Hamzová and Čechová become first Czech players in 16 years to join WNBA

Recently appointed children’s ombudsman seeks members for youth advisory team

Analysis: Average earners in Czechia lose around CZK 17,000 after retirement

Drone disrupts air traffic at Prague airport, police detain one person

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Czech and Belgian PMs call for lower energy prices in the EU

President Pavel promotes ten men to general ranks

Pavel and Babiš remain divided over Czech delegation to NATO summit

Journalists’ federation condemns Czech public media funding plan

Macinka and Wadephul sign memorandum extending Czech-German Future Fund

France awards Czech Army chief Řehka the National Order of Merit

People across the Czech Republic commemorate the end of World War II in Europe

Filip Šír from the National Museum in Prague has spent years researching into a series of remarkable wartime broadcasts made by the much-loved Czech duo Jiří Voskovec and Jan Werich.  Their satirical sketches and songs, some of them in English,...

Three newly accused challenge prosecution in Bitcoin case

Fuel prices rise again, analysts say the situation remains tense

František Moravec, Jan Kubiš, Adolf Opálka and Jaroslav Krátky are well-known names to Czechs. They are paratroopers, who escaped to Great Britain where they were trained by the RAF and parachuted into occupied Czechoslovakia to fight the Nazis ...

A new exhibition is currently underway at the Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures in Prague, marking 200 years since the birth of Vojtěch Náprstek, a remarkable 19th-century figure who was not only the founder of a museum, but...

Czech foreign minister to meet German counterpart in Berlin on WWII anniversary

A Sudeten German association’s plan to hold its first ever congress in Czechia later this month has become a hot button political issue. Now the prime minister has joined the debate, warning that such a gathering could harm Czech-German relations....

President Pavel to attend summits in Bratislava and Bucharest next week

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Household spending is rising as people try to save on travel and food

Industrial growth continued to slow, while construction output rose by 5.8%

Poll: ANO would clearly win general elections, Motorists would fail to secure seats

Monitored wolves in East Bohemia avoiding humans

Brno politicians want Stalin image removed from cemetery

Babiš against Sudeten German congress in Brno

Reporters Without Borders condemn threats against journalist under govt. MP post

Sidney Sevek Finkel survived the Holocaust as a child, enduring ghettoization, forced labor camps, starvation and a weeks-long evacuation transport from Buchenwald concentration camp to Terezín. Struck by typhus at war’s end, he recovered against...

Police treating forest fire as possible case of endangering public safety through negligence

Czech inflation rises to 2.5 percent in April

A fossil of a previously unknown arthropod species, Soomaspis labutai, has been uncovered in rubble during construction work on Prague Metro’s D line. Hidden beneath the city for nearly half a billion years, the find offers new clues about how som...

Thousands of people rallied in Prague on Tuesday in support of the country’s public broadcasters, amid growing concern over a government plan to scrap license fees and make them dependent on state funds.

Jewish organisations against Kanye West concert planned for Prague

Electricity in Czechia sixth most expensive in Europe in 2025

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Public broadcaster unions reject ministry’s claim of progress in talks on financing reform

Firefighters reduce Czech Switzerland wildfire to five hectares

Thousands rally in Prague in support of public media

Czech coalition to seek motion urging Sudeten German Congress in Brno be cancelled

President Pavel urges Czech Republic not to stay outside core European decision-making

Politicians, veterans and members of the public gathered outside Czech Radio’s Prague headquarters on Tuesday to mark the 81st anniversary of the Prague Uprising against Nazi rule. The uprising began on 5 May 1945, near the end of the Second World...

Jurečka elected head of Christian Democrat’s parliamentary group

Ceremony at Czech Radio commemorates Prague Uprising in 1945

The annual Anifilm International Festival of Animated Films kicks off on May 5 in the North Bohemian city of Liberec. This year’s programme features more than 500 animated films and games, alongside exhibitions, talks and other accompanying events...

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Prague metro construction leads to discovery of new prehistoric species

Fire safety checks reveal serious lapses in Czech nightlife venues

Hundreds of firefighters still battling Czech Switzerland blaze

Roman Červenka named Czech Ice Hockey Player of the Season again after ten years

Conference “Europe as a Task” opens at Prague Castle

More than a third of Czechia faces the most severe level of soil drought

Pavel and Stubb: Russia remains the most serious challenge to European security

Police charge three more in bitcoin case, media link former minister Blažek

Thousands gathered for the reopening of the Singing Fountain, a landmark of the spa colonnade, closed since last summer. The fountain underwent extensive restoration, including its visible features, lighting, jets and a full technology upgrade. 

Firefighters across Czechia had a busy weekend, responding to hundreds of fires amid extremely dry and unusually hot weather. The most serious blaze is still burning in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park in the north of the country.

