Czech ambassador to Moscow to attend military parade on Red Square

Covid-19: new cases below 1,000 for first time since September

The edition of our Sunday Music Show is dedicated to the upcoming Prague Spring International Music Festival, which takes place from May 12 through June 3, and features nearly two dozen concerts by world-class musicians and ensembles – all free o...

The historic flight from Pardubice to Prague – at the time the longest flight ever undertaken in the Austro-Hungarian Empire – took place on May 13, 1911. Czech aviation pioneer Jan Kašpar took off from the Pardubice military training ground, w...

Canoeist Přindiš takes gold at European Championships

President appoints new army and police generals

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Babiš calls on EU leaders to expel Russian diplomats in solidarity with Prague

National Museum negotiating to extend Kings of the Sun exhibition

Covid-19: number of new cases remain below 2,000 for third straight day

This week the British Embassy unveiled a plaque in memory of two British servicemen who took part in the Prague Uprising in 1945 and who saved many lives by their incredibly brave action. On the occasion of VE day the British ambassador to Prague, N...

Czechs mark 76th anniversary of end of World War II in Europe

Memorial act for coronavirus victims to take place at Prague Castle on Monday

Health minister: Motivation for young people to get vaccine will be travel

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Celebrations are underway in Pilsen to commemorate the city’s uprising against the Nazi occupation and liberation by American forces in May 1945.   

Lower-house approves 80 percent reimbursment of private sector wages as part of “Kurzarbeit” scheme

Czech PM to brief EU leaders on Vrbětice attack in upcoming summit

Labour Office: Unemployment in April was lowest in four months

Poll: Pirates and Mayors ahead, Social Democrats would get into Parliament

As of mid-May, travel across the borders will be easier for Czechs who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19. The government has already agreed to relax the existing measures with several European countries.

More than 70 years after the end of World War Two, new information is still coming out about the brave efforts that allied parachutists played in the Nazi occupied Czech lands. In the newly published book Foursquare: The Last Parachutist, George Bea...

Head of Lány forrest administration sentenced to three years in prison for manipulating tender

To mark the upcoming third centenary of John of Nepomuk’s beatification, Radio Prague International is asking listeners around the world to send their photographs of churches and monuments dedicated to the saint. We will showcase the best images v...

Covid-19: Czechia, once worst in EU for new infections, now ranks 15th

MPs pass bill on compensating unlawfully sterilised women

Central bank lowers growth estimate for 2021, raises it for 2022

Health Minister: museums, galleries, cultural monuments could reopen on May 24

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Prague Castle opens long-awaited Comenius exhibition featuring 500 artefacts

Locations of Hussite battles, parliamentary election results, but also maps of lookout towers or Word War I prisons – all this and much more can be found in a unique online atlas launched by the Czech Academy of Sciences earlier this month. The we...

Regional governor: Hamáček boasted of securing 1 million Sputnik V vaccine doses

Football: Slavia defeat Sparta, advance to MOL Cup final vs Pilsen

Among the ceremonies marking the 76th anniversary of the Prague Uprising on Wednesday, May 5, was the unveiling of a commemorative plaque to two British servicemen who participated in the uprising and whose daring deed saved many lives. The ceremony...

Czech, Austrian foreign ministers meet in Prague, preside over “Neighbours” book launch

Near record number of Covid-19 vaccinations on Wednesday

MPs continue discussion on compensating unlawfully sterilised women

Covid 19: Gov’t to discuss partial lifting of restrictions on cultural events

Tennis: Petra Kvitová loses to Ash Barty in Madrid quarterfinals

Vrbětice: Deputy PM Jan Hamáček files complaint against journalists

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May 5 marks the 76 anniversary since the beginning of the Battle for Czech Radio which is traditionally seen as the start of the Prague Uprising that led to the city being liberated from German control after four days of hard fighting in the closing...

Czech poetry has been enjoying something of a renaissance in the new millennium. Following a decline in the 1990s, in the past two decades poetry has been shaped by lively literary activity, revolving around literary cafés, festivals and public poe...

Survey: Czechia second most-attractive country in CEE for investors

The scandal surrounding the 2014 munitions depot blasts which the Czech government has blamed on Russian agents has taken a new twist. The news site Seznam has accused Deputy Prime Minister Jan Hamáček of having planned to hush up Russia’s invol...

76th anniversary of Prague Uprising marked nationwide

Tennis: Muchová beats Sákkari to advance to Madrid quarterfinals

Uherské Hradiště summer film school postponed till August

MPs debate new Building Act, park administration among sticking points

Billionaire brothers who co-founded Walmark to donate 30 pct of assets to charity

Country’s public broadcasters slam proposal for asset declarations

Emotions run high in lower house as MPs accuse deputy prime minister of treason

A newly released Eurobarometer survey places the Czech Republic at the bottom of the EU ladder when it comes to trust in government. Faith in the country’s democratic system is also down. Meanwhile, trust in the EU has risen slightly, with most Cz...

Former doubles Wimbledon champion Barbora Strýcová announces retirement

Supreme State Attorney speaks out in Hamáček’s defence

Two leading Czech cultural institutions, the National Museum and the National Gallery, opened their doors to the public on Tuesday. Among the major attractions is the ongoing exhibition Kings of the Sun at the National Museum’s historical building...

