Power outage hits parts of Prague, forcing lower house to suspend session

A new exhibition currently underway in Prague explores the story of Equilibrium, the iconic sculpture that stood beside the Barrandov Bridge for almost four decades before collapsing last summer. It also looks at plans to bring the sculpture back. ...

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Czechs lose to Sweden in Moták’s first game as head coach

MPs to vote on tighter conditions for Ukrainian refugees

PM Babiš promises public-service media stable funding, rules still undecided

Czechs in NHL: Zacha scores twice as Pastrňák helps Boston beat Pittsburgh

Czech government plans to withdraw funding for Prague Defence Summit

Czech central bank raises interest rate and cuts economic growth forecasts

ANO leads Czech opinion poll as ODS loses support and smaller parties gain

President Pavel calls for united European approach to Ukraine peace talks

Czech central bank raises key interest rate to four percent

Czechia has received a collection of historical books and publications from Czech and Slovak emigrant communities in the United States. The collection was officially handed over at a ceremony at Černín Palace in Prague on Tuesday.

More people in Czechia are turning to artificial intelligence for health advice, including mental health support. While chatbots can help explain medical information and give basic advice on minor ailments, doctors warn that relying on them for diag...

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Use of artificial intelligence among Czech companies doubles in one year

Czechs feel safest in four years, but health concerns persist

Bomb threats target several flights across Europe, including four bound for Prague

Opposition fails for third time to push for removal of lower house speaker Okamura

Škoda Auto threatens to review hockey sponsorship if Russia returns

President Petr Pavel has signed an amendment to the Foreigners Act that tightens the rules governing the entry and residence of foreigners in Czechia. Under the new legislation, all foreign nationals staying in the country long-term will be required...

Czech retail sales growth slows to 4.1 percent in September

Škoda Auto unions warn of reduced overtime over pay dispute

Czech basketball player Vít Krejčí suffers broken ankle in NBA game

Prime Minister Babiš and cabinet ministers to address Prague security conference

V4 presidents to discuss Ukraine, EU enlargement and energy at Slovakia summit

Coalition pushes controversial conflict-of-interest amendment towards first reading

Lower house approves law aimed at making online environment safer

Babiš and Tusk welcome renewed Visegrad Four cooperation

Czech astronaut Aleš Svoboda could be heading to the International Space Station as early as next year. The national Czech Journey to Space project has now unveiled a selection of objects he may take with him, reflecting the country's history, cult...

Krkonoše National Park staff unions declare strike alert amid growing tensions over management

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The international media have dubbed Ondřej Surý “the man who saved the internet” and “the unsung hero of the internet”. After serious flaws were recently discovered in PHP, a code used in most websites, the Czech – an expert in the field...

PM Babiš: Democrats’ huge election victory likely to paralyse American politics

PM Babiš says media strike and protests will not change government’s plans

Poverty rate among Roma in Czechia more than five times the national average, EU report says

Czech Paradise Geopark to lose UNESCO status over gemstone trade

Czech ice hockey joins European boycott of matches against Russia

Opposition leaders call PM Babiš to talks on public-service media funding

National Theatre unions call for culture minister’s resignation

Thousands rally in Prague and other cities in support of public-service media

Government approves military development strategy until 2040

PM Babiš opposes return of Russian hockey players to international competitions

Josef Mašín Jr., last surviving member of Mašín brothers' resistance group, dies aged 94

President Pavel warns Europe risks being left out of Ukraine peace talks

Pavel says proposed army development plan falls short of NATO commitments

Czech manufacturing records strongest improvement since February 2022

There has been a broadly critical response in Europe to a decision by a top sports court to overturn a ban on Russia in international ice hockey competitions. Here in Czechia, ex-player Dominik Hašek has demanded legislation to block events featuri...

Czech Radio to scale back news and current affairs during Tuesday strike

Overcoming obstacles, spectacular acrobatic jumps and races against the clock. Brno hosted athletes from around the world as it welcomed the Parkour World Championships, organised under the umbrella of the international organisation Parkour Earth. P...

