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Tue, 09 Feb 2021 09:34:00 +0100
Parties begin discussing electoral law changes
Parties begin discussing electoral law changes

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 09:32:00 +0100
Monday Covid numbers up on same day last week
Monday Covid numbers up on same day last week

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 19:27:00 +0100
Government approves quarantine payments as stay-home incentive
Government approves quarantine payments as stay-home incentive

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 17:14:00 +0100
Ministers seek state of emergency extension to mid-March
Ministers seek state of emergency extension to mid-March

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 16:37:00 +0100
Bohemians fans get innovative to catch game amid coronavirus restrictions
Stadiums are currently closed in the Czech Republic. This has led many fans to look for alternative ways in which to follow their team's performances. Bohemians 1905, which boasts one of the most loyal and seemingly innovative fanbases, saw its sup...

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 15:00:00 +0100
Czechia in 30 minutes (Feb 8,2021)
News, EU vaccine strategy, Czech Film Critics’ Awards, Jakub Hlávka, a young Czech academic focused on health policy who’s building an impressive career in the US

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0100
EC president on Covid-19 snags: “Czechia could support, speed up or help” at any time
An unprecedented joint procurement initiative led by Brussels to secure coronavirus vaccines and make them equally available to all 27 EU member states has fallen well short of the mark. To date, just over 3 percent of the bloc’s population of 450...

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:41:00 +0100
Shadow Country chosen by critics as best Czech film of 2020
Director Bohdan Sláma’s Shadow Country (Krajina ve stínu) won the 2020 annual Czech Film Critics’ Awards on Saturday. The black and white film which depicts life in a Czech border village during the most tumultuous period in twentieth century ...

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:05:00 +0100
Marked fall in new apartment construction recorded in 2020
Marked fall in new apartment construction recorded in 2020

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:28:00 +0100
Jewish Museum chief slams minister over Covid-WWII comparison
Jewish Museum chief slams minister over Covid-WWII comparison

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:44:00 +0100
Petra Kvitová advances at Australian Open
Petra Kvitová advances at Australian Open

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:30:00 +0100
High-flyer Jakub Hlávka: I don’t get bored easily – I get fascinated by things
The young US-based Czech academic Jakub Hlávka is an expert on health policy, working on government projects focused on the Covid pandemic as well as studying the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease. But as we shall hear, the high-flyer also has exp...

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:14:00 +0100
No change in Covid risk index or reproduction number
No change in Covid risk index or reproduction number

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:00:00 +0100
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Mon, 08 Feb 2021 06:59:00 +0100
Heavy snow causes transport problems
Heavy snow causes transport problems

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 14:43:00 +0100
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Sun, 07 Feb 2021 14:42:00 +0100
Czech Senate shows support for Belarus opposition
Czech Senate shows support for Belarus opposition

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 08:46:00 +0100
Risk index at 71, reproduction number increases
Risk index at 71, reproduction number increases

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 08:44:00 +0100
Sláma’s Shadow Country wins at Czech Film Critics’ Awards
Sláma’s Shadow Country wins at Czech Film Critics’ Awards

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 08:42:00 +0100
Czech leaders mull antigen tests at schools
Czech leaders mull antigen tests at schools

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 08:41:00 +0100
Prague and Central Bohemia leaders against restrictions on movement
Prague and Central Bohemia leaders against restrictions on movement

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 08:40:00 +0100
Hamáček: Pubs that breach Covid rules could face year’s closure
Hamáček: Pubs that breach Covid rules could face year’s closure

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 00:05:00 +0100
Singer Ida Kellarová – an ambassador for Romany culture
Ida Kelarová is a singer, musician and choirmaster, who performs some of the best Romany music to come out of the Czech Republic. On the occasion of Ida’s 65th birthday we are offering you some of the best of Ida Kellarová’s music.

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 00:05:00 +0100
90 years since birth of world football legend Josef Masopust
Global soccer great Josef Masopust, a World Cup runner-up with Czechoslovakia and the first Czech recipient of the Ballon d’Or, was born on 9 February 1931.

