Sweden ready to offer loaned aircraft for free if Czechia favours Gripens after 2027

Government increases subsistence minimum

Vladimír Baláš appointed education minister

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Český horský pes or the Bohemian Mountain Dog is the youngest and probably the least common of the Czech original dog breeds. It was bred in the late 1970s as a mountain dog and is an excellent companion for the outdoors. Despite its imposing loo...

A new multimedia exhibition has opened up this week at the Riding School of Prague Castle. Covering over 2,000 square metres of space, Alphonse Mucha eMotion combines digitised and 3D animated versions of Czech Art Nuveau master Alfons Mucha’s mos...

Army called into action to boost security during Czech EU Presidency

Three Czechs charged with EU subsidy fraud

Ombudsman under fire for stripping deputy of competences

General Petr Pavel will run for president

After a period of relative calm, Covid-19 seems to be making another comeback in the Czech Republic. This week has seen over 1,000 registered new cases a day for the first time since in two months and experts say a fresh wave of the disease is on it...

Tuesday Covid infections figure double that of previous week

State of emergency in Czech Republic drawing to end

Study: Average price of lunch in Czech restaurant CZK 163

A new museum dedicated to Alice Masaryk, the daughter of the first Czechoslovak president Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and the co-founder of the Czechoslovak branch of the Red Cross, has opened in Lány in Central Bohemia. The institution is located nea...

Julia Sherwood, an award-winning translator and literary organiser, was born in Bratislava, but spent most of her life in the UK, where she settled after emigrating from Czechoslovakia in 1978. Today, she lives in London with her husband, linguist a...

President Zeman’s second term in office will expire in March of next year and Czechs are already mulling who they will support as their next head of state in elections scheduled for January 13. I spoke to political analyst Jiří Pehe about the ou...

Ukraine’s ambassador against Russian film at Karlovy Vary

Czech arts minister to visit Lviv on Wednesday

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Prague outdoor Shakespeare festival begins with Macbeth

Deals for US and French fuel for Temelín signed

Prague 10 mayor and deputy dismissed over connections with corruption case

President Zeman to appoint Vladimír Balaš as education minister on Wednesday

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Weather warnings issued for storms, high temperatures, and forest fires

Fiala discusses energy and transport links with Saxony leader

Foreign Minister discusses Czech support of Ukrainian refugees with UN Commissioner

Supreme Court rules that Covid measures restricting attendance at events were against the law

The start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine back in late February prompted an outpouring of support from the Czech population, with many donating money, goods, or even opening up their homes to refugees. But few went to the lengths of Pavel Oskin, a...

Date of first round of presidential elections announced

The jubilee 10th year of the Children and Youth Olympics started on Sunday, June 26, in the city of Olomouc. Over 3,500 children qualified for the games and will compete in 73 disciplines.  The Olympic flame was ignited by javelin thrower and Tokyo...

Tennis star Petra Kvitová had the perfect preparation for this year’s Wimbledon, winning the traditional warmup in Eastbourne. It was the 29th trophy of the Czech’s career, but her first in over a year.  

Numerous events have been taking place in the Czech Republic and Brussels to mark the start of the Czech EU presidency. One of them is an exhibition of designer wine glasses celebrating the 27-member states, which is now on display at the Jablonec M...

After rising to become the third biggest party in the Czech lower house, the Mayors and Independents are now on the ropes. A prominent member in Prague is in custody on corruption charges over a case that has also led to the resignation of the Mayor...

Police shelve one part of Stork’s Nest affair investigation

Train driver dies after Pendolino crash

Stranjura: Public salaries to rise – but less than inflation

Finance minister says 2022 budget deficit will be higher than originally planned

Memorial held at Ďáblice for victims of Communists

Vondráček: Mayors’ leadership could face criminal charges

A popular tourist destination, Labské pískovce is known for its canyons, deep gorges and rocky towns. 

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Museum dedicated to Alice Masaryk opens in Lány

Hana Moučková re-elected leader of Sokol

The Czech punk band Visací zámek are currently celebrating 40 years together. Remarkably the group, whose name translates as “padlock”, still have the exact same line-up as when they got together 1982.

Kvitová wins Eastbourne for first title in over year

Striker Kuchta joins Sparta after only six months in Russia

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Annual military show takes place at Brdy, Central Bohemia

Minister: Czechs should move beyond Visegrad group

Pirates join call for special session on transport authority affair

Vladimír Balaš nominated to replace Gazdík as education minister

As the Czech Republic’s six month EU presidency fast approaches, we discussed the country’s list of priorities for the chairmanship of the European Council with Czech Radio’s EU Affairs analyst and former Brussels correspondent Filip Nerad, an...

Petra Kvitova defeats Beatriz Haddad Maia to reach Eastbourne final

Exactly 80 years ago, Nazi forces annihilated the village of Ležáky. A smaller settlement than Lidice, Ležáky have always been in the shadow of the first Bohemian settlement that fell victim to Nazi wrath following the successful killing of acti...

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Departure of Occupying Forces Day is having its debut this year. June 25 is being officially recognized as a ‘significant day’ in the Czech calendar for the first time this Saturday, marking the anniversary of the signing of the protocol that ex...

