Parcel transportation rises as mail delivery declines in Czechia

Media: Tax breaks for preventative medical care could benefit Babiš’s clinics

Youngest Czech player ever makes final cut for World Cup

Menšík, 20, reaches quarter-finals at French Open

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Tejc: If subsidies have been wrongly disbursed to Babiš firm, they must be recovered

Best time for state to sell firm Explosia this or next year, says Havlíček

Vystrčil says Taiwan trip will enhance Czechia’s standing

Babiš: Czechs unlikely to meet NATO spending target but support for Trump advantage

Germans make up largest group of foreign visitors to Prague, Czech visitors prevail

Poll: Most Czechs, including supporters of govt. parties, think Trump weakening NATO

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Yvonne Přenosilová was a Czech singer and radio presenter, regarded as one of the pioneers of Czech rhythm and blues and rock and roll. Her life and career were shaped not only by music, but also by political upheaval, emigration, and a constant s...

PM says no cabinet changes in very near future

Klempíř’s draft media bill thrown out, says Babiš

Recently stolen skull of saint returns to Czech church during service

Kaprálová wins EU Prize for Literature for The Maribor Hypnosis

Addiction and social inclusion experts to strike Monday over govt. move

Menšík, 20, into round of 16 at French Open for first time

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Czech footballers readying for last friendly before World Cup

It is 610 years since the death of Jerome of Prague (Jeroným Pražský), who sought to defend Jan Hus but ended up burnt at the stake for heresy himself.

Night of Churches , which takes place this Friday, is an annual nationwide event that gives visitors access to church interiors that are normally inaccessible. Churches across the country also invite people to a rich cultural programme featuring con...

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Terezín to begin repairs on two historic fortress buildings

Madrid unveils monument to Czech who preserved ashes of Nazi victims

The Czech National Bank has unveiled a new gold coin dedicated to the west Bohemian city of Plzeň. Although its face value is 5,000 crowns, collectors are already paying almost 60,000 for it. Made from pure gold, the coin features some of Plzeň’...

Survey: Nearly 40 percent of young Czechs use nicotine products

Czech economy grows by 2.2 percent in first quarter

Czech hockey team knocked out by Finland in World Championship quarter-final

Czech leaders condemn Russian drone strike in Romania

Teachers embrace AI but worry about accuracy and rules

Churches across Czechia open for Night of Churches

Jakub Kulhánek to become Czech ambassador to the US

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European court says Czech journalist’s detention violated free speech

Czech tax freedom day among earliest in Europe, institute says

The decline in eel populations is a long-term problem not only in Czechia but across the entire EU. The main cause is dams, which prevent their free movement. At present, their return to original habitats is mainly supported by transporting them fro...

The garden of Rothmayer Villa in Prague, one of the finest examples of Czechoslovak interwar architecture, is now open to the public free of charge. Visitors can now explore the garden, famously photographed by Josef Sudek, without having to join a ...

Hungary and Italy back Czech push to protect heavy industry

EU funding suspension over Babiš conflict concerns also affects agriculture

Czechia could help produce weapons for US, FM Macinka says

High blood pressure affects every third woman in Czechia

Colt CZ and Eurenco interested in Explosia, Hospodářské noviny reports

Government wants to improve public finances by boosting economic growth

Pavel pushes for Czech funding of Ukraine ammunition initiative

Prague’s public transport operator has unveiled the new cars for the Petřín Funicular, allowing the public to see them for the first time, as reconstruction of the line moves toward completion in the second half of September.

President Pavel in Estonia: Czechia should increase defence spending primarily for its own security

General directors of Czech public service media call on Babiš to halt talks on media legislation

Police detain another suspect over arson attack on Pardubice arms factory

The Czech Senate celebrated 30 years of existence in a ceremony on Tuesday evening. But what has the upper house of Parliament actually achieved in the last three decades? And could talk of abolishing it ever become reality? I discussed those questi...

Czechia and five EU states urge Brussels to shield industry from carbon costs

The anniversary of the assassination of Heydrich commemorated at the Anthropoid memorial in Prague

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Experts walk out of Babiš meeting, call agenda transfer talks “absurd theatre”

President Pavel visits Estonia, will discuss security and cyber defence

Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka told the UN Security Council that smaller nations need an international order in which great powers accept limits to their own power. Petr Macinka warned that the world is suffering from a breakdown in communicati...

Czech bettor wins record €120 million Eurojackpot

Roland Garros: Kopřiva, Siniaková advance to second round

PM Babiš says conflict of interest issue resolved beyond legal requirements

Fewer countries back Czech ammo initiative, raising supply concerns

Czech FM at UN: Major powers should accept the limits of their influence

An unvaccinated preschool child from the Ostrava region has died after contracting diphtheria, a disease that had become extremely rare thanks to routine immunization. The case has prompted renewed concern about vaccine coverage, with health officia...

