity prices to fall next year

For Mykola, now a student in Prague and an employee at UNICEF (the United Nations agency for children), “home” has become both a memory and a vision of the future. His story reflects not only the personal struggles of a young man forced to rebui...

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Police propose charging ex-MP Feri over another rape case

FM Macinka: world is moving toward diplomatic solution about Ukraine

An exhibition devoted to activist art is currently underway at Prague’s Municipal Library. Organised by City Gallery Prague, it explores Czech activist art of recent decades in dialogue with international movements such as Black Lives Matter, Me T...

Czechs are donating more to charities every year, with aid targeted both at home and abroad. Solidarity with war-torn Ukraine remains strong; at home the most common causes include children in need, people with disabilities, and animals.

The Skalice game reserve, established in 1990 is home to a herd of fallow and red deer. Traditionally on St. Stephen’s Day, local people bring treats for the game living there and watch the herd being fed.

Employers expect Czech economy to grow by 2–3 pct in 2026

Police warn of scams that can turn victims into unwitting drug couriers

Mountains in Czechia to be covered by snow, strong winds and frost expected