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 16:34:00 +0100
Czechia in 30 minutes (Feb 6, 2021)
Interview with ballet dancer Miřenka Čechova, history of Rudolfinum concert hall

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 09:57:00 +0100
Insurance-covered Covid testing at firms may start this month
Insurance-covered Covid testing at firms may start this month

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 09:33:00 +0100
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Sat, 06 Feb 2021 09:32:00 +0100
Snow and temperatures as low as -15C due next week
Snow and temperatures as low as -15C due next week

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 09:32:00 +0100
2020 Czech TV audiences highest in decades
2020 Czech TV audiences highest in decades

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 09:31:00 +0100
Communists confirm decision to cease supporting state of emergency
Communists confirm decision to cease supporting state of emergency

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 09:29:00 +0100
Registered Covid deaths in CR pass 17,000 mark
Registered Covid deaths in CR pass 17,000 mark

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 09:28:00 +0100
AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine arrives in CR
AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine arrives in CR

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:37:00 +0100
Czech crown at highest level against Euro since March
Czech crown at highest level against Euro since March

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:30:00 +0100
Defence Ministry fined CZK 550mn for errors in Bell helicopter contract
Defence Ministry fined CZK 550mn for errors in Bell helicopter contract

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:06:00 +0100
Finance Ministry to propose again tapping EBRD loans, to speed economy recovery
Finance Ministry to propose again tapping EBRD loans, to speed economy recovery

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:15:00 +0100
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Fri, 05 Feb 2021 13:51:00 +0100
“The situation is bad”, Blatný calls on Czechs to maintain discipline amid struggling health system
In a televised address to the public on Thursday, Czech Health Minister Jan Blatný called on Czechs to maintain discipline and not break coronavirus rules in order to help contain the coronavirus epidemic. He also raised the seriousness of the more...

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 13:22:00 +0100
Brno Philharmonic rehearses Thomas Larcher’s symphony inspired by mountains
The Brno Philharmonic Orchestra is currently recording the world premiere of a symphony written by Austrian composer Thomas Larcher, one of the world’s most renowned contemporary musicians. The title of the symphony,  A Line above the Sky, refers...

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 13:14:00 +0100
Unemployment climbs to 3.4 percent in January
Unemployment in the Czech Republic rose to 4.3 percent in January, up from 4 percent in December, according to data released by the Czech Labour Office on Friday. A month-on-month increase was recorded in all 77 of the country’s districts in Janua...

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 12:14:00 +0100
PM Babiš warns of healthcare system ‘collapse’ if state of emergency not extended
PM Babiš warns of healthcare system ‘collapse’ if state of emergency not extended

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 11:59:00 +0100
Freight trains collide in Zlín region, damage estimated at CZK 31.1 mn
Freight trains collide in Zlín region, damage estimated at CZK 31.1 mn

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 11:50:00 +0100
Basketball: Czech women face Danes on Saturday in final European Championship qualifier
Basketball: Czech women face Danes on Saturday in final European Championship qualifier

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 11:30:00 +0100
Labour Office: unemployment hit 4.3 pct in January, up 1.2 pp in annual terms
Labour Office: unemployment hit 4.3 pct in January, up 1.2 pp in annual terms

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 11:20:00 +0100
Škoda Transportation Group to deliver another 23 trams to Helsinki
Škoda Transportation Group to deliver another 23 trams to Helsinki

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 11:13:00 +0100
Covid-19: first 20,000 AstraZenka vaccine doses arrive in Czech Republic on Saturday
Covid-19: first 20,000 AstraZenka vaccine doses arrive in Czech Republic on Saturday

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 11:03:00 +0100
New book maps fascinating history of Namibian children raised in communist Czechoslovakia
A new book by Czech anthropologist Kateřina Mildnerová called ‘Namibian Czechs’ maps a fascinating and little known chapter in Czechoslovakia’s history. In 1985, the communist authorities enabled 56 children of Namibian war refugees to live ...