Richard Falbr, a former head of the main Czech trade unions umbrella body and MEP, has died at the age of 85. A very well-known face in public life in the 1990s, Falbr was born in the UK during the war to a Czech airman father and Spanish mother.

EU seeking clarification on Babiš conflict-of-interest safeguards

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Stolen skull of medieval Czech saint to be returned to its tomb

Founder of Czechia’s modern trade union movement Richard Falbr dies at 85

GPs to gain the right to prescribe more specialty drugs

Environmental groups urge PM to curb aggressive rhetoric of Motorist party members

Czech Senate to mark 30 years since establishment

Muchová advances at Roland Garros, Lehečka defeated in first round

The Czech hockey team lost to Norway at the World Championship for the first time since 2010

53% of people would like Pavel to remain president

Coalition proposes expanding exemptions from public media fees

The line-up of the 2026 Prague Sounds multi-genre music festival has just been announced. Names such as sitar star Anoushka Shankar, jazz pioneer Shabaka and electronica-and-visuals wizard Max Cooper will appear at a variety of venues in the city du...

New Apostolic Nuncio to the Czech Republic is Irish Archbishop Nugent

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Prague Castle’s Renaissance jewel, the Royal Summer Palace of Queen Anne, better known as the Belvedere, is closing to the public for nearly two years as a major restoration project begins. The Prague Castle Administration has launched the extensi...

Fuel price regulation will continue in June, the government has decided

Koudelka: Rather than a massive Russian attack, the greater threat is an attack on a NATO state

Supreme Audit Office: Hospitals used some of the money intended for COVID recovery inefficiently

Chief of the General Staff: The current security situation is the most complex since the Cold War

The 2026 Speedway Grand Prix at Prague’s Stadion Markéta featured a showdown between the elite riders of world speedway. Pictured are Max Fricke, Adam Bubba Bednář, Jason Doyle and Brady Kurtz.

Rescuers freed five trapped cavers in Moravian Karst

Sudeten German gathering in Brno ends with tribute to Nazi victims

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Thousands protest Sudeten German congress in Brno

Rescuers work to free five cavers trapped in Moravian Karst

FM Macinka to seek delay in decision on Czech NATO summit delegation

Sudeten German gathering in Brno hailed as historic step in Czech-German ties

Police detain man over threat against Sudeten German gathering

Prague bans outdoor fires as dry weather raises wildfire risk

Bavarian PM Söder hails first Sudeten German congress in Czechia as historic

Data-stealing malware remains top cyber threat in Czechia

On 25 May, 1996,  Czech javelin thrower Jan Železný threw 98.48 m at a small meet in Germany where he reportedly travelled „just to test his form“. The world record set in Jena in 1996 still stands today and remains one of the toughest record...

Exactly 85 years ago, on May 24, one of the most famous American singer-songwriters, Bob Dylan, is born. A few years later and several thousand kilometres further east, another baby sees the light of day for the first time – Jozef Frídl, who woul...

Saharan dust to return to Czech skies on Sunday

Housing in Czechia has outpaced wage growth, analysis finds

Bavarian premier to address Sudeten German congress in Brno

Czechs edge Slovakia in world championship thriller

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Czechia records first tropical day of the year

Czech NATO envoy warns against falling below defence spending target

For the first time in its 76-year history, the Sudeten German convention was held in the Czech Republic rather than Germany. Around 3,000 people, including Czech and German participants, attended events in Brno, while thousands more joined a reconci...

The Guardian: President Pavel urges tougher NATO response to Russian provocations

Thousands join reconciliation march recalling Brno’s post-war expulsion

Czech direct budget costs linked to Ukraine war fell last year

Open forests day offers a closer look at Czech forestry

Sudeten German congress continues in Brno

Czech researchers have discovered that nanoplastics can weaken the lungs’ natural defence system, raising fresh concerns about the health risks posed by the tiny particles now found almost everywhere in the environment. Using a special microscope,...

Sudeten Germans join Brno neighbourhood festival amid protests

Babiš says state considering sale of explosives maker Explosia

Philadelphia-Prague flights resume as Czechia seeks more long-haul routes

Estonian minister at Globsec: Support for Ukraine boosts Europe’s security

Prachatice becomes first Czech city to receive Tour de France cycling title

Austria to continue border checks with Czechia, says interior minister

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Holocaust memorial opens Meeting Brno and Sudeten German congress

Špindlerův Mlýn Ski World Cup ends with CZK 24 million loss