Parts shortage to shut Škoda plant for longer than originally planned

Czechs take two more medals – including first gold – at Olympics

Krejčíková and Siniaková set for medal after reaching Olympic doubles final

Jizera Mountains beechwood area makes UNESCO World Heritage List

For the first time in 85 years the Czech Olympic team in Tokyo includes an equestrian group. Four Czech riders qualified for the Olympics this year and will be showing off their skills in the next two weeks. Among them is a promising young horse and...

Prague City Hall is currently fighting to preserve a rare villa built in the English style of the late nineteenth century. The villa was recently placed on the market and its prospective new owner intends to demolish it in order to build a modern ho...

The Czech Republic is not a country that people normally associate with the Celts, but the fact is that they have a firm place in Czech history. Celtic culture has many fans in the Czech Republic who annually organize a Lughnasadh harvest festival ...

Babiš promises two days paid leave to vaccinated state employees

Prague government has programme for Afghan collaborators, says Metnar

New flat prices in Prague jump nearly 10 percent

Minister: Event organisers must check audience’s Covid status

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Czech women reach Olympics tennis semi-finals

ČEZ completes Bulgarian market exit in EUR 335 million asset sale

Coronavirus cases in Czechia continue to fall, Delta variant dominant

Hackers claim they have stolen gigabytes of data belonging to Czech public agencies

Court rules wearing of face masks in inside spaces is insufficiently justified

Czech chemicals manufacturer Draslovka expands into US and South Africa

Czechs have in recent months shown an increased willingness to draw on the money they saved up during the Covid crisis, with banks reporting relatively high spending, iHned.cz reported.

The Czech Ministry of Health wants to vaccinate more children against Covid-19 – and soon, with a view to vaccinated pupils being able to return to classrooms without tests in September. But some say the jab shouldn’t be given to children to boo...

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Transparency International calls for audit on Office of the President tenders

Czech government wants construction of at least one battery gigafactory and lithium mining plant

The warm weather and the easing of coronavirus restrictions have put Czechs back in a spending mood with the country’s largest bank Česká Sporitelna reporting a record number of transactions in June, beating even December’s Christmas sales. De...

More than 10 million coronavirus vaccine doses applied in Czechia

Markéta Vondroušová beats Naomi Osaka to advance into Olympics quarterfinals

Police in Ostrava searching for escaped crocodile

Covid restrictions to be further eased from August 1

The Czech Republic’s first medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games was won on Monday by canoeist Lukáš Rohan in the water slalom category. Just hours later, fencer Alexander Choupenitch added another medal, this time bronze, breaking a century lon...

Fencer Alexander Choupenitch wins bronze medal in fleuret at Tokyo Olympics

The traditional Feast of St. Jacob went ahead as planned in Moravská Nová Ves this weekend despite the devastation caused by a tornado just over a month ago. The picture shows 13-year-old Petr Ondrák, whose family house on the main square was com...

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Covid cases dropping for eight days in succession

Clean-up operation after night storms

Health Ministry pushing ahead with vaccinations of schoolchildren so as to avoid testing

 Three Czech spa towns have just been added to the UNESCO World Heritage list. Mariánské Lázně, Františkovy Lázně and Karlovy Vary achieved the prestigious designation as part of a group that also includes spas in six other European states.�...

Court rules PM does not have to apologise for calling Transparency International “corrupt”

Prime minister suing Černošice town hall over renewed infringement proceedings against him

Canoeist Lukáš Rohan wins silver at Tokyo Olympics

US historian Timothy Snyder is a leading specialist in the history of Central and Eastern Europe and World War II. He also takes a keen interest in contemporary international affairs and his latest book explores how Russia revolutionised information...

Fire in Prague warehouse causes severe damage

Too few dental hygienists in Czech Republic

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Energy experts: Government should focus on alternative energy sources, not just nuclear power

Czech tennis and basketball players advance in opening stages of Tokyo Olympics

Saturday coronavirus lowest since end of June

The Petřín funicular transports roughly 2 million people every year up and down Prague’s most famous hill and is the second most visited attraction in the Czech Republic. It was built on the occasion of the General Land Centennial Exhibition in ...

In this edition of the Sunday Music Show, we pay tribute to František Nedvěd, who passed away this July at the age of 73. He was an early pioneer of Czech country, folk and “tramp” songs – best sung around a campfire in the great outdoors.

Police checks reveal 15 percent of Prague clubbers breached coronavirus rules

Survey shows 23 percent of Czechs do not want coronavirus vaccine

Three Czech spas could be placed on UNESCO heritage list

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Temelín nuclear power plant could be expanded in future, says minister

The opening ceremony of the 32nd Olympic Games began in Tokyo at one o’clock on Friday afternoon (Prague time), in a stadium designed to hold tens of thousands but without a single sports fan in attendance, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Also mi...

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Covid numbers below 200 for first time in three weeks

The history of the Czech nation during the tumultuous twentieth century is the subject of a new major exhibition opening up this Friday in the National Museum in Prague. Around 2,000 square metres of space in the museum’s New Building are dedicate...

Museum documenting history of Lennon Wall opens in Lesser Quarter

Salvation Army and NGO Naděje inoculating homeless people against Covid-19

Bill on postal voting rights for Czechs abroad passes in first reading in Senate

Prices of holiday homes have risen by a third over the past year, Czech Television reported on Thursday. Realtors believe that this is in part due to people searching for a country retreat amid fears of a return to quarantine.

