ČEZ cuts fixed energy prices by up to tens of percent year on year

Zelenskyy praises Czech support for Ukraine

With the Winter Olympics in Milan just around the corner, we’re taking a closer look at some of Czechia’s biggest medal hopefuls. The athlete Czechs are perhaps pinning their greatest hopes on is three-time Olympic champion Ester Ledecká. At ju...

FM Macinka and Turek to meet Slovak environment minister in Prague

Pupils and students in Czechia enjoy extended weekend thanks to mid-year break

Czech Foreign Minister Macinka to visit US for first time in office next week

Aero could deliver first Skyfox jets next year if Ukraine shows interest

Babiš rules out sacking foreign minister Macinka, praises cooperation

Bird flu confirmed in dead swan in Northern Bohemia

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Czechia received CZK 78bn more from EU than it paid in last year

The Prague Castle Guard is looking to take on new recruits and has relaxed its long-standing selection criteria. For many years, only candidates between 178 and 188 centimeters tall were eligible to serve. The new height range is more tolerant.

More than 8,000 skiers will line up for the 59th edition of the legendary Jizerská padesátka cross-country ski race, one of the Czech Republic’s most iconic winter sporting events. This year’s four-day programme begins today, with the main 50 ...

Pupils and students received mid-year school reports

Prague road workers deploy all equipment as snow hits city

Olomouc scientists help to discover unknown beetle deep in Chilean soil

Babiš: F-35 fighter jet project must continue, but terms can be improved

Macinka: as long as Russia attacks Ukraine, there is no reason to ease sanctions

NATO chief praises Czech security role during talks with foreign minister

The 1990s were a period of optimism following the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia. The country underwent a rapid crash course in capitalism, and its sudden shift was also reflected in its architecture. Today, 1990s buildings are often mocked for...

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Survey finds one in five children spend over five hours a day online

National Gallery to mark 230th anniversary with major surrealism and history exhibitions

Opposition pushes for no-confidence vote over Macinka texts

PM Babiš urges calm as dispute grows between foreign minister and president

Foreign minister eases rules for Russian diplomats’ travel, media report

Foreign minister to meet NATO and EU leaders in Brussels

Editors-in-chief call on the Foreign Ministry to allow all media at briefings

Growing tensions between the Czech president and foreign minister erupted into a massive row on Tuesday, when President Pavel accused Minister Macinka of political blackmail, while the latter said the head of state was violating the constitutional o...

Ukrainian media: Czech refusal to send L-159s to Kyiv was revenge against the president

FM Macinka questions president as Czech representative at NATO summit

Mr. Nobody Against Putin heads for the BAFTAs

Czech president considers criminal charges against foreign minister

With the Winter Olympics in Milan just around the corner, we’re taking a closer look at some of Czechia’s biggest medal hopefuls. One of the brightest new stars is speed skater Metoděj Jílek, just nineteen years old and already a newly crowned...

30th anniversary of Olga Havlová’s death

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Czech state paid 555.8m CZK (€22.6m) to political parties last year

Prague residents can vote on name of new bridge

The coalition government of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš on Monday approved the state budget for 2026. Due to time pressure, the draft is a revised version of a proposal put forward by the previous administration, with a 24 billion crown higher defi...

ČEPS advises to keep two Chvaletice power plant units running

Czechia marks Holocaust Remembrance Day

Beach volleyball world champion Ondřej Perušič retires

The Prague Philharmonia performed at Carnegie Hall, one of the world’s most prestigious concert venues, marking its return to the United States after several years. Conducted by Emmanuel Villaume, the concert offered not only a showcase of Europea...

Government sets medal bonuses for Winter Olympics

Czech Foreign Ministry to send power generators to Ukraine

Government cancels appointments of ambassadors approved by previous cabinet

Defence spending to reach 2.07 percent of GDP in 2026

President cancels foreign policy consultations at Prague Castle due to time pressure

Police detained over 10,000 illegal migrants in Czechia in 2025

Okamura: Draft declaration for meeting with president unacceptable to coalition

Last weekend, the Vysočina Arena in Nové Město na Moravě once again hosted the Biathlon World Cup . Fans came out to support their favourites despite the freezing weather. Pictured here is Michal Krčmář during the men’s 15 km mass start. ...

Radio Prague International is celebrating 90 years since the launch of international broadcasting this year. To mark the anniversary, it has prepared a new series of QSL cards, which are among the most distinctive visual artefacts linked to the trad...

Okamura: ANO–SPD–Motorists government will not increase defense spending in 2026

President Petr Pavel is hosting Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, Foreign Minister Petr Macinka, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Tomio Okamura, and Senate President Miloš Vystrčil for talks on Czech foreign and security policy, as international par...

Peasants have long been sidelined in history books. Jakub Beneš, Associate Professor at UCL’s School of Slavonic and East European Studies in London, seeks to restore them to the historical narrative, focusing on the area of the former Austro-Hun...