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 09:45:00 +0100
Czechia in 30 minutes (Feb 5, 2021)
News, health minister warns Covid situation is bad, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra recording symphony by Austrian composer Thomas Larcher, story of Czech-Namibian children focus of new book

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 09:10:00 +0100
Stach and Koubský receive Peroutka Prize
Stach and Koubský receive Peroutka Prize

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 09:08:00 +0100
Czech Covid numbers largely unchanged
Czech Covid numbers largely unchanged

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 15:25:00 +0100
Blatný: Strict Covid measures no longer working
Blatný: Strict Covid measures no longer working

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 14:21:00 +0100
Czechia in 30 minutes (Feb 4, 2021)
News, court ruling on election law, assistance dogs, one-man workshop makes perfume bottles for Europe, US, Czech freediver aims to set new record swimming under ice

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 14:20:00 +0100
Pomocné tlapky celebrates 20 years of training assistance, guide and signal dogs
Pomocné tlapky, a non-profit group that breeds, trains and hands over assistance dogs to people with disabilities, celebrates its twentieth anniversary this week. When established back in February 2001, it was the first such organisation in the Cze...

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:38:00 +0100
Analyst: When emotions subside people will come to see that the present election system is unjust
The Constitutional Court on Wednesday issued a verdict invalidating articles of the election law that it said discriminated against small parties. In future, blocs of parties running together will need to gain only  5 percent of the vote to enter t...

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:26:00 +0100
Hundreds suspect Covid vaccine side effects
Hundreds suspect Covid vaccine side effects

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 12:14:00 +0100
Blatný rules out transfer of Cheb patients to Germany
Blatný rules out transfer of Cheb patients to Germany

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 12:06:00 +0100
Police investigate care home vaccine deaths online lie
Police investigate care home vaccine deaths online lie

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:50:00 +0100
Hand-crafted perfume bottles from small Czech workshop draw on hundred-year old tradition
At the beginning of the 20th century, glass and especially glass perfume bottles made by small local craftsmen in Josefuv Důl in the Jizera Mountains, generated a lot of interest, selling not only in the fashion capitals of Europe but overseas as w...

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:43:00 +0100
Czech freediver will attempt to set world record in swimming under ice
David Vencl, a freediver from Teplice, will attempt to break the Guinness world record for the longest swim under ice this month. The current record stands at 76,2 meters, and Vencl says that he aims to swim 80, which comes to about 1 minute and 40 ...

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:35:00 +0100
Judge: Voting can go ahead even if legislators haven’t ratified change
Judge: Voting can go ahead even if legislators haven’t ratified change

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:17:00 +0100
New daily Covid cases jump by over 1,000 week-on-week
New daily Covid cases jump by over 1,000 week-on-week

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 07:29:00 +0100
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Thu, 04 Feb 2021 07:24:00 +0100
Vrba takes reigns at Sparta Prague
Vrba takes reigns at Sparta Prague

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:30:00 +0100
Czech Made: the Veverkas' revolutionary ‘Ruchadlo’ plough
The Veverkas invented a revolutionary plough in 1827 that cut, lifted and turned the soil in one go.

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:29:00 +0100
Babiš attacks Constutional Court over electoral law ruling
Babiš attacks Constutional Court over electoral law ruling

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 15:07:00 +0100
Czechia in 30 Minutes - February 3, 2021
Constitutional Court repeals electoral law clauses favouring big parties; New campaign celebrates women in science; Czech Made, episode 2: the Veverkas' ‘Ruchadlo’ plough

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 14:16:00 +0100
Constitutional Court repeals electoral law clauses favouring big parties, hamstringing coalitions
The political landscape in the Czech Republic is set to shift immensely. The Constitutional Court on Wednesday announced it has annulled aspects of electoral law favouring bigger political parties, including the distribution of seats and thresholds ...

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 13:53:00 +0100
New campaign celebrates Czech women in science
A new campaign by the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences celebrates women in science, but it also points out to the fact that Czech female scientists are not equally represented. The official hashtag of the campaign, launched on...

