Slight drop in new Covid cases, but hospitals under severe strain

Slavia Prague into Europa League last eight with win over Glasgow Rangers

Strict measures remain but Czechs may exercise further from homes

In the fourth episode of our series Masters of Czech Animated Film we present Jan Švankmajer, a Czech Surrealist artist, puppeteer, animator, and filmmaker whose work transcends borders. His films, the most famous of which are Alice, Little Otik, ...

The Senate has rejected an amendment to the Food Act that would set quotas on the sale of Czech food in retail stores. At least eight other EU countries had objected to the proposal, which they said was clearly discriminatory.

Around 200 children in CR have Covid-related syndrome

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Two more gorillas at Prague Zoo test positive for Covid

Ten cases of death after Covid vaccination recorded in CR in week

New Bianca Bellová novel among titles included in Big Book Thursday

Metronome music festival postponed until June 2022

Number of Covid deaths in CR passes 24,000

The Remoska oven has been a household name in this country for over sixty years now, braving competition from ever more sophisticated kitchen appliances.

As the coronavirus measures stretch into their second year, artists have been looking for various ways to boost the public morale and spread some good cheer. In the south Bohemian town of České Budějovice members of a local music ensemble climb o...

The Czech Republic, along with five other European countries, has submitted a joint nomination for the timber rafting tradition to be inscribed on the UNESCO world intangible cultural heritage list. The tradition, dating back to the 14th century, is...

Senate votes to maintain role of ‘lay judges’ in courts

MPs to discuss Nat’l Recovery Plan to draw EU ‘SURE’ funds on March 26

Czech PM, others speak to EU Council President about proportional vaccine distribution

The series of severe droughts and heatwaves that hit central Europe in recent years have been the most severe in the past two millennia, suggests a study carried out by an international team of scientists, including researchers from the Czech Republ...

Number of Czech students lacking tech for online classes down 80 pct

Who makes the prettiest looking lattes in the Czech Republic? According to the results of this year’s annual Latte Art competition it is Jakub Souček from the North Bohemian city of Liberec. His impression of a two-winged swan on the top of a cof...

Foreign minister opens new Czech schools in Croatia during official visit

CVVM poll: 59 pct of Czechs ready to be vaccinated

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CRIF: Companies, self-employed increasingly missing loan payments

The Remoska oven has been a household name in this country for over sixty years now, braving competition from ever more sophisticated kitchen appliances. The Czech-invented multipurpose oven is popular with older generations and young families alike...

Health Minister: paramedics to get CZK 75,000 bonus for Covid-19 work

Prague 3 files suit to block housing project by Židovské pece park

Average mortgage rate continues to drop, February volume at record high

Czech government in discussions with Volkswagen regarding construction of battery factory

Tuesday saw new Covid infections fall, but number of hospitalised still very high

European Commission sends EUR 1 billion to Czechia through SURE programme

Transparency International: Havlíček incapable of managing two ministries at once

Netflix to film USD 200 million movie starring Ryan Gosling in Czech Republic

The introduction of more frequent Covid testing in the workplace could prove difficult both in terms of cost and logistics, representatives of Czech firms told the news website iHned.cz.

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Parliamentarians form “Friends of Free Russia” group

Tuesday marks exactly 130 years since construction began on the Petřín Lookout Tower, one of the most prominent Prague landmarks. The 64 metre high steel construction, built on the occasion of the Jubilee Exhibition in 1891, was inspired by the Ei...

Czech Republic's balance of payments reached record surplus in 2020

Study: Summer droughts from 2015 to 2018 were the heaviest in over 2,000 years

Why do I lose my hair? Why can’t I go school? And why are my mom and dad worried about me? These are just some of the questions asked by children who have been diagnosed with cancer. A new animated series called Baldies, which is currently in prep...

Czech employers plan to hire more employees in second quarter of 2021, survey shows

Babiš: Patients with chronic diseases to receive special vaccine registration codes

Czech Health Minister Jan Blatný on Monday defended the decision to continue vaccinating with AstraZeneca in the face of suspensions across Europe. The health minister, who has been stressing the need to push ahead with vaccinations in view of the ...

Industry and Trade Ministry to start paying compensation to ski resorts

Health minister: no reason to suspend AstraZeneca vaccinations

Thanks to both a rise in demand and problems associated with delivery, there is a shortage of computers on the Czech market, the Czech News Agency reports. Businesses expect that the problem will continue into the second quarter of 2021, with things...

Key population groups in the Czech Republic have received over a million coronavirus vaccine jabs so far and the latest indicators suggest that the epidemic may be on a slightly downward trend. The government is aiming to increase daily vaccinations...

Is Czech politics headed for a shakeup? A new Kantar agency poll suggests the electoral coalition of the Pirate Party and the Mayors & Independents enjoy 34 percent support, far ahead of the governing ANO on 22 percent. The Pirates would currently e...

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Compulsory testing reveals more positive tests in smaller companies

Former football boss used state subsidies to pay for private jets

Woman injured in avalanche dies in hospital

Number of new Covid cases dropping, but pressure on hospitals remains

PM: We need to speed up the inoculation process

Cabinet: Coronavirus measures will not be relaxed before Easter

The Krkonoše Mountains in North Bohemia proved a fateful place for skier Bohumil Hanč. The sun was shining when he set off, lightly dressed, in a race on 24 March 1913. A new Czech film entitled Poslední závod The Last Race is being made in the ...