Police say intervention against protesters in lower house was justified

Majority of Czechs dissatisfied with Babiš government, poll finds

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Several laureates absent from culture awards ceremony amid criticism of format

Government to discuss army development strategy until 2040

The Czech government is due to discuss a new military development strategy looking ahead to 2040, which identifies Russia as a major security threat and calls for substantial improvements in the country's defence capabilities. But former chief of th...

Vladař wins Czech goaltending duel as Špaček earns first NHL point

Czechs commemorate All Souls’ Day as police increase cemetery patrols

Czech audit office questions effectiveness of EU-funded projects

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Former Czech Television directors defend licence fee funding

Czech sports minister seeks talks over Russia’s return to international hockey

Czech government to review updated army development strategy

Survey reveals deep divide over Czech public media funding reform

Mikuláš Medek, one of the most prominent figures in Czech post-war art, was born on November 3, 1926. Despite bans imposed by the communist regime, Medek managed to create a body of work that is now regarded as one of the high points of modern Cze...

Snow falls in Czech mountains, with 15 centimetres recorded on Praděd

Nearly half of Czech renters face higher housing costs, survey finds

NHL: Pastrňák scores milestone goal as Boston beats Chicago in overtime

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Bree Nichols is an American soprano and voice teacher based in Prague. A Fulbright alumna who came to the Czech Republic through the Fulbright programme, she is known for her sensitive interpretations of Czech vocal music and for performing more tha...

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Fires increase in Czechia, but fatalities decline

Prague extends cemetery opening hours for All Souls’ Day

Czech seniors living longer, but fewer years spent in good health

PM Babiš proposes voluntary licence fees without direct state budget funding

HIV cases in Czechia rise in first nine months of 2026

Over 40 percent of Czech firms to respond to minimum wage increase

SZ: Czech billionaire Strnad offers €30 billion for Italian holding Delfin

Prague Car Festival opens with 1,100 cars and motorcycles

Supreme Administrative Court receives 16 complaints over Senate elections

ČEZ to raise electricity and gas prices for 1.6 million customers next year

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SPD rejects tax-based funding for Czech public broadcasters

ČEZ says Dukovany nuclear contract has fixed price and timetable

Czech politicians oppose ruling allowing Russia to return to ice hockey championships

With aggression among children and teenagers on the rise, Czech schools are stepping up their readiness for crisis situations. Experts say recognising warning signs early and knowing how to respond can help prevent violence and save lives.

Among the recipients of state awards on Wednesday’s Czechoslovak Independence Day was Kumar Vishwanathan, an Indian-born social worker who has devoted decades of his life to helping Czechia’s Roma community. Vishwanathan quit a teaching job to w...

Ahold to acquire Tesco stores in Czechia and Slovakia for €1.7 billion

Czech economy grows by 1.6 percent in third quarter

The Czech and Hungarian governments have agreed to strengthen bilateral ties and coordinate more closely on EU affairs, security, energy and transport. At their first joint meeting in Prague on Thursday, Prime Ministers Andrej Babiš and Péter Magy...

Ústí nad Labem region tops Czech pollution rankings, Arnika says

European Commission provisionally approves final CZK 23bn payment to Czechia

Culture minister Klempíř defends controversial changes to arts funding

PM Babiš reported considering alternative funding for public broadcasters

PM Magyar dismisses Orbán as potential UN chief

PM Babiš hails Czech-Hungarian ties, says V4 cooperation is gaining momentum

Foreign nationals now make up a quarter of Prague’s population

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For the first time in the term of the current Czech government, an MP has left the party for which they were elected. David Pražák says he quit the ANO benches for a variety of reasons. In any case, the coalition retains a comfortable majority.

Temelín nuclear power plant to replace transformers in multi-million investment

Siniaková withdraws from Guangzhou tournament before second-round match

Czechia ranks 13th in European digital dependence study

Two people charged over benzene train accident in Hustopeče nad Bečvou

Next Monday will see the opening of the 15th live charity auction organised by Cesta domů , a leading Czech non-profit organisation. Cesta domů plays a vital role in ensuring that professional care for people at the end of life and their loved one...

