O2 customers report widespread internet outage

Security and public order top concerns for Prague voters

Government to approve 2027 budget and discuss measures against high fuel prices

President Pavel begins US visit, will honour 9/11 victims

NATO Days attract around 150,000 visitors

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Pavel to promote Czech bid for UN Security Council seat

Czech tourist dies in boat accident in Norway, three missing

Czech government to announce measures against high fuel prices

6 grams wins top prize at Czech comedy film festival

Czech government to submit 2027 budget with reduced deficit

Czech tennis team beats USA to reach Davis Cup finals

President Pavel heads to US for UN General Assembly

Znojmo lies in southern Moravia, just a few kilometres from the Austrian border. Thanks to its location between Brno and Vienna, for centuries it was a place where different cultures, languages and trade routes met. 

Acid Row, Czech psychedelic metal band, based in Prague, has been active since 2011. Their third album Poisoned Mind released in 2024 won Album of the Year in the rock category of the Anděl awards. In May 2026 they released their fourth album Magic...

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Czech military begins deploying Spyder air defence system

Czechia sends emergency supplies to flood-hit Nepal

Boršice named Czech Village of the Year 2026

Czech Davis Cup team trails USA 2–1 after doubles defeat

Around 92,000 attend first day of NATO Days

Pavel: Allied participation at NATO Days is a symbol of solidarity

Battle of White Mountain re-enacted in Prague

NATO Days underway at Mošnov airport

Czech crown jewels draw crowds to Prague Castle

Czech cyber agency warns of North Korean attacks using fake job offers

Czechia and US tied 1-1 after opening day of Davis Cup qualifier

PM Babiš: Czechia facing hybrid war from Russia

Jordanian royal couple begin official visit to Czechia

90-year-old driver travels 3.5 kilometres wrong way on Czech motorway

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Czech car production rises by 1.4 percent

Havlíček (ANO): Europe entering another energy crisis

EU military chief: Europe must accelerate defence build-up

Jordan’s King Abdullah II welcomed at Prague Castle

Czech judges call on Babiš (ANO) to substantiate claims about judiciary

As of September 19, the public can view the authentic Bohemian crown jewels, which are on display in the Vladislav Hall of Prague Castle. These priceless symbols of the Czech nation will be exhibited up until the Day of Czech Statehood on September ...

Václav Havel would have turned 90 this October. A new exhibition at Villa Stiassni in Brno looks beyond his familiar roles as playwright, dissident and president to explore his relationship with architecture. 

Police warn of sophisticated smishing scam

Czech coalition reaches agreement on 2027 state budget

Jordan’s King Abdullah II visits Czechia for talks with Pavel and Babiš

Czechia to chair OECD ministerial meeting for first time in 2027

Red Arrows flypast over Prague cancelled

Czechia has third-lowest inflation in EU

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President Pavel vetoes bill on state employees

The Czech Republic is still dealing with an environmental legacy left by decades of poor management when little attention was paid to protecting nature. The latest case involving possible contamination at a former military training area in the Klato...

Coalition leaders agree on cuts to 2027 budget deficit

PM Babiš proposes joint European missile defence system at Prague summit

Gustav Mahler was taught by musicians in Jihlava and developed a deep sensitivity to the musical culture of the region, which later found its way into his work, alongside elements of Jewish folk music. He was a phenomenal conductor and is considered...

The student film Volklore by Czech filmmaker Viktorie Štěpánová this week received a Silver Student Academy Award in the Alternative/Experimental category of the international film festival in Toronto. The video essay explores the transformation...

NATO troops taking part in Ample Strike exercise in Czechia

Police investigating contamination at former military site

Czech Television plans to cut 12 percent of workforce by 2030

One of the National Gallery ’s most important paintings is about to undergo its most extensive restoration in decades. Albrecht Dürer’s The Rosary Feast will be out of the gallery for about five years and placed in the hands of Czech experts.

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Army surveying toxic contamination at Šumava site

Supreme Court upholds suspended sentences in dog abuse case

Parts of Letná Park close for Netflix filming of The Secret of Secrets

Poor hop harvest could push up beer prices

Energy prices threatening Czech industry

The site of a one-time Soviet Gulag, located in Kazakhstan, is now being studied by archaeologists from the University of West Bohemia in cooperation with the NGO Gulag.cz. The camp once held more than 20,000 people, mostly political prisoners, incl...

