Central bank will be able to dictate mortgage lending conditions

Czech PM under fire for bungling call for EU solidarity

Adam Vojtěch to be reappointed health minister

TOP 09 MP Dominik Feri resigns following accusations of sexual assault

A convoy of US military vehicles has been crossing Czech territory on its way to Hungary to take part in the NATO Defender Europe 2021 exercise. The movement of 600 U.S. soldiers with 190 pieces of military equipment took place in the night and earl...

The Czech Republic will not withdraw a lawsuit it filed at the EU Court of Justice to halt operations at the Turów lignite coal mine in Poland, located in the close proximity to the Czech border, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš announced on Tuesday.

Scientists at Mendel University in Brno have developed a prototype robot that identifies insects harmful to agricultural crops and spays just enough of the right chemical to kill them. Already a “greener” solution than the blanket spraying of in...

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PM: Czech Republic will join EU sanctions against Belarus

EU leaders back Czech Republic in its dispute with Russia

The Czech Republic’s fourth minister of health since the Covid pandemic hit the country, Petr Arenberger, has announced his resignation, after his financial affairs came under scrutiny. His replacement is a familiar name: former health minister Ad...

Czech PM: Czechia will not withdraw lawsuit over Turow

Health Minister Arenberger resigns over suspicion of tax evasion

Press: Klaus-headed ministry made large loan to Russia at turn of 1990s

Czechs beat Belarus for first win at ice hockey worlds

Insurers to cover Covid tests aimed at easing travel

This Monday sees another series of restrictions lifted as the coronavirus epidemic in the Czech Republic subsides. After five months of forced closure, hotels and lodging houses are again allowed to open. Meanwhile, schools and universities across t...

Jiřina Šiklová, a sociologist and Charter 77 signatory known for her efforts in smuggling forbidden texts into Communist Czechoslovakia, died on Saturday at the age of 85. One of the key voices of the Prague Spring reform movement, she was also k...

Český Krumlov music festival postponed to September

Prague protests strongly over Belarusian diversion of plane

Confidence in Czech economy is at its highest level in a year and a half, having risen from to 99.7 points in May up from 94.7 points the previous month, the Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) said on Monday. Growing confidence stems from the loosenin...

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Indoor live arts events allowed again with maximum half capacity

Agrofert takes European Commission to court over block on subsidies

Covid vaccine registration opens for over 35s in Czech Republic

Babiš: Restaurants could reopen on June 14

Czech schools return to full-time teaching on Monday

Head of Constitutional Court says Zeman is wrong about Vrbětice investigation

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Small cinemas to reopen on Monday

Adam Ondra wins gold at IFSC Boulder World Cup in Salt Lake City

Finance Ministry survey predicts Czech economy will grow by 3 percent in 2021

National Library in Prague to reopen on Monday after cyber attack

Sociologist and Charter 77 signatory Jiřina Šiklová dies aged 85

Number of coronavirus cases on Saturday hit 10 month low

Czechs lose 2:5 to Switzerland in ice hockey

The first preaching chapel in Europe was founded 630 years ago.

To mark the 30th anniversary of the Anděl Music Awards (the Czech equivalent to a Grammy), organisers are promising a show to remember, with live performances and a retrospective look at seminal bands and artists who have graced the stage over the ...

Czech foreign minister on visit to Southern Balkans

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Austria ends border checks with Czech Republic

Czechs ice hockey team loses 3:4 to Russia in first World Championships game

President's Office says it will no longer provide information to selected media outlets

Coronavirus death toll reaches 30,000, but epidemic continues to subside

Health minister: People with one vaccine will not need test after three weeks

Poland continues mining operations in Turów coal mine, despite ECJ order to stop

Listening to classical music, it is often said, has beneficial effects on both the mind and body. But does some music have more healing power than others? Scientists from Brno have tried to answer this question by testing the impact of Mozart and Ha...

Early last spring, when the coronavirus first wave hit the Czech Republic and the first “lockdown” was imposed to contain its spread, directors Martin Müller and David Laňka set out to make a documentary. Only the title was certain: “Life in...

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Babiš: Vaccine registration for 30-year-olds to start next week

Journalists: Member of president’s circle is being considered for access to live intel operations

Czech singer Benny Cristo fails to break into Eurovision finals

Czech Post to be split into public and private components by 2023

COVID-19 epidemic continued to subside on Thursday, which also saw record number of administered jabs

Czech swimmer Barbora Seemanová takes gold at European Championships

Thousands demonstrate for independent judiciary in central Prague

Son of Vrbětice victim blames president Zeman for spreading false news

The Czech government’s digital tax proposal, which is currently being discussed in the Chamber of Deputies, discriminates against American companies and will have an effect on their willingness to invest in the Czech Republic, the Czech News Agenc...

