Majority of Czechs not happy with govt’s handling of Covid epidemic

PM: Health minister must explain irregularities in tax returns

The annual Prague Spring International Music Festival gets underway on Wednesday evening. In line with tradition, it opens with Smetana’s My Country. However, the performance, featuring a well-known early music ensemble Collegium 1704, is expected...

Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřib has raised the issue that foreign residents in the Czech Republic, who do not have public health insurance, are not able to register for the COVID-19 vaccine. He urged the Ministry of Health to sort out the situation fast,...

Opposition parties want no-confidence motion in minority govt

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US convoy to cross Czech territory on way to military training exercise in Hungary

Pubs and restaurants worried about ability to fulfil stated hygiene conditions

Epidemic slowing, inoculation picking up speed

Prague Spring International Music Festival opens May 12

With a proud history spanning over 200 years, the Becherovka herbal liquor is among the most famous alcoholic beverages produced in the Czech Republic. The recipe was famously created by the Becher family and remains a closely guarded secret to this...

Czechs differ on urgency of addressing climate change

Health minister: No privileges for people vaccinated abroad

Prague mayor calls on health ministry to address vaccination of uninsured foreigners

Shops around the Czech Republic opened on Monday after being closed for more than four months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. While the turnout was higher than usual, queues formed only occasionally outside larger stores.

The European Union does not want to further escalate tensions with Moscow, the head of the European External Action Service (EEAS), Josep Borrell, said on Monday. The statement came after a meeting of EU foreign ministers ahead of which Czech Minist...

The annual One World festival of human rights documentary films got underway on Monday evening under the motto Connection Lost. The festival, which has moved entirely online due to Covid-19 restrictions, started by presenting its annual Homo Homini ...

Mikhail Khodorkovsky: the Kremlin has allies in high places in Czechia and other EU states

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Covid numbers declining

Supreme Court rules controversial plays in Brno did not infringe on believers’ rights

Travel restrictions to be eased for vaccinated Czechs as of mid-May

Further easing of Covid measures due on May 17

Vaccine register opens to people over 45

Memorial ceremony for Covid victims at Prague Castle

Scientists from Brno have been working on a unique project, mapping the changes of our landscape over the past century. In order to do so, they have been collecting old landscape paintings, which they subsequently compare to present-day photographs ...

This Monday sees another wave of reopenings as part of the gradual lifting of coronavirus restrictions in the Czech Republic. Shops and a wide range of services are now allowed to reopen for clients. Furthermore, Monday also sees the re-establishmen...

The country’s castles and chateaus opened their grounds to visitors at the weekend. Because guided tours are not yet allowed, people can visit parks, courtyards and outdoor spaces where they can move about individually. The photo is from Veveří ...

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Castles and chateaus open their parks to visitors

Tourism-related services suffer severe losses

Supreme Audit Office uncovers irregularities in construction of cycle paths

People over 45 can register for vaccine as of midnight Monday

Memorial ceremony for Covid-19 victims at Prague Castle

Shops and services reopen around the country

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Canoeist Tereza Fišerová takes silver at European Championship

Seznam Zprávy: Prague Castle involved in Deputy PM’s trip to Moscow

Heavy winds to hit parts of Czech Republic 

New election poll puts ruling ANO party in third place

Czech ambassador to Moscow attends military parade on Red Square

Saturday’s Covid-19 increase lowest in months

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