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Police disperse illegal party in Prague

Deputy PM: Shops will not reopen before Easter

Vaccinologists recommend extending interval between Covid vaccines

Weekend marks drop in number of new Covid cases registered

Rážová leaves office as chief hygiene officer

Palestinians, Arab League condemn opening of Czech diplomatic office in Jerusalem

Marta Krásová is one of the bright lights of Czech opera. In her days the mezzo-soprano, who combined a brilliant technique with a natural acting talent and unforgettable charm, had the world at her feet. She is one of the icons of Czech opera of ...

The Art Nouveau glass and steel building opened to visitors on March 15, 1891 on the occasion of the General State Exhibition.

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National census to take place despite pandemic

Demand for Covid self-testing kits skyrockets

GPs may prescribe invermectin for Covid

Czech Republic and four other EU members call for “fair distribution of vaccines“

Germany to decide on border regime with Czech Republic next week

Covid numbers up again in week-over-week comparison

Covid-19: Czech food, agricultural companies struggling to test employees

A new film depicting the events of the 1968 Prague Spring and Warsaw Pact invasion in Czechoslovak Radio is set to be made within the next two years. The author of the screenplay is the famous Czech artist Jiří Mádl.

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Iuridicum Remedium announces Big Brother anti-prize winners

Eight percent of Czechs, almost exclusively men, have invested in some cryptocurrency, according to the results of a survey carried out by the agency STEM/MARK, published this week.

Education Ministry to give free lunches, snacks to poor Karlovy Vary, Ústí region pre-schoolers

Prague aims to swap land for dilapidated Vyšehrad railway station

Czech violinist headlines Prague concert celebrating Ástor Piazzolla centenary

Covid: nearly 1 million doses to date

Czechia should get Johnson & Johnson vaccine by end-April

Football: Slavia Prague tie Glasgow Rangers 1-1 at home

Czech construction slowed decline in January

Crowdfunding, the practice of funding a project by raising small amounts of money from a large number of people, is becoming an increasingly popular and versatile tool in today’s digital world. For the past several years, it has also been making i...

Most people from the arts world say that the coronavirus crisis does not inspire creativity and they can’t wait for it to be over. Photographer Radek Drbohlav says that, hard as these days are, he had an urge to capture these strange times, other ...

Man shoots himself in the head outside Ministry of Health

Czech health authorities say no reason to suspend AstraZeneca vaccinations

Emergency medical services in the Czech Republic are becoming overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients. Ambulance workers have been  under enormous pressure for several months now and with the recent upsurge in serious Covid-19 cases, they are often str...

President Miloš Zeman is calling for the county’s health minister and state drug agency director to be removed from office for rejecting the use of the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, which has not yet received EU approval. In an intervie...

Fuel prices continue to rise

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Saxony wants to create Covid buffer zone on border with Czech Republic

The Krteček (Little Mole) cartoon character has been a favourite of not only Czech children for several generations now. The black-furred creature with a bright red nose was created by Kladno native Zdeněk Miler.

Covid data: Record number of people in serious condition

PM announces new Czech drug against Covid in final stage of approval

Record high 47,000 vaccines administered Wednesday

Meeting fails to resolve dispute over Russian involvement in nuclear tender

Babiš: Cabinet reshuffle not on agenda at present

Year-on-year consumer price growth in the Czech Republic slowed down to 2.1 percent in February, down from 2.2 percent in the previous month, according to data released by the Czech Statistics Office on Tuesday. The annual growth of consumer prices ...

The state prosecutor’s office in Prague has shelved a new investigation into the death of Czechoslovak foreign minister Jan Masaryk in March 1948. The case, which remains shrouded in mystery despite several investigations, was reopened for the f...

Covid tests start at Czech public authorities

Czech Senate hangs Tibetan flag for first time

Czech researchers at the Central European Institute of Technology in Brno have developed a new way to test for Covid-19 based on isothermal amplification. They say their method, known at RT-LAMP for short, detects the virus faster than PCR tests and...

President wants removal of health minister over stance on Russian vaccine

Babiš: CR to get 80,000 extra doses of Pfizer vaccine in March

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Babiš to discuss vaccines in Israel Thursday

Week-on-week Covid tally decline, reproduction number down

Marie Tumlířová was among the first women ever to graduate from the Czech Technical University, a century ago, a year after equal rights for all were enshrined in the constitution. She earned her doctorate defending a thesis that would serve as a...

Czech MP Jiří Ventruba dies of Covid

 Czech Railways have recorded a huge slump in passenger numbers caused by the restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic. Last year, the state-owned passenger train operator transported 117.7 million passengers, 64 million fewer than in the prev...

Anti-Covid restrictions group planning to stand in general elections

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Anti-Covid restrictions group planning to stand in general elections

Much of donated Koudelka archive arrives in Prague

Number of Covid patients in intensive care reaches new record

As EU member states forge ahead with vaccinations, EU leaders are preparing to discuss an instrument that would facilitate travel within the alliance in the summer months – a common vaccine  passport or the “Digital Green Pass” to use the off...

Slavia Prague invite medics to Rangers game