Leading Czech expert Jan Dusík appointed to top EU environment post

EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen to visit Prague

Ever wondered what happens to your Christmas tree after the festive season is over? Well, in the case of one particular Christmas tree at least, it won’t end up on a scrapheap or in an incinerator. Apprentice carpenters from one of the capital’s...

Czech News Agency site attacked by hackers, false stories posted

The first details about this year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival have just been revealed. The 58th edition of the region’s biggest cinema event will feature a special section dedicated to Franz Kafka, while its visual identity will r...

V4 army chiefs meet for talks in Czechia

Sub degree temperatures causing problems for traffic and farmers

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Holocaust Memorial for Roma and Sinti opens in Lety

Prague resident goes on hunger strike against noise pollution

Former head of president‘s office Vratislav Mynář charged with subsidy fraud

  Nicholas Lowry leads viewers through IDENTITA: A Film About Czech Graphic Design, which is set for release later this year. The New York auctioneer, art expert and TV personality seems the ideal man for the job, given his vast knowledge of the su...

Czechia pushing to enforce restricted movement for Russian diplomats in EU

Czechia is one of the last countries in Europe to still require transgender people to undergo medical sterilisation in order to legally change their gender – meaning that officially changing your sex is not possible without undergoing surgery to r...

Justice Minister wants to see more alternative punishments, fewer prison sentences

President nominates two more constitutional court judges

While the worst of the winter months are behind us, the need for the services that aid people experiencing homelessness in Prague have not diminished. Homelessness continues to be a significant problem across Czechia’s capital, as Jitka Klánová,...

Bedřich Smetana has been in the spotlight recently in connection with the 200th anniversary of the Czech composer’s birth. Smetana is also the subject of a new novel, Friedrich řečený Bedřich (Friedrich, Known as Bedřich), by Milena Štráfe...

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Prague City Court upholds guilty rape verdict and three-year sentence for former MP

President Pavel’s efforts to mediate pension reform fail

Holocaust Memorial for Roma and Sinti at Lety to be inaugurated on Tuesday

Loves of a Blonde actress Hana Brejchová dies at 77

Hundreds of people attended the 25th edition of a gathering of vintage car enthusiasts in the Central Bohemian city of Poděbrady at the weekend. One model on display came all the way from Italy.

Kupka work sets new Czech art auction record

Rakušan: Czechia to contribute CZK 480m yearly to migration pact

Minus 10 C in Jizera Mountains, heavy snow in several mountain areas

Co-driver killed in Rally Šumava race

Media: Pirates only coalition party for Istanbul Convention debate

Music must be beautiful,” wrote Bohuslav Martinů, “or it wouldn't be worth the effort.” One of the most prolific 20th century Czech composers wrote around 400 works, drawing inspiration from different styles and genres. His long-lost Concerto...

Complaints over health care access rocket, dentists most sought after

The innovation of film with sound first made it to Czechoslovakia 95 years ago. The first sound film to be screened in the country was not a feature film, however, but an advert for a factory in Ustí nad Labem. It had its premiere in the same city,...

Use of solar energy in Czechia increasingly sharply

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Czech leaders welcome new US military aid package for Ukraine

Wintery conditions return to Czechia

Fifth of Czech first year school students scientifically illiterate

Two new plaques to victims of Communist regime installed in Prague

Pavel disappointed ANO will not attend pension reform talks

Media: German AfD MP got EUR 20,000 from Czech-based Russian group

Babiš announces split from wife Monika

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Czech foreign ministry advising Czechs in Israel to exercise increased caution

After nearly a week of temperatures in the mid-20s Celsius, Czechs are having to put their winter coats back on as the weather dips below freezing. But the sudden change doesn’t only impact our clothing choice – it has an even more detrimental e...

A new monument honouring the courage of those who fought in the May 1945 Prague Uprising has been selected in a public competition and will be erected in the Bubeneč district. It will replace a statue of the Soviet Army commander Ivan Konev, which ...

Czech hospitals reorganizing care to reflect aging of population

Žatec named Historical Town of Year 2023

A new study by the Prague Institute of Planning and Development (IPR Prague) comparing the Czech capital with 11 other European cities has found that there is still a gap between East and West in many respects. The analysis looked at areas of life s...

