Bartůňková stuns Sabalenka to reach Beijing Open fourth round

Prague police record 176 offences at illegal tuning meet

Lucie Žáčková and Stanislav Majer win Thalia Awards for acting

Czech footballers lose to Spain 3-1 in Nations League

Jaroslav Ježek is a prominent 20th century Czech composer, pianist and conductor whose music became an inseparable part of the Liberated Theatre of Jiří Voskovec and Jan Werich.

Lieutenant General František Fajtl, a WWII hero who commanded an RAF squadron and later got hard labour in communist Czechoslovakia, died on October 4, 2006.

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Czechia keeping diplomatic mission in Kyiv despite Russian warning

PM Babiš rejects Russian ambassador’s claim that Czech government softened anti-Russian rhetoric

Opposition warns against playing down risks posed by Russia

Numerous events mark upcoming Havel birth anniversary

Czech literature will be in the international spotlight next week when Czechia becomes Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world’s largest publishing trade fair. Seventy-five Czech authors are heading to Frankfurt for the event, which ...

Czech Rectors’ Conference warns universities may have to limit student numbers over finances

Hundreds of cars gather at tuning meet in Prague

President Pavel to miss municipal elections due to private trip to Morocco

Thalia Awards to be presented at Prague’s National Theatre

Finance Ministry sets maximum fuel prices for the weekend and Monday

Seven-week wine festival begins in Český Krumlov

Filip Turek apologises to environmental group Hnutí Duha for offensive remarks

Czechs go to the ballot boxes in a week’s time for municipal elections and elections to one-third of the seats in the Senate. How significant will the latter be for government leaders ANO? And what are the local polls likely to tell us about the p...

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Metronome Prague festival to end after ten years

Czech Defence Ministry cancels CZK 24.7bn armoured vehicle tender

Drones have fundamentally altered the character of modern warfare and have become a decisive factor on the battlefield. The Czech military is winding up a 12-day international exercise, Drone Shield 2026, aimed at mapping and testing available techn...

Škoda Auto cuts production due to supplier problems

Police refer Turek car crash case to misdemeanor proceedings

Finance Ministry to set fuel price caps for weekend and Monday

Babiš government survives second no-confidence vote

Vejmelka opens new NHL season with shutout

One of Czechia’s most celebrated modernist buildings, Prague’s Villa Müller, has just reopened after renovations. A presentation on Wednesday also included the launch of a book about the villa, co-authored by leading Dutch architect Winy Maas.

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Czech police seize drugs and equipment worth CZK 330 million

EU states approve stricter migrant return rules

A new exhibition at Prague’s Villa Pellé explores the work of Kamil Lhoták, one of the most distinctive Czech artists of the 20th century. Called Landscape of Dreams, it brings together works spanning more than five decades of his career.

One hundred and fifty years after the birth of Tomáš Baťa, the world-famous shoe brand is undergoing a major turning point. The Baťa company has officially announced it will close its last factory in Central Europe, definitively ending productio...

More than three-quarters of Czechs fear AI-generated fraud

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Diesel prices fall sharply after price caps take effect

Czech manufacturing conditions improve for seventh month

Fuel price caps take effect in Czechia

MPs could vote on no-confidence motion against Babiš government

Czech foreign intelligence service gets new director

Zlín Zoo loses African elephant after surgery

Baťa to close Czech shoe factory, ending traditional footwear production in Europe

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Minister files criminal complaint over contamination at former military site

Pavel: NATO members must make clear they are ready to defend their airspace and territorial waters

Czech government sets fuel price caps amid rising prices

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, one of Russia’s best-known composers, visited Prague three times, but his stays were not always a triumph. Much depended on the political mood of the time, while many questions and myths still surround both his life and t...

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One of Egon Schiele’s most recognisable drawings is now on display at the National Gallery Prague. Seated Woman with Bent Knees has been reproduced countless times on posters and merchandise, but the fragile original normally remains in storage.

Pavel welcomes Romanian President Nicusor Dan at Prague Castle

Czech police reported to be using software at centre of US investigation over Russia links

Thursday sees the start of the music conference ReConnect Brno , one of several such events, often combining industry discussions with showcases and festivals, that take place in Czechia. But like the music industry itself, music conferences have to...