Around 40 percent of Czech fathers take paid-paternity leave

An annual fund-raising run for the Memory of the Nation institute kicks off on Thursday. In years past, the event has raised close to a million crowns towards recording interviews with eye-witnesses to major events in modern Czech history, including...

Archaeologists are currently excavating an early-Medieval burial ground near the city of Písek in South Bohemia. The sight was partly damaged during the winter, when a wood harvester drove through the wooded area. Similar damage has become quite co...

First part of US military convoy to enter Czechia on Sunday

Covid: 69 cases of death after vaccination recorded in Czechia

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Million Moments for Democracy call another protest for independent judiciary

‘The Rain Will Never Stop’ wins best film award at One World festival

New COVID-19 cases at lowest working day rate since September

Czech Foreign Minister pledges support to Israel

Czech PM: Serbia is ready to donate 100,000 Pfizer vaccines to Czechia

Head of Czech Television issues criminal charges against member of supervisory council

The medieval statue of the Pilsen Madonna, the town’s most treasured artefact, goes on display at the Gallery of West Bohemia on Thursday. The rare work of art, considered a masterpiece of European Gothic sculpture, will be showcased as part of th...

Czech Centre in Paris opens library with exhibition featuring Milan Kundera’s drawings

Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative brain disorder that leads to tremors, stiffness, and difficulty maintaining one’s balance, often goes undiagnosed in the early stages. A Czech neurologist is working with IT specialists to develop artific...

Commissioner Hahn: European Commission will guard its funds more closely after Agrofert audit

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Cyber attack targets National Library in Prague

Prices for old flats grew by 22.5 percent in first quarter of 2021

Chief hygienist: State should cover two free coronavirus tests a month for citizens

Prague not to hold World Hockey Championship screenings

Covid-19: percentage of new cases down nationwide

European Literature Prize 2021 goes to Lucie Faulerová

Šimon Leitgeb wins Jiří Orten literary prize for young authors

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Scientists from the University of Pardubice are working on a simplified method of testing taste buds, which can be used by patients at home. The test uses an app which can be installed on a mobile device. It should be ready for use by the end of sum...

Nick Cave to play Metronome Festival Prague in 2022

Czech, Serbian presidents exchange state honours at Prague Castle

The government has rubberstamped a further easing of Covid measures that will enable hotels, theatres and cinemas to reopen as of May 24. Primary and secondary schools will go back to full in-class learning and it will once again be possible to do c...

Covid-19: over 200,000 people aged 40 to 44 register for vaccine

Helena Třeštíková documentary “Anny” wins Munich film festival award

Women’s field hockey coach named new National Sports Agency head

Government rubberstamps further easing of measures as of May 24

Special unit investigating circumstances of Deputy Prime Minister Jan Hamáček‘s planned trip to Moscow 

The streets of Prague are where history and present day crash in on each other. At the same intersection where a lone student ignited the flame that brought about the fall of Communism, you can now order a 6-pack of McNuggets.

Hundreds of people gathered in Prague on Saturday to mark the 300th anniversary of the beatification of St John of Nepomuk, a court priest who died a martyr’s death after invoking the wrath of King Wenceslas IV. While in Prague, the traditional ba...

The Multi-robot Systems group (MRS) at the Czech Technical University in Prague has been busy testing drone swarms in the deserts of the United Arab Emirates over the past few weeks. The project seeks to explore the possible application of such mass...

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National Sports Agency head Milan Hnilička resigns

Home-town memorial ceremony for Czech-American film director Miloš Forman

Lowest Covid increase in eight months

Czech Radio: head of Imex Group spent time close to hotel where Russian agents were staying

Covid vaccine register opens to people over 40

Monday brings further easing of Covid measures

Cargo ship sailing under Czech captain runs into Groningen Bridge, causing extensive damage

Pubs and restaurants preparing to open outdoor spaces to public

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Hundreds of people attend Navalis celebrations

Covid numbers continue to drop

Covid vaccine register opening to people over 40

EU slams Russia’s “unfriendly states list”, expresses solidarity with US and Czech Republic

In today’s Sunday Music Show, we’ll be looking at some of the Czech singers and bands, who have represented the country in the Eurovision Song Contest. The first singer you will hear is Czech pop idol finalist Benny Cristo, who will be represent...

The neo-Renaissance Czech National Museum building has dominated Wenceslas Square in Prague for 130 years. Since the centenary of the republic’s founding, it has a shiny new façade.

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Justice minister rejects claim she put pressure on supreme state attorney

Czech Foreign Ministry: Moscow is further escalating relations with Prague and whole EU

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