Škoda Auto increases operating profit in first three quarters

Czech, Hungarian governments hold first joint meeting in Prague

Čáslavská, Forman receive top state honour in Prague Castle ceremony

Pavel speaks to Stubb about latter’s call with Putin

Students declare strike over planned media legislation change on Nov 3

Army chief promoted on Czechoslovak Independence Day

MP elected to lower house on ANO ticket quits party

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Czechs mark 108th anniversary of country’s independence

National Theatre actors announce strike alert over government steps

Among this year’s recipients of the Gratias Agit Awards, presented by the Czech Foreign Ministry for promoting the country’s good name abroad, was Geraldine Manolas, a British-Czech citizen and granddaughter of Czechoslovak wartime officer Bohus...

October 28th is Czechoslovak Independence Day, marking the establishment of Czechoslovakia in 1918.  Czechs will commemorate the 108th anniversary of the birth of the Czechoslovak Republic with a host of events, including a ceremony at the Vítkov ...

Czech, Slovak prime ministers unveil sculpture together in Prague

Arts minister removes Petr Dvořák as head of board of Czech Audiovisual Fund

Ministry plans to introduce truck tolls from mid-2027

Industry body says extraordinary tax on refineries threatens sector

Brno, Prague students join protests over government media funding move

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Prague hosted an international training event where ophthalmologists from 11 countries practised complex surgical procedures using artificial eyes, biological tissue and state-of-the-art technology. British eye surgeon Johnson Neo says simulation al...

The St Nicholas bell tower in Prague’s Malá Strana once warned the city of fires. During the communist era, it served a very different purpose: the secret police used it to spy on Western diplomats. A new exhibition now invites visitors to discov...

Opposition to challenge law curbing president’s powers at Constitutional Court

Police and lawmakers to investigate removal of visitors from lower house gallery

Government backs criminal procedure amendment limiting powers of appeal courts

Government extends fuel price regulation until November 30

Government nods to proposal to enshrine Czech crown in Constitution

President Pavel to promote 16 military and security officials on Czechoslovak Independence Day

The Czech government's surprise move to abolish television and radio licence fees has triggered an angry parliamentary debate and demonstrations in Prague and Brno and other big cities. Critics warn that the proposed switch to state-budget financing...

The Babiš government’s fast-tracking of legislation to end license fees and fund Czech Television and Czech Radio from the state budget – including a first reading vote passed in the early hours of Saturday – sparked protests at the weekend. ...

Halloween may be a foreign tradition, but it is gradually catching on in Czechia. At Liberec Zoo, the annual Spooky Zoo event transformed the grounds into a world of skeletons, vampires and other spooky creatures. 

More than 30,000 hens to be culled at farm in South Bohemia over salmonella

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Siniaková climbs 37 places in singles rankings after Osaka triumph

Consumer confidence and economic outlook weaken amid rising energy prices

First Czech-Hungarian intergovernmental consultations to take place in Prague

PM Babiš on working visit to Algeria to boost energy and defence cooperation

PM Babiš says coalition will not withdraw public media funding bill

Thousands protest in Prague against plans to abolish public media fees

Top prosecutor backs lowering age of criminal responsibility to 13

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Czech Foreign Ministry warns against travel to Saudi Arabia over Houthi attacks

Siniaková wins Osaka title for sixth WTA singles crown

Strong winds halt upper section of cable car to Sněžka

People donate CZK 8.5 million for November 17 commemorations

Earlier this month, the Pavel Haas Quartet made headlines once again when it won the prestigious Gramophone award for its latest album featuring Martinů’s string quartets.  It was the 6th music “Oscar” for the internationally acclaimed ensem...

When Ferdinand I of Habsburg sought the Bohemian crown in 1526, he needed fast and reliable communications between Vienna and Prague Castle. This led to the creation of the first regular postal route in Central Europe.