Restaurant and café prices up 51 percent since 2019

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U.S. Ambassador: Czech soldiers were allies and family to Americans in Afghanistan

Top constitutional officials to discuss foreign policy at Prague Castle

Government approves state budget for 2026

Speed skater Metoděj Jílek wins first mass start World Cup race in Inzell

Funds from SOS Kyiv appeal begin helping frost-hit Ukraine

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Public sector pay rises to cost up to CZK 28 billion, says labour minister

Winter Survival military competition begins in the Jeseníky Mountains

Former Olympic medallist Ondřej Synek receives Thomas Keller Award

Smog conditions persist in Moravian-Silesian region despite gradual improvement

Prague ranked eastern Europe’s most expensive city to live in

Siniaková last Czech remaining at Australian Open

In January 2006, the Škoda 14T tram, nicknamed the “Porsche” because of its design by Porsche Design, made its debut in Prague. Today, two decades later, these controversial vehicles are an unmistakable part of the streets of Prague.

Conductor Jakub Hrůša has become a pop star of Czech classical music. In this episode of Sunday Music, he takes us on a journey through Richard Strauss’s Lieder, spanning nearly seventy years of the composer’s creative life. Hrůša – here n...

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President Pavel: Europe must stop relying on the US

Czech team win bronze in mixed relay at Nové Město Biathlon World Cup

Crowd marks Ukraine’s Unity Day on Prague’s Charles Bridge

Babiš re-elected ANO leader, calls for joint presidential candidate in 2028

Menšík reaches Australian Open last 16 as five Czechs exit

Olympic weightlifting champion Ota Zaremba dies

Hector wins giant slalom as women’s World Cup opens in Špindlerův Mlýn

President Pavel says he may seek re-election

Army chief: Donation of L-159 jets would not endanger Czech security

PM Babiš: Central Europe should persuade Poland to return to V4

Ledecká wins World Cup snowboard event on season debut

The Czech police has detained a man suspected of working for a Chinese intelligence service and charged him with “unauthorised activity on behalf of a foreign power.” He is the first person to be prosecuted for this offence, which was introduced...

Defence minister confirms Czech Army cannot sell L-159 jets to Ukraine

Nineteen-year-old Nikola Bartůňková has taken Melbourne by storm at her very first Grand Slam, stunning world number ten Belinda Bencic to reach the third round of the Australian Open. She is one of several Czech players still in the tournament �...

Muchová advances to Australian Open fourth round

Former Prague High Court judge Ivan Elischer found guilty of corruption

Czechoslovak Group becomes Czech Republic’s most valuable company

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Over the past five years, total fertility rate in Czechia has fallen from 1.83 to below 1.3 children per woman. While declining fertility is a trend shared by most countries of comparable wealth, the drop in Czechia is among the steepest – fifth w...

Rare Volksturm carbine handed in during Czech gun amnesty

Icy conditions cause over 150 accidents in South Moravia

Siniaková and Townsend advance in Australian Open doubles

Czech Republic invited to join Trump’s Board of Peace

Babiš: EU must be ready to respond to shifts in US rhetoric

Pavel: defence spending plan must keep Czechia credible in NATO

Prague approves taxi emissions rules, rejects electric-only plan

Babiš says detention of Chinese national more serious than summoning ambassador

Foreigners made up ten percent of Czech population in 2024, over a quarter in Prague

Czechia again declared free of African swine fever

Macinka says return to ties with Russia difficult amid ongoing aggression

Miloš Forman Square in central Prague is set for a major transformation. This week, city officials announced the winner of an international architectural competition for the site at the end of Pařížská, Czechia’s most expensive street, near t...

Czech foreign policy to move away from moralising, Macinka says

Aero to offer Ukraine Skyfox jets instead of L-159s

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Greenland is integral part of Denmark, Babiš says

Czech Olympic team to match Beijing record with 113 athletes

Scientists from the Faculty of Technology and the Centre of Polymer Systems at Tomas Bata University in Zlín are developing an advanced model of the human small intestine. The main goal behind this effort is to replace animal testing in developing ...

Pavel: European NATO members must ensure security even without US

Pavel says Trump’s style resembles an Arab bazaar, pushed Europe to act

Suspect linked to China first charged under foreign power offence in Czechia

Data protection authority fined over luxury car purchases

Czechia still behind other EU states in solar, wind energy use – study

Czech Olympic Team for Milan–Cortina could exceed 100 athletes

National Heritage Institute seeks contractor for Prague Invalidovna restoration

Senate against plan to abolish public broadcasting license fees

Czech Republic and Slovakia plan faster rail and road links

Senate supports government efforts to boost defence against Russia

Opposition backs Denmark and Greenland, criticises Czech government’s restraint