Night of Literature festival opens in Prague

Babiš meets Bulgarian PM in Sofia to discuss Czech aircraft and energy

Army to start survey of contaminated site in Šumava

100 people died on Czech roads during summer holidays

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Austria extends border checks with Czechia and other neighbours

The Czech government has approved an amendment to the addictive substances law that aims to curb kratom use among young people and crack down on illegal sales. Dubbed Lex Kratom, the bill would raise the minimum age for buying kratom from 18 to 21 a...

Czech Air Force honours Czechoslovak RAF pilots

ERA and HawkEye 360 to cooperate on space-based intelligence

Newly discovered book by Czech writer Ivan Klíma to be published a year after his death

Hundreds of kilograms of fish die in Morava River near Olomouc

 Prague is hosting a week of debates, workshops and public events devoted to climate change and its impact on society and the economy. Linda Zeilina-Cross, founder and CEO of the International Sustainable Finance Centre, tells RPI the aim is to ope...

Czech crown jewels go on display for schoolchildren at Prague Castle

New rules aim to curb obstruction in Czech lower house

Justice and defence ministers to present general candidates to President Pavel

President Pavel discusses foreign trips and budget with PM Babiš

Czech crown jewels removed from Crown Chamber ahead of public display

Coalition yet to agree on Czech state budget for next year

Czech government sets criminal policy priorities for prosecutors

The Záviš Cross, one of the most precious medieval treasures in the Czech lands, has yielded two unexpected discoveries. Researchers have found a second wooden relic inside the cross and have also discovered that some of the gemstones were misiden...

National public broadcaster Czech Radio is testing a new system designed to warn the public of emergencies through radio broadcasting. The technology will eventually allow listeners to be alerted quickly about events such as floods, fires or power o...

Czech labour market could face shortage of half a million workers by 2045

Court orders Filip Turek (Motorists) to apologise to environmental group

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Pavel: Pragmatic and values-based politics are not mutually exclusive

Czech Trinity Bank cleared to buy Prague’s Riverside Karlín complex

A community event in Brno-Kohoutovice featured a performance by 24-year-old slackliner Timotej Horák. Barefoot and wearing traditional folk costume, he walked above the heads of spectators along a 60-metre-long slackline stretched between the Grand...

President Pavel to meet PM Babiš for foreign policy talks

Czech crown jewels to go on display at Prague Castle

Prague hosts Central Europe’s first international Climate Week

Czech archer Horáčková wins World Cup Final on debut

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Kneblová takes silver in kayakcross World Cup final

Foreign Minister Macinka invited to Pavel-Babiš meeting

Czech government ready to cap electricity prices if costs rise further

STEM poll: ANO would win elections with 31.1 percent

Snarky Puppy opens autumn season of Brno JazzFest

Ancient Gospel fragment from Prague displayed in Italy

Czech climber killed by falling rocks in French Alps

Richard Tesařík, frontman of the iconic Czech band Yo Yo Band, died last Sunday at the age of 80. We look back at the band’s journey from its beginnings as a soul and gospel quartet to its reggae- and Latin-influenced sound and huge success in t...

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Opposition criticises Okamura’s meeting with Iranian ambassador

Thousands take part in traditional parade at Uherské Hradiště wine festival

European Heritage Days open 669 historic sites across Czechia

Survey: Most young Czechs plan to live independently by 30

Havel remembered at Prague’s Triangl festival

Czech lower house deputy speaker Barbora Urbanová visits Kyiv

On September 12, 1901, Libeň officially became the last district incorporated into Prague prior to the establishment of Czechoslovakia. Associated with writer Bohumil Hrabal, it has seen a number of historical events.

Siniaková wins US Open doubles title with Townsend

Prague court rehabilitates six dissidents detained under communist regime

Festival of young wine begins in Prague

Defence Minister Zůna cancels China trip over budget talks

Among events in Prague marking the imminent 90th anniversary of Václav Havel’s birth is an exhibition showcasing letters the then dissident sent his wife during a lengthy spell in a communist jail. The often philosophical correspondence was colle...

Dagmar Havlová to grant Václav Havel name licence to new entity

Czech population falls slightly, now close to 11 million

Dvůr Králové Safari Park announces first successful breed of African rock pythons

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How did people record their journeys four hundred years ago, and how do illustrators do it today? A new exhibition by the LUSTR illustration and comics festival at Prague’s Star Summer Palace brings together historical travel diaries, maps and dra...