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 13:05:00 +0100
Babiš to discuss Russian vaccine on Budapest visit
Babiš to discuss Russian vaccine on Budapest visit

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 12:25:00 +0100
Hamáček: 35 British variant Covid cases detected in CR to date
Hamáček: 35 British variant Covid cases detected in CR to date

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:50:00 +0100
Top court hands advantage to coalitions standing in general elections
Top court hands advantage to coalitions standing in general elections

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:12:00 +0100
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Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:10:00 +0100
Czech Republic passes 1 million known Covid cases mark
Czech Republic passes 1 million known Covid cases mark

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 10:24:00 +0100
Czech Made: the Veverka cousins' revolutionary ‘Ruchadlo’ plough
The Veverka cousins invented a revolutionary plough in 1827 known as the ‘Ruchadlo’, which cut, lifted and turned soil upside down by means of a curved plate. So why weren’t they better known outside of Bohemia? Find out in the latest edition ...

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 08:11:00 +0100
Czech Republic to acquire anti-Covid drug Bamlan
Czech Republic to acquire anti-Covid drug Bamlan

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 08:10:00 +0100
Czech Republic calling for Navalny’s immediate release
Czech Republic calling for Navalny’s immediate release

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 17:20:00 +0100
Constitutional Court rejects petition against set term of general elections
Constitutional Court rejects petition against set term of general elections

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:49:00 +0100
Governor of South Moravia claims general practitioners not allowed to inoculate against Covid-19
Governor of South Moravia claims general practitioners not allowed to inoculate against Covid-19

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:09:00 +0100
Czechia in 30 Minutes - February 2, 2021
Government suspends VAT in bid to encourage use of respirators; Thousands join ‘Dry February’ campaign; New long-distance hiking trail crosses Czechia from west to east

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:53:00 +0100
Czechia saw sharpest economic downturn in its history in 2020
The Czech economy experienced the biggest drop in the history of the independent Czech Republic, the Czech News Agency reported on Tuesday. According to a fresh estimate by the Czech Statistics Office, the country’s Gross Domestic Product fell by ...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:24:00 +0100
Thousands of Czechs join booze-free ‘Dry February’ campaign
The ninth annual ‘Dry February’ (Suchej únor) campaign got underway on Monday, encouraging beer-loving Czechs to abstain from alcohol for the entire month. According to its organizers, the League of Open Men, more than one million people in the...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 12:14:00 +0100
Government suspend VAT in bid to encourage use of respirators
In a bid to encourage Czechs to wear respirators, which are safer than other types of facemasks, the government is temporarily suspending VAT on such products. However, it has not followed the lead of some neighbouring states by making respirators c...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 10:41:00 +0100
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Tue, 02 Feb 2021 10:36:00 +0100
Covid-19 numbers slightly up again
Covid-19 numbers slightly up again

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 10:34:00 +0100
Steep increase in death rate in 2020
Steep increase in death rate in 2020

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 10:33:00 +0100
2020 brought steepest economic decline in country’s modern history
2020 brought steepest economic decline in country’s modern history

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 10:32:00 +0100
Czech cross-border workers in Austria will have to present one negative PCR test a week
Czech cross-border workers in Austria will have to present one negative PCR test a week

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 09:08:00 +0100
Bečva River cyanide poisoning culprit identified, forensic expert says
Bečva River cyanide poisoning culprit identified, forensic expert says

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 08:31:00 +0100
Stricter Covid-19 testing rules apply to people entering Czechia as of Friday
Stricter Covid-19 testing rules apply to people entering Czechia as of Friday

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 15:05:00 +0100
Demonstrators call for ending Czech coal mining before 2038
Demonstrators call for ending Czech coal mining before 2038

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:59:00 +0100
Takeaway lunches helping keep restaurants in Czechia afloat
Take away lunches are helping to keep restaurants and pubs around the Czech Republic afloat during the coronavirus crisis. According to the website Novinky.cz, the sums Czechs spent on lunches at dispensing windows in 2020 significantly increased on...

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:57:00 +0100
Czechia in 30 Minutes - February 1, 2021
Czech government urges faster action from EMA; Petra Kvitová preparing for Australian Open; Interview with David Ondráčka

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 13:35:00 +0100
HIV infections rose in 2020, most among people in early ‘30s
HIV infections rose in 2020, most among people in early ‘30s

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 13:18:00 +0100
Petra Kvitová preparing for season’s first Grand Slam 
The much-anticipated 2021 tennis season has got underway in Australia with a week of tune-up tournaments leading up to the Australian Open. The first Grand Slam of the year is due to kick off next Monday, with eleven Czech players scheduled to appea...

