Czech economy grows by 1.9 percent in second quarter

Euro: Michal Strnad remains Czechia’s richest person

Incoming ambassador says Czech-US relations are exceptionally strong

Partial lunar eclipse visible over Czechia early Friday

Babiš and Costa support EU enlargement at Prague meeting

Czechs summon Iranian ambassador over Radio Farda threat

A boomer sitting next to a Gen Alpha kid, both clapping at the same performance — this is what it might look like at the intergenerational festival Obnaženi (Uncovered) in the town of Chomutov. Its aim is to bring generations together, and that i...

Czech Foreign Ministry rejects false reports of Czech-Polish tensions

Intelligence service: “One-time agents” directed by Russia still threat to Czechia

Number of children in Czech pre-schools continues falling

The Czech tennis players Jakub Menšík and Karolína Muchová have won the mixed doubles title at the US Open, claiming their first Grand Slam title. The pair had only entered the tournament on a wild card – and earned a USD 1 million prize.

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Plzeňský Prazdroj to increase beer prices from October

American Karen Kruger grew up without knowing that her mother was Jewish or that she had escaped Czechoslovakia as a child on a Kindertransport. Her search for the family history eventually led to the documentary Letters from Brno and back to the pl...

Iran lists Prague-based Radio Farda among military targets

Menšík and Muchová win US Open mixed doubles title

Government to invest one billion crowns in major heritage restorations

Czech MPs override president’s veto of budget rules amendment

A major overhaul of Prague’s Baroque Invalidovna complex has just been launched. The project is set for completion in three years, with the prime minister telling Radio Prague International it should become a new cultural hub in the capital.

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Czech hop harvest could be 25 percent below average

Czech army resumes Viper and Venom helicopter flights

Prague’s Invalidovna reconstruction launched

Brno’s ŠTETL FEST returns for its fifth edition from August 26 to 30, bringing together history and memory with contemporary Jewish culture, music, theatre and debate. This year’s theme, Returns, focuses on descendants of Jewish families coming...

Menšík and Muchová reach US Open mixed doubles semifinals

Company seeks to preserve part of fire-damaged Bata building in Zlín

Health Ministry wants all major operations performed at specialist centres by 2030

The success of Kingdom Come: Deliverance has done more than put medieval Bohemia on computer screens around the world. Players are increasingly travelling to the real places depicted in the game, including Sázava and its medieval monastery. Jan Kre...

Pavel urges Czech diplomats to present united front abroad

A sea lion died at a zoo in the north Bohemian city of Liberec at the weekend after part of a child’s toy evidently got stuck in its gullet. Two other sea lions also died by choking at the institution in the past.

A concrete plant on Prague’s Rohan Island, between Prague’s Karlín and Libeň districts, could soon become an urban farm. Local councillors have put forward a new plan for the site, which includes growing areas, a greenhouse and a new lookout p...

Cameras to monitor more railway crossings in Czechia

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Invasive Asian hornet spotted repeatedly in Central Bohemia

Ostrava opens modern shooting range for professional athletes and public

Parliament to reconsider controversial budget rules amendment

Autopsy confirms toy likely caused death of Liberec sea lion

Czech company selected as EU distribution centre for Black Hawk parts

Vondroušová appeals four-year ban to Court of Arbitration for Sport

Czech scientists have launched an international project to save the critically endangered Jurinea cyanoides, a plant that is considered to be a remnant of the Ice Age. It can still be found in a few remaining locations in the Czech Republic and Germ...

Czech minimum wage to rise by CZK 2,500 next year

New apostolic nuncio Nugent to arrive in Prague on September 3

Pavel Haas Quartet album shortlisted for Gramophone Awards

Costa to visit Prague on Thursday as part of Tour des Capitales

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Czech Viper helicopters resume operations in Poland

Foreign Minister: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has seriously damaged European security

National harvest celebrations, such as those held within the Země živitelka agricultural fair in South Bohemia (pictured), traditionally feature not only agricultural machinery exhibitions but also various folk events.

Central drought commission to meet over severe dry conditions

Horseback archery is slowly finding its place in the Czech Republic, thanks to enthusiasts like Oldřich Pítra. He organizes international workshops and runs his own club in the hope that this still relatively fringe sport could one day make it to ...

Crystal chandeliers, monumental glass sculptures, jewellery, fashion shows and even a tram transformed into a kind of Orient Express. For six days, the northern Czech city of Liberec is celebrating a material that has shaped this region for centurie...

Nosková reaches career best world ranking of sixth

Czech ambassadors from around world in Prague for annual gathering

Composer and musicologist Zdeněk Šesták dies at 100

Security chief: State should beware of increasing dependence on Chinese tech

Study: Czechs investing more in commercial property elsewhere in region

90 years since first TV signal – from Berlin Olympics – received in Czech lands

Fig trees thriving in southern Moravia as weather patterns change

Forgotten ivory Infant Jesus statuette found in Česká Třebová

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Karel Plíhal is hard to miss in a crowd – his thick blond hair is to blame. Nevertheless, Plíhal has always come across as rather reserved. Before and after concerts, he can often be found quietly standing around with a beer in his hand. Despite...

Pavel Brázda, one of the most distinctive and independent Czech painters of the 20th century, was born in Brno on August 21, 1926.

Babiš not currently considering candidate for next presidential elections

Babiš: Major targets must be met before consolidation of public finances possible

Study: Half of Czechs go hiking

Mádl’s Waves passes one million viewer mark in Czech cinemas

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