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Covid epidemic slowing

Velorex is the name of a unique, three wheeled vehicle which runs on a motorcycle engine. It was designed by brothers František and Mojmír Stránský during World War Two.

President’s Office: Zeman’s letter to Putin confidential

PM denies any involvement in Hamáček’s planned visit to Russia

Deputy PM accused of wanting to hush up Russian involvement in blasts in return for Sputnik vaccines

Further easing of measures on May 10

Czechs’ trust in their government lowest in EU

Visitors of the Plzeň Zoo could catch a rare glimpse of the snow leopard last week. These wildcats have resided in the zoo since 2004, but are usually quite shy.

As of Monday, life in the Czech Republic is returning to a relative degree of normalcy. A relaxation of government anti-coronavirus restrictions has seen the return of many students to the classroom, and the reopening of some services, cultural and ...

The Russian Federation banned eight EU citizens from visiting the country on Friday, among them is Czech Vice President of the European Commission Věra Jourová. Moscow says this is in retaliation to EU sanctions issued in March. Ms Jourova believe...

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Czech economy does unexpectedly well during lockdown

Police investigating contamination of Bílina River

Czech Republic improves its cybersecurity following spate of attacks

Hairdressers and personal care services reopen

US Secretary of State expresses solidarity with Czechia over Russian row

Covid-19: Sunday sees fewest new cases since early September

Four Czech projects succeeded in Central European social innovation competition

Covid-19 vaccine registration open to people 50-54 as of May 5

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Tennis: Karolína Muchová defeats Naomi Osaka in Madrid

Ex-health minister: 100,000 vaccinations needed each day

Covid-19: fewest new cases for a Saturday in eight months

Prague Castle complex open to public on Monday with new exhibitions

Josef Václav Mysliveček was a famous 18th century Czech composer and a friend and teacher to Mozart. He spent most of his life in Italy, where he achieved enormous success, composing nearly thirty operas that were performed in the most famous venu...

The Staropramen brewery, the second largest beer producer in the country, is toasting 150 years since it put out its first batch.

Covid-19: Hundreds gather at Prague’s Střelecký Island, Letná plein, to protest restrictions

Number of old-age pensions drops first time in two decades

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WWII-era unexploded bomb found in Opava region

Some 30 Communists turn out for Prague May Day event

Prague Spring concerts to be held before reduced audiences

Čarodějnice: Firefighters responded to 91 ‘witch-burning’ fires

Covid-19: over 1mn Czech residents fully vaccinated

Russia imposes entry ban on Czech EU commission VP Věra Jourová, seven other officials

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How did the Communist regime approach heritage conservation? What led to the devastation of so many historical monuments? And why did some buildings survive while others were knocked down? These are just some of the questions addressed in a new rese...

Czech scientists monitoring a green frog population in the Odra River Basin for twenty years have yet to find a female of the species. Known in Czech as the Skokan zelený (which translates as “Green Jumper”), the species are found in wetlands t...

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Economic growth down by 2.1 percent year-on-year

Czech doctors fear epidemic of non-Covid diseases

Police charge man who threatened prime minister

Epidemic slowing, first case of Indian mutation confirmed

Czech scientist Julie Dobrovolná has devoted a significant part of her career to the research of stress. She is currently heading a team at Masaryk University’s RECETOX centre, which is developing a new method of measuring stress.

Govt approves further opening of schools, shops, cultural venues

Thousands demonstrate against President Zeman over ‘traitorous’ Vrbětice stance

Czech MPs approve same-sex marriage bill, timing of vote uncertain

MEPs call for coordinated expulsion of Russian diplomats in solidarity with Czechs

A new book about the historic meeting of the late Czech president Václav Havel and His Holiness the Dalai Lama is set to be published in the Czech Republic later this year. The meeting in February 1990 marked a significant milestone in Czech-Tibeta...

Shakespeare Summer Festival is set to begin on June 28

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České dráhy posts CZK 4.1bn loss in 2020 due to pandemic

In recent days the two center-right election groupings on the Czech political scene have become increasingly vocal about their aim to bring down the minority government of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. The grouping Spolu (comprising the Civic Democr...

Czech MPs resume debate on legalising same-sex marriage, after two-year break

Replica of historic Czech wooden church in Třinec-Guty to open June 6

Environment Ministry officials slam proposal to transfer nature protection to building authorities

Covid-19: over 100,000 people aged 55-59 register for vaccine on day one

Palacký University in Olomouc to have new rector

Covid cases continue drop, down 16 pct on Wednesday

State Institute for Drug Control says materials for Sputnik V assessment insufficient

Testing in schools and companies at least until end of May

Wooden marionettes from the east Bohemian town of Chrudim are heading to South Korea to be part of a large exhibition dedicated to Czech puppetry. The exhibition, prepared in cooperation with Czech Centres and the Czech Embassy in Korea, will get un...

Through June, the National Film Archive in Prague is presenting a series of Czech films from before the age of “talkies”. It is part of a wider European project which aims to acquaint the public – especially younger viewers – with classic si...