Pirates seek Okamura’s removal as speaker of Czech lower house

Pavel urges politicians to calm tensions over public media funding bill

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Siniaková reaches first WTA singles final in three years

Czech bishops urge lawmakers to retain public media licence fees

Clocks to go back one hour as daylight saving time ends

European journalists’ and broadcasters’ organisations criticise Czech public media bill

Czech photographer wins American Meteorological Society’s photo contest

Government bill to abolish license fees for public broadcasters approved in first reading

Public broadcasters announce strike action in protest of government’s plans to abolish license fees

Slovak PM Fico to visit Czechia ahead of Czechoslovak Independence Day celebrations

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The Foreign Ministry has presented its annual Gratias Agit Awards to Czechs and foreigners for promoting the good name of Czechia abroad. This year, 12 personalities and one organisation received the awards. I attended the ceremony at Czernin Palace...

What started as friends premiering their amateur movies has grown into a meeting point for a community of freeskiers. At this year’s Prague premiere, films ranging from urban rail tricks to world-class freeriding showed why freeskiing appeals to b...

Coalition pushes ahead with plan to abolish Czech TV and radio licence fees

Egon Bondy’s 1973 novel Unsound Siblings (Invalidní sourozenci) was recently published in English for the first time. The book is regarded as a classic parody of Czechoslovakia’s Communist authorities and is a fascinating document of the underg...

Public donate over CZK 6.5 million for November 17 celebrations in Prague

Martina Sáblíková to become assistant coach after retiring from speed skating

Czech MPs approve key parameters of 2027 state budget with CZK 386 billion deficit

Czech President Pavel among candidates for Ukraine peace negotiator, The Telegraph reports

Czech Technical University hit by cyberattack

Police investigate violent road-rage attack on D6 motorway

EU court rules Czech law breaches right to a lawyer during police questioning

Czech Foreign Ministry honours 13 laureates with Gratias Agit awards

Former communist secret police officer given suspended sentence for persecuting Catholic dissident

The current El Niño climate pattern has already reached unprecedented intensity, and scientists believe it will have a devastating impact when it approaches its peak in the months ahead. While the “Super El Niño” will mainly hit Pacific Ocean ...

Englishman Luke Dale first came to Prague as an actor in Kingdom Come: Deliverance, a video game set in Bohemia in the early 1400s that became a major international hit. Dale has since moved to the city, where he recently opened Nobleman. He describ...

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President Pavel: Europe must unite to avoid becoming irrelevant

Volkswagen crisis reaches Škoda Auto as pay freeze looms until 2030

Culture Ministry withdraws funding for November 17 celebrations

Czech MPs to continue debate on 2027 state budget

Pavel to discuss European security and support for Ukraine in Berlin

The Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival , one of the largest events of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe, opens its 30th edition on Friday. The program features more than 350 films from around the world, a retrospective section of ...

Merz receives Pavel for talks on Czech-German relations and security

Karolína Muchová qualifies for WTA Finals in Indian Wells

Pavel and EU defence commissioner discuss closer cooperation with Ukraine

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Macinka calls for stronger Central European cooperation in EU

Tomáš Satoranský to retire from Czech national basketball team

70-metre mining tower demolished at former Karviná coal mine

Defence Minister: Czech army recruits nearly 3,700 soldiers this year

President Pavel: Defence depends on rapid adoption of new technology

Looking at paintings, creating art or attending a concert as part of mental health care. Cultural institutions are joining forces with experts from the National Institute of Mental Health to explore how cultural activities can support mental well-be...

Communist Konečná joins Patriots for Europe at European Parliament

Slavia secure late draw with Fenerbache in Champions League

A molecule developed in Olomouc could help cereal crops make better use of water and nutrients from their earliest stages of growth. Known as TFU, it is being brought to European farmers by British company INTRACROP under a licensing agreement with ...

Cabinet to discuss new army strategy next week

A historic Spitfire fighter aircraft that served with a Czechoslovak squadron of the British Royal Air Force during the Second World War has returned to Czechia after decades abroad. It was officially unveiled at Točná airfield in Prague, drawing ...

Press: Ambassador would like to have Russian experts “explain actions in Ukraine” to Czechs

Jakub Hruška of Christian Democrats to be Brno mayor after coalition agreed

The father of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud was born 170 years ago in Příbor, northern Moravia. The house where he was born is open to the public following an extensive reconstruction, and this year his hometown has prepared a special exhibition to...