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The government has approved the reinstatement of electronic sales registration

MEP Nagyová receives a suspended sentence and a CZK 500,000 fine in the Čapí hnízdo case

Pirate Party have turned to the EC over the use of EU funds to combat disinformation

Rare archaeological finds from the era of Great Moravia, including an ivory vessel believed to have been brought to the region by Saints Cyril and Methodius, are now on display at the Archaeological Museum in Modrá in the Zlín region. The new exhi...

Managers of Brno’s urban greenery are protecting trees from drought using injection and mulching

Conditions in the manufacturing sector have improved, with the index at its highest level in four years

President Pavel welcomes Finnish President Stubb at Prague Castle

The Convoy of Liberty drove through the west Bohemian city of Plzeň on Sunday within the Freedom Festival commemorating the end of World War II and the city’s liberation by the US Army in May 1945.

Firefighters reduce area hit by blaze in Bohemian Switzerland National Park

Babiš says Zelensky wants end to war, questions who can broker peace

Siniaková wins Madrid doubles title for 36th career trophy

Czech PM Babiš meets Ukrainian President Zelensky in Yerevan

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Convoy of Liberty passes through Plzeň within the annual Freedom Celebrations

Czech Radio: Burglars raided Armenian Embassy in Prague

Ethiopian and Kenyan athletes triumph at Prague Marathon

Czechia sees first summer day early, Sunday’s temperatures may reach 30°C

Karlovy Vary Airport could become military-civilian hub

Czech U-18 hockey team wins bronze at World Championship

Firefighters still battling blaze in Bohemian Switzerland National Park

Although it may seem that folk songs belong to the past, in Czechia they are still very much alive. They are sung at celebrations, feasts, harvest festivals, and family gatherings. Each region has its own melodies and its own stories, from lyrical l...

550 years ago, a woman died who would become more famous after her death than she ever was in life. Perchta of Rožmberk – known as the White Lady, the most famous ghost of Czech castles – was in reality a victim of political arrangements, famil...

Firefighters battling forest blaze in Czech Switzerland National Park

Former Czech NATO envoy Landovský to oversee alliance commitments agenda

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Prague Marathon to bring major traffic restrictions across city centre on Sunday

Czech Republic experiencing driest spring on record

Mass for veterans opens Plzeň Freedom Festival

PM Babiš to hold first face-to-face talks with Zelensky since taking office

Trump’s planned 25% auto tariffs may hit Czech supply chains

Analysts: Iran war threatening Czech growth

Talankin’s missing Oscar recovered

Czech Republic denies blocking Fico flight to Moscow

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Pavel Talankin’s Oscar lost on flight home

Czech Railways launches new Prague-Hamburg-Copenhagen service

Czech Republic denies receiving Taiwan presidential overflight request

Czechs lagging behind in workplace use of artificial intelligence

Plzeň launches Freedom Festival commemorating WWII liberation by US troops

Czechs mark Labour Day with political rallies, festivals and gatherings

While much of the world celebrates love on Valentine’s Day in February, in Czechia it is May 1 that truly belongs to lovers. This spring date is marked by kisses under blooming trees, meetings beneath the statue of poet Karel Hynek Mácha, and a l...

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An extremely dry April is beginning to take its toll on vegetation. A lack of moisture is threatening agricultural crops in two-thirds of Czechia and farmers fear a poor harvest if rain does not come soon.

Opposition calling on Regional Development Minister Zuzana Mrázová to resign

This month saw the release of the first postage stamp designed by the multi-award-winning illustrator and writer Peter Sís. The Česká pošta stamp marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Vojtěch Náprstek, a Czech patriot and politician who ...

Frosts cause heavy losses for Czech fruit growers

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President Pavel urges faster infrastructure links with neighbours

EC taking Czechia and Hungary to court over non-compliance with European arrest warrant rules

Czech U18 hockey team advances to World Championship semi-finals

RSF: Global press freedom at 25-year low, Czechia ranked 11th

Walpurgis Night to be marked in Czech countryside

Defence minister discusses candidates for army chief with president

President, mayors enjoy highest trust, survey suggests

Zeman signs letter calling on Sudeten Germans to drop Brno meeting plan

Psychiatrist Cimický gets five years for sexual assault, blackmail

The fate of Štiřín Chateau, a Baroque estate near Prague, which hosted presidents and cabinet ministers, remains uncertain. The Czech state has failed to find a buyer for it, despite repeated attempts to sell the property and a dramatic reduction...

Experts are ringing alarm bells. The number of deaths related to kratom use is on the rise in Czechia as is the number of emergency calls to minors who collapse after using it. The prime minister has ordered the creation of an interministerial worki...

Pardubice win ice hockey Extraliga for first time in 14 years

Počerady coal-fired power plant biggest polluter of 2025

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Lower house committee for continuation of Radio Prague International

President Pavel and defence minister Zůna to discuss new army chief candidates