Senate slams Ombudsman for prejudiced remarks

Czechia suffering from widespread drought

Senate approves Lex Ukraine

Mayors and Independents Party has found replacement for Petr Gazdik

Czech Republic to organize summit on potential EU expansion

Archaeologists have discovered an almost intact skeleton of a sixth century warrior during a dig near the town of Pasohlávky in south Moravia. The grave of the young man, who was buried with his spear, two dogs and a horse bridle, belongs to one of...

Covid numbers again on increase in Czech Republic

Czechs fighting in Ukraine without president’s permission investigated

ČEZ restructuring could bring greater control of Czech energy security, says PM

Fiala: Czechs have exhausted supply of weapons for Ukraine

Storm warning for parts of Czech Republic on Friday

A wide range of the Czech capital’s popular venues will be transformed into hubs of cultural activity this weekend to celebrate the Czech Republic’s upcoming six-month presidency of the EU Council which starts next month. Some of the locations w...

The Czech Chamber of Architects’ 2021 award for lifetime achievement will go to Eva Jiřičná, perhaps the best-known living Czech architect and designer. A native of Zlín, Jiřičná has lived and worked in London for more than fifty years and ...

European court rules Czech judicial body is not independent

Czechs extend bar on visas for Russians and Belarusians

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Strážnice international folklore festival begins

Amid growing speculation about the possibility of a sudden halt in Russian gas supplies to Europe, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala went on national television on Wednesday night to assure Czechs that the government had a crisis scenario ready and wo...

Czech PM expects Ukraine's candidacy bid to be accepted at EU summit

Fuel prices reach new record high

Czech PM addresses nation live on television

Prague plans social and cultural events ahead of EU presidency

Another person arrested in Prague corruption scandal

Czech National Bank raises interest rate to highest level since 1999

Government approves Czech version of Magnitsky Act

One death in Czech Republic likely has connection with COVID vaccine

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Government approves constitutional amendment regarding deployment of troops abroad

Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský on Tuesday outlined his ministry’s priorities for the upcoming Czech EU Presidency. He stressed the need to continue helping Ukraine, boost the EU’s defense and security structures and promote democratic inst...

Relaunched National Economic Council has first meeting

The Český Fousek or Bohemian Wire-Haired Pointing Griffon was originally bred in the Czech Republic as a hunting dog. It is wirehaired and has the appearance of having a beard and mustache. A versatile pointer, Český Fousek has the qualities nee...

Czech Republic spend on refugee crisis passes CZK 7 billion

Czech Philharmonic to perform traditional open-air concert after two-year Covid break

Despite rising food and energy prices, one in three Czech households still manage quite well, or even very well, on their monthly budget, according to the results of a long-term survey carried out by Czech Radio and the PAQ Research agency.

The capital’s biggest music festival, Metronome Prague, kicks off on Thursday, with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Beck and Underworld among the host of international and Czech artists performing. Metronome was cancelled the last two years due to Co...

Jourová: EU presidency an opportunity for Czechia to get more involved in EU policymaking

Černochová: Czech Republic has called on EU to subsidise CZK 3.2 billion of its aid to Ukraine

Lipavský unveils Czech foreign policy plans for EU presidency

10 Prague Gems

Czech Academy of Sciences rewards 25 scientists with special bonus

Largest Czech construction company banned from public tenders for three years

Prague’s Žižkov TV tower damaged by lightning strike

Previously unknown diaries written by a Lidice woman have been recently discovered by her relatives. Emílie Rohlová, one of the survivors of the Lidice massacre of 1942, started writing them after the war, when she returned from a concentration ca...

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Geoffrey Rush and Benicio Del Toro to attend this year’s KVIFF

Prague 9 deputy mayor resigns amid corruption case

Bartoš: Education Minister replacement likely to be announced later this week

Suspect in corruption case dies

Some ships dock for a while, others just for a drink and a feed. Kevin reflects on two of his favourite spots in Prague and how their maritime nature parallels the experience of living in a foreign country. 

A new study by researchers from the University of Olomouc on how social media affects children’s self-perception and mental health has found some alarming results. A third of Czech children have been the target of online body shaming, with some be...

STAN returning financial gifts from people charged in corruption case

Clean-up operation underway in wake of massive storms

A festive procession traditionally takes place in Jihlava on the feast day of St. John the Baptist, the town’s patron saint. The program includes concerts, theatre performances and many open-air events. 

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Will the police crackdown on an organised crime ring within the Prague Public Transit Company, which included the now former City Hall Councillor Petr Hlubuček of the government represented Mayors and Independents party, have a significant effect o...

Czech MEP suspends membership in STAN party over links with lobbyist at centre of corruption scandal

Just days ahead of the onset of its EU presidency, the Czech Republic has been hit by a major corruption scandal connected to the second largest government party – the Mayors and Independents. The affair has already cost the head of one minister, ...

Czech Post CEO to be replaced in September

The traditional pottery and crafts market in Beroun’s Hus square welcomed thousands of visitors in June. Ceramics-making has a long tradition in Beroun going all the way back to the 14th century and the market, which is now held three times a year...

Disabled people frequent victims of abuse

Archeologists uncover skeletal remains of 6th century warrior

Prague to motivate refugees to move to other regions