Prizes presented at opening of Prix Bohemia radio festival

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Historic Spitfire used by Czechoslovak RAF squadron returns to Czechia

Government approves changes to teaching assistants and inclusive education

PM Babiš calls on media to avoid manipulation and personal attacks

Tripartite reaches agreement on new pay scales for public sector workers

Doctors call for national plan to tackle chronic pain

Education Ministry considering ways to tackle growing aggression in schools

Czech foreign minister criticises US defence chief over remarks on Afghanistan allies

The former Rolava-Sauersack tin mine in the Ore Mountains was once a site of forced labour, built by the Nazis. Now, archaeologists are using scanning technology to create a virtual reconstruction of the abandoned mine, known for its striking concre...

Czech ministry to set up advisory team on rental housing

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Czechia rejects Finnish proposal to tighten visa rules for Russians at EU level

The traditional fish harvest in Šumvald offered several species of freshwater fish, including carp, grass carp, pike, zander, catfish and tench. There is good news for fish lovers: despite this year’s extreme heat and drought, supplies of fish ar...

ANO failed to take a single constituency in second round run-offs to one-third of the seats in the Senate, in which the Mayors and Independents scored biggest. But is ANO chairman Andrej Babiš right to call the outcome of the elections “disastrou...

Czech Foreign Ministry warns travellers about unrest in France

Senate to challenge parts of civil service law at Constitutional Court

Government postpones planned cut in corporate tax

Historic Spitfire from Second World War to be unveiled in Prague

Czech government and unions to resume talks on public sector pay rises

ANO proposes debate on single-round Senate elections

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Protesters urge Babiš to save Prague’s historic railway bridge

Senate speaker invites Babiš to attend upper house sessions

Number of women in Czech Senate falls to 14 after elections

Czech President Pavel to meet German Chancellor Merz in Berlin next week

Prague paramedics see sharp rise in teenagers suspected of cannabis intoxication

When 18-year-old Czechoslovak tennis player Martina Navrátilová sought political asylum in New York during the 1975 US Open, she became overnight a symbol of resistance to communist rule and a rising star of world tennis. She lost her homeland but...

The Czech bluegrass band Druhá tráva with Robert Křesťan were formed 35 years ago this year. Celebrations are set to culminate with a show in Prague.

Babiš calls ANO’s Senate election result ‘catastrophic’

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Median poll: ANO party support falls to 29.5 percent as STAN rises to 17 percent

Alexander Choupenitch wins opening Fencing World Cup event in Japan

STAN and ODS win Czech Senate elections, ANO fails to gain a seat

Petra Kvitová returns to tennis courts seven months after giving birth to twins

Prague’s restored Industrial Palace opens to the public for free

One in 11 babies born in Czechia last year was a foreign national

Czech Senate run-off elections resume across the country

The 14th edition of Prague’s Signal Festival is transforming parts of the Czech capital into an open-air gallery of digital art and light.

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Hrůša and Bamberg Symphony win award for Martinů recordings

Eurostat: Czechia has fourth-lowest inflation in EU despite September rise

Czech President Pavel says he paid for Morocco trip himself

Czechia records third-highest number of cyber incidents in a year

Tomki Němec is a Czech documentary photographer best known for his work with the late dissident playwright and president Václav Havel. He accompanied Havel from 1989 to 1992, a period he has described as one of the most powerful and positive exper...

The 14th edition of Prague’s Signal Festival is now underway, transforming parts of the Czech capital into an open-air gallery of digital art and light every evening until Sunday October 18.

Last week the Pavel Haas Quartet picked up a prestigious Gramophone award for the album Martinů: String Quartets Nos 2, 3, 5, 7. It is by no means the first Gramophone prize for the Prague-based classical ensemble, who BBC Music Magazine named one ...

Czechia seeks emissions scheme delay as EU budget divisions persist

Czechia pushes for emissions scheme delay as EU summit exposes divisions