Train crash near Milavče leaves two dead and seven critically injured

Sparta Prague loses 0:2 to AS Monaco in first leg of Champions League qualifier

Climber Adam Ondra advances into combined bouldering finals at Olympics

22 political groupings register for October elections into lower-house

German president to visit Czech Republic in August

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Constitutional right to protect oneself and others by use of firearms signed by president

Škoda Auto increased its year-on-year sales revenue by 35.2 percent in the first half of 2021, reaching EUR 10.2 billion. Worldwide deliveries rose by a fifth in year-on-year terms and return on sales by 9.6 percent.

Czech budget deficit rose to historic CZK 279.4 billion high in July

Just like other large cities around the world, Prague has been continuously struggling with an overpopulation of pigeons. Councillors in the Žižkov district have now decided to take a novel approach to the problem. Instead of killing the birds, th...

The Memory of the Nation (Paměť národa) project has for decades collected testimony from witnesses to major events in modern Czech history, including those who fought against Nazism and Communism, or fell victim to those regimes. To date, the pro...

Soldier injured in July munitions explosion dies of injuries

Czechia to receive second largest monthly vaccine delivery yet in August

The Veteran Mania exhibition now underway at Prague’s Výstaviště fairgrounds showcases icons of Czechoslovak motorcycle history - as well as rare French and German models. It is a must-see for anyone interested in the motorbikes that played an ...

Security Committee to discuss reappointing BIS chief on Friday

Romani victims of Holocaust remembered in Prague

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Housing loan volume reaches record CZK 39.5 billion in June

Prague metro transported a total of 251,423 passengers last year, more than 40 percent fewer than in 2019, suggests the Technical Road Administration annual report. Restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic were the main reason for the steep dro...

Engineers at the Czech Technical University in Prague are customising a Boston Dynamics-built robot with which they hope to win an upcoming competition in the United States. The contest, organised by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DA...

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The 2021 Prague Pride festival of LGBT+ culture gets underway in the Czech capital on Monday. The week-long event will bring more than 130 events, including concerts, film screenings, debates and drag performances. However, the event’s main highl...

Trosky Castle is among the most visited places in Bohemian Paradise, a protected landscape area north-east of Prague. During the summer months, the castle ruins including two distinctive rocks are a popular destination for slackliners. They are movi...

Belarusian Olympian offered asylum by Czechia reportedly opts for Poland

Prague Pride festival launches under ‘coming out’ theme

Hockey: NHL Boston Bruins veteran David Krejčí to play for Olomouc

Prague public transport company raises ticket prices

Sunday saw lowest number of coronavirus cases since beginning of July

October election: 29 entities have submitted candidate lists so far

Future of counterintelligence chief Koudelka may be discussed by PM and President this Monday

COC report finds no systemic error took place during flight to Tokyo Olympics

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Around 100 people annually begin gender transition process, according to health insurers

PM: Regional administrations should also grant two days of holidays to vaccinated workers

Government coronavirus measures eased from Sunday

Tennis duo Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková win gold in Tokyo

Three Wishes by Bohuslav Martinů and Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (French artist associated with the Dada movement) is one of the strangest works in opera history.

August 4 is the 120th anniversary of the birth of Louis Armstrong, one of the greatest names in modern music. The jazz pioneer’s visit to Prague in 1965 was an unforgettable moment for local fans.

Silver medal for Markéta Vondroušová after loss to Belinda Bencic in Olympics tennis final

Foreign students from extreme risk countries allowed to stay in Czechia

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Saturday’s Castle and Chateau Night will see 76 sites open to visitors

Members of presidential security charged with embezzlement

Government approves programme to help Afghan translators threatened by Taliban

Weapons amnesty ends at midnight July 31

Slav Epic on show in Moravský Krumlov

Jiří Prskavec won the first ever Czech Olympic gold medal in the kayak/canoe slalom on Friday. Just a few hours later, Lukáš Krpálek solidified his dominance in the heavyweight judo category, bringing the Czech Olympic Team’s gold medal tally...

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Czech judoka Lukas Krpálek wins gold at Tokyo Olympics

The Czech economy expanded by 7.8 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2021, according to a preliminary estimate from the Czech Statistics Office published on Friday. Gross domestic product grew by 0.6 percent on the previous quarter.

Czech economy up by 7.8 year-on-year in 2Q

Slight increase in Covid cases on Thursday

Government approves aid program for Afghan interpreters

The recently published Modern Prague Map brings together 50 of the most significant examples of 20th century architecture in the Czech capital. Featuring photos by Tomáš Souček, the coolly designed, bilingual map is the creation of Adam Štěch. ...

Jiří Prskavec wins kayak slalom in Tokyo for Czechs’ second gold

Cabinet approves two days paid leave for vaccinated state employees

A fifteen-minute drive north of Karlovy Vary, Jáchymov is the oldest radon spa in the world. First established as a silver mining settlement, the town became a popular spa destination at the beginning of the 20th century. But in the 1950s, local sp...

Minister: No tests for children before return from high or very high risk states

The Czech Defence Ministry has developed a programme to help Afghan translators and other support staff who served with Czech troops in Afghanistan. The latest version of the programme is set to be put forward to the government at a special meeting ...

Zeman calls for swift assistance to Afghans who helped Czech Army

Leading translator of English-language literature Miroslav Jindra dies at 91

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Declining trend of new Covid cases continues, reproduction number at 0.86

An area of the Jizera Mountains in North Bohemia known as Jizerskohorské bučiny (Jizera Mountain  Beechwood) has been placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. It is the first Czech natural site to have been recognized in this way.

Parts shortage to shut Škoda plant for longer than originally planned

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

Czech tennis players set for two medals after reaching Olympic finals

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