Located in the Hrubý Jeseník mountain range, about 240 kilometres east of Prague and close to the border with Poland, the town of Jeseník might not be a destination very high on the list of most tourists to Czechia. But the mountain town is a cra...

Kvitová and Satoranský to carry Czech flag at Olympics opening

Cyclist Schelgel brings number of Czech Olympic Covid cases to four

Forcibly sterilised Czech women to receive financial compensation

The European Commission published its second annual report on the rule of law among EU member states this week, with particular criticism levelled at Hungary and Poland. Government officials from both states lashed out against the report, which they...

Janoušek re-enters jail after court health ruling

Fire fighters finish work in tornado-hit villages in Moravia

Nausch Sluková latest Czech to test positive in Tokyo

An essay about deforestation won Prague student Štěpánka Klečanská the chance to take part in an event aimed at raising awareness about climate change and the role of women in tackling it, co-organized by the Canadian Embassy in Prague and the ...

Dutch architecture firm to design new station for Brno

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Olympic Committee investigate “Covid” flight described as scandal by PM

The Děčín Regional Museum has launched a major exhibition entitled ‘A Journey to Prehistory or In the Footsteps of Zdeněk Burian’, in honour of the famous Czech illustrator who brought the Stone Age to life for generations of children worldw...

Covid infections continue slight drop, reproduction rate still below 1

Court orders billionaire Czech lobbyist Roman Janoušek must return to prison

A new website called Zapomenuté miliardy (Forgotten billions) offers Czechs the chance to find out if they own any unclaimed shares distributed during the privatisation era of 1990s. Thousands of people have since found their unclaimed money.

Tokyo Olympics: Czech table tennis player Pavel Širuček tests Covid-positive

Prague may reopen trial of Czechoslovak Army general convicted in 1947

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Forgotten Billions service recovers 320mn in ‘coupon privatisation’ money

For nearly six months now, people in the Czech Republic have been able to hand over illegally held weapons to the police free of prosecution. The opportunity has resulted in police officers receiving thousands of firearms and pieces of ammunition, i...

Deputy PM: current anti-Covid measures adequate, despite Delta spread

Mathilda Nostitz, Czech countess and philanthropist, dies aged 85

Over 100 Czech sportsmen and women are in Tokyo to represent their nation at the 32nd Olympic Games, which begin on Friday. The biggest show in sport was delayed by a year by Covid – but Czech participants say their focus is on making the most of ...

Senate confirms right to armed defence will be constitutionally enshrined

Justice Minister proposed salary cut for ex-Chief Prosecutor as disciplinary action

Ekofilm docu fest in Brno attracts over 200 competition film submissions

Brodské-Lanžhot crossing between Slovakia and Czechia likely to be blocked by protestors

New walk-in vaccine centres open up in Czech Republic

EC's Rule of Law report identifies shortcomings in implementing Czech anti-corruption strategy

President signs major new amendment on distraint law

The Chief Hygiene Office announced this week that the more contagious Delta variant now accounts for around 80 percent of coronavirus infections in the Czech Republic. Although the daily increase in Covid numbers is still low, experts predict it wil...

Senate committee declares President Zeman fit for office

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Three Czech projects mentioned in A+Awards for international architecture

Founder of child neurosurgery in Czechoslovakia, Vladimír Beneš, dies

Czech Olympic volleyball team ravaged by coronavirus

The Summer Festivities of Early Music traditionally offer a unique musical experience in a beautiful environment. The festival, which is extremely popular with music lovers, runs from July 20 to August 5. Its director Josefína Knoblochová explains...

Explosion in training facility injures two Czech soldiers

Central European foreign ministers meeting in Czechia to discuss Covid, EU expansion

Tornado: Pope Francis to address Slovakia alongside cross made from damaged Moravian church

Czech health insurance will not cover Covid-19 tests as of September

Covid-19: Delta variant constitutes 70-80 pct of infections in Czechia

The European Commission has approved the Czech Republic’s National Recovery Plan and will allocate CZK 180 billion to the country from the EU’s Resilience and Recovery Fund, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Czech Prime Minister Andr...

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EU Commission endorses Czech Republic’s €7bn recovery and resilience plan

SAO: Czech water quality hasn’t improved despite CZK 2.7bn in EU subsidies

The Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Rospotrebnadzor has blocked the Russian language website of Radio Prague International on the territory of Russia. The decision was made in connection with an article posted in 2001 abou...

iRozhlas.cz: Agrofert dairy subsidiary filed suit at EU court over subsidies suspension

On July 18, 1891 František Křižík opened the first tram stop in Prague on Letná plain near Stromovka park. It was from the same spot that the Prague Public Transit Company sent a column of 13 historic and modern trams last Sunday, exactly 130 y...

Prague’s historic Charles Bridge again defaced by graffiti

EU Commission head, Czech PM meet in Prague to discuss EU economic stimulus package

Are you new to the Czech Republic? Here are some basic facts about family life that might be helpful.

Early 1990s Prague, when everything seemed possible, has attained almost mythical status. Travel writer and journalist Mark Baker had been regularly visiting Czechoslovakia even prior to the fall of communism – and delivers illuminating reflection...

Biochemist: Czech Republic close to achieving herd immunity

Investigace.cz: Governments used Israeli technology to spy on journalists

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Krejčíková wins Prague Open, picks up third title this season

Tram parade marks 130 years since first tram rode through Prague