Addictology experts fear pandemic has increased "at risk“ drinking

Navalis celebrations commemorate beatification of St John of Nepomuk

Czech Republic joins Christchurch Call

Travel restrictions eased for vaccinated citizens under series of bilateral agreements

Russia lists Czech Republic, USA as “unfriendly states”

Supreme state attorney resigns, cites pressure from justice minister

Tennis: Plíšková beats Ostapenko, advances to Italian Open semi-finals

Stork’s Nest: police investigation into Czech PM’s alleged fraud concludes

After more than two years of intensive work, the legendary Czechoslovak bullet train, known as Slovenská Strela or Slovak Arrow, has been restored to its former glory. On Thursday, the train undertook its first ride from Přerov, where it had been ...

PM Babiš: health minister must explain Vinohrady Hospital rental contract

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The days of the pandemic have been a trying time for artists and music ensembles worldwide, but they have also afforded bizarre and never to be forgotten experiences. The South Bohemian Philharmonic Orchestra found a new home in the deserted departu...

“Red Century”: Czechoslovak Communist centenary open-air exhibition held in Prague

Covid-19: Czechia to accept vaccination certificates from Central European countries

Ice hockey: Czechs defeat Sweden 3-2 in overtime in Prague

Covid-19: Nearly 4 million vaccine doses administered

Tennis: Plíšková makes Rome quarterfinals, Krejčíková out

Covid-19: Czech GPs to get Moderna vaccine in surgeries

How do Czechs contribute to carbon emissions? And how would different social groups be affected by measures adopted against climate change, such as climate taxes? These are just some of the questions which Czech Radio tried to answer by commissionin...

PM: Czech govt to assess rules for opening outdoor restaurants

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Consultancy: number of new Czech companies jumps in April

The leaders of five opposition parties in the lower house on Wednesday announced their intention to initiate a vote of no-confidence in the minority government of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. Although general elections are just five months away, th...

Czech Medical Society criticizes Covid-19 vaccine distribution system

Prague to host one of eight EU disinformation research centres

Storm, flood warning in effect for Bohemia

Czechia officially registers for Beijing Olympics

Prague becomes headquarters of EU space programme agency

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 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...

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...

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