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 13:14:00 +0100
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Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:35:00 +0100
SZIF recommended EU funding for PM-founded Agrofert despite conflict of interest inquiry
SZIF recommended EU funding for PM-founded Agrofert despite conflict of interest inquiry

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:09:00 +0100
Smartwings seeks CZK 500mn in compensation for cancelled spring 2020 flights
Smartwings seeks CZK 500mn in compensation for cancelled spring 2020 flights

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 11:56:00 +0100
Czechs mark ninth annual ‘Dry February’ of alcohol abstinence
Czechs mark ninth annual ‘Dry February’ of alcohol abstinence

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 11:43:00 +0100
Covid-19 risk index rises as R number hits 1.01
Covid-19 risk index rises as R number hits 1.01

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100
Radio Prague's Monthly Quiz
Test your knowledge of things Czech!

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 10:53:00 +0100
Snowkiting in the Ore Mountains
Czechs took the slopes by storm at the weekend despite closed ski resorts in the Ore Mountains and elsewhere. The picture shows snowkiters on a meadow near Boží Dar.  

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 10:43:00 +0100
Beset by pandemic problems, Czech government urges faster action from EMA
The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic is proving to be a huge challenge for the Czech coalition government. Just days after it further tightened the already strict measures in place, it is facing street protests, cases of civil disobedience and...

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 08:18:00 +0100
Government agrees to make respirators more affordable
Government agrees to make respirators more affordable

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 08:17:00 +0100
Czech foreign minister condemns police violence in Russia
Czech foreign minister condemns police violence in Russia

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 16:45:00 +0100
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Sun, 31 Jan 2021 16:41:00 +0100
Demonstration against government restrictions
Demonstration against government restrictions

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 14:39:00 +0100
Škoda recalling Kodiaq and Karoq SUV models due to possible fault in brake pedal
Škoda recalling Kodiaq and Karoq SUV models due to possible fault in brake pedal

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 14:19:00 +0100
Czech Television: Health Minister Blatný to be replaced within a fortnight
Czech Television: Health Minister Blatný to be replaced within a fortnight

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 10:08:00 +0100
Dry February gains fresh importance due to coronavirus crisis
Dry February gains fresh importance due to coronavirus crisis

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 09:53:00 +0100
Validity of paper motorway vignettes expires
Validity of paper motorway vignettes expires

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 09:52:00 +0100
Covid numbers drop slightly, but risk index up
Covid numbers drop slightly, but risk index up

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 09:00:00 +0100
Jiří Menzel’s timeless comedy ‘Cutting it Short’ at 40
The lyrical nostalgic Czech comedy ‘Cutting it Short’ (Postřižiny) about small town life, based on the famous short story by Bohumil Hrabal, premiered in February 1981. The film generated extraordinary interest and has not lost its appeal over...

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 03:07:00 +0100
Brundibár: children’s opera from Terezín ghetto
In today’s edition of Sunday Music Show we’ll be listening to the children’s opera Brundibár, performed by children at the wartime Jewish ghetto in Terezín.

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 14:37:00 +0100
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Sat, 30 Jan 2021 14:33:00 +0100
Pandemic drives up sales, rents of country cottages
Pandemic drives up sales, rents of country cottages

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 14:32:00 +0100
Transport Ministry planning to expand highways to reduce congestion
Transport Ministry planning to expand highways to reduce congestion

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 14:20:00 +0100
Czechia in 30 Minutes - January 30, 2021
Interview with actor and director Jiří Mádl

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 11:53:00 +0100
Czech government bans all non-essential travel to the Czech Republic
Czech government bans all non-essential travel to the Czech Republic

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 11:36:00 +0100
Czech Republic joins appeal for fast certification, distribution of Covid-19 vaccines
Czech Republic joins appeal for fast certification, distribution of Covid-19 vaccines

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 09:19:00 +0100
Covid risk index drops to 68 points
Covid risk index drops to 68 points

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 09:18:00 +0100
Tightened coronavirus measures in effect
Tightened coronavirus measures in effect



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