Czech MPs continue debate ahead of no-confidence motion in Babiš government

PM Babiš reiterates Czechia’s commitment to Article 5

Babiš talks up Czech-Italian action plan after meeting with Meloni in Prague

Czech footballers lose to England in home Nations League game

Media: US officials informed Babiš about Russia threats

Czech Army testing drones and ways to combat them in international exercise

Media: PM’s aide submits proposal to cut staff by 10 percent to ministers

Scientists in Brno have developed a special bone glue that could one day help doctors treat even complicated fractures. The material is now being tested on sheep.

People gathered on Říp Mountain this past Sunday to mark 900 years since the restoration of the Rotunda of St. George and St. Adalbert. Říp is a well-known symbol of Czech history, traditionally associated with the legendary arrival of the Czech...

Groups in field against Babiš appointments to Human Rights Council

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Czech crown jewels return to vault at St. Vitus’ Cathedral

Giorgia Meloni to meet Czech PM Andrej Babiš in Prague

Czech MPs debate no-confidence motion against Babiš government

Czech Senate awards 17 silver medals on Statehood Day

A photograph of a wounded young man lying outside Czechoslovak Radio on August 21, 1968, became one of the striking images of the Soviet-led invasion. After 58 years, Memory of Nations organization has identified him as Jaroslav Mareček. The Soviet...

Prague rally urges people to vote in October elections

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Martin Nečas becomes highest-paid Czech NHL player

Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh awarded Václav Havel Human Rights Prize

Prague Zoo celebrates 95th anniversary with 1930s-themed programme

Czech Senate to award 14 silver medals on Statehood Day

Thousands attend St Wenceslas pilgrimage in Stará Boleslav

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Czech women win Billie Jean King Cup for 12th title

Czech women one win away from Billie Jean King Cup title

Finance Minister Schillerová: Some tax increases will be unavoidable

eDoklady users urged to update app before October elections

Eleven injured after tractor overturns at Přerov tractor event

Czech women face Ukraine in Billie Jean King Cup final

Czech football team loses to Croatia in Nations League opener

Czech state monuments open to public free of charge

Preparations underway in Stará Boleslav for St. Wenceslas pilgrimage

Jakub Šimanský is a Czech guitarist, drummer and sound explorer based in Brno, who has made a significant mark on the Czech alternative music scene.

Social services association calls for tougher checks on illegal care homes

Havlíček: Lower budget deficit would mean cuts to security, energy and transport

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Prague archbishop warns against cutting funding for church schools

Government to amend, rather than scrap, foreign-power offence

Maltese Order former grand prior Karel Eduard Paar dies aged 92

Czech tennis team reaches Billie Jean King Cup final

Brno’s new T Arena nearing completion

Czech army to step up military exercises next year

363 infected, 50 hospitalized in outbreak at Prague primary school

The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra is commemorating the centenary of its founding. Its 2026/2027 season plans feature distinguished guest conductors, new compositions by Czech composers, prestigious festival appearances and special projects to reac...

In a fortnight’s time, voters will be going to the polls in Czechia in local and Senate elections. Many EU citizens resident in the country may be unaware they can also take part in the former – and that’s something the group Volby pro všechn...

Water supply in Odolena Voda contaminated with lead

The annual LUSTR festival of illustration and comics has got under way at Prague’s Holešovice Market. The 13th edition brings together more than a hundred Czech and international artists, with exhibitions, talks and workshops running until the en...

Czech Night of Science explores communication in various forms

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Czech tourist among 17 injured in Turkey road accident

Police raid headquarters of leading health insureer VZP

President Pavel visits US National Guard base in Nebraska

MPs back bill targeting drink spiking

NATO could consider multinational drone-interceptor unit using Czech L-39NG jets

Opposition parties submit signatures for no-confidence session

Court tells Babiš lawyer to substantiate claims over Seznam

National Budget Council: Trigger of debt brake brought forward

Forty-one in hospital after school meal made with expired eggs

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Prague completes renovation of Industrial Palace at Výstaviště

Czech President Petr Pavel used his address to the UN General Assembly to warn that Russia’s war against Ukraine threatens European security and has consequences far beyond the continent. He urged continued pressure on Moscow alongside serious dip...

Police: No Czech victims of Epstein identified in investigation

Czech Gripen jets again deployed to patrol Polish airspace

A remarkable apartment in Brno, preserved almost intact since the 1930s, has just opened to the public after several years of restoration. It once belonged to a Jewish family who left Czechoslovakia shortly before WWII.

Czechia tightens notification rules for Russian diplomats