Traffic police out in force for annual Speed Marathon

President Pavel urges US to approve funding for Ukraine

Fiorentina dump Plzeň out of European Conference League with late goals

Debut novel by Alena Machoninová wins Magnesia Litera

Bychkov to step down from Czech Philharmonic post in 2028

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Prague transit authority announces tender for driverless trains on two Metro lines

First quarter of 2024 sees record car production in Czechia

Secret service chief discusses Russian group bust at lower house

When your child isn’t feeling well, the next step any parent would take after over the counter medicine would be a paediatrician – but that’s not so easy any more in Czechia. Today, many Czech parents don’t have a general practitioner for th...

Harmful freezing temperatures expected in coming nights

Babiš: EU migration pact “greatest betrayal” of Czechia

Visits to cultural landmarks hit 21 million, French most common foreign visitors

One of the places writer Franz Kafka liked to visit was Třešt'. Indeed before he entered the workforce he regularly visited his uncle in the small Vysočina town in summer.

Amid growing warnings about the downside of AI, the Czech Justice Ministry is proposing an amendment to the law that would make deep fake porn a criminal offense. The amendment would make it easier for victims to defend themselves and act as a deter...

Czech and Belgian PMs warn EU leaders of Russian interference in EP elections

Check-out the fourth part of our video series Czech Music Greats, devoted to the work of one of the most prolific 20th century Czech composers - Bohuslav Martinů.

Netherlands officially signs on to Czech shells-for-Ukraine initiative

Czech billionaire Křetínský considers buying British Royal Mail

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Czechia’s Minister of Education Mikuláš Bek recently expressed his support for implementing education about the LGBTQ+ community into the country’s secondary school curriculum. If applied, the move would be a step towards members of the LGBTQ+...

Eurostat: inflation rate stagnating in Czechia but lower than EU average

ČS analysis: standard of living in Czechia has improved thanks to EU accession

Senate allows same-sex partnership amendment to be adopted using unusual move

Following talks with US President Joe Biden on Monday, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala visited the US Congress on Tuesday meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson and a number of Democrat and Republican lawmakers ahead of a crucial vote on funding fo...

Písek, a South Bohemian town of around 30,000 inhabitants, was an important town in the Middle Ages and has a well-preserved medieval centre with six churches and a partly preserved Gothic castle, rebuilt into the town hall and a brewery. Known as ...

Czechia is becoming increasingly attractive for international students, and numbers are growing fast, but the bureaucratic challenges faced by prospective students can be daunting.  We bring you tips and advice on how to get your diploma recognised...

Poll: growing number of Czechs interested in EU elections

Prime Minister Fiala visits US Congress ahead of crucial vote on aid to Ukraine

PM Fiala pays tribute to Václav Havel at US Congress

PM Fiala: another million pieces of ammunition could be purchased for Ukraine

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Prague Zoo to bring four horses to Kazakhstan in early June

Record number of participants to attend horse-driving competition in Kladruby

Some 20,000 vaccines against whooping cough to arrive in Czechia on Tuesday

Experts: minimum decent wage in Czechia should be CZK 45,573

A telescope in the Štefánik Observatory on Prague’s Petřín hill has been returned after underdoing extensive repairs in Germany for two years. The telescope, which was first placed in the observatory in 1930, allows visitors to observe the moo...

Support for Ukraine in the face of Moscow’s aggression was among the main items on the agenda when the Czech prime minister, Petr Fiala, was welcomed at the White House by US President Joe Biden on Monday. Indeed Mr. Fiala told his host he remembe...

PM Fiala wants to convince Republicans in Congress to approve Ukraine aid package

Czechia is becoming increasingly attractive for international students, and numbers are growing fast, but the bureaucratic challenges faced by prospective students can be daunting. Here you can find some useful tipes and advice to get you through th...

Fiala awards Karel Kramář Medal to Milada Horáková's daughter Jana Kánská

Biden calls Czechia "great ally" during White House meeting with Fiala

Biden welcomes Fiala in Oval Office

Czech prime minister kicks off US trip with visit to CIA headquarters

Czech Tennis Federation fraud repayment case to be handed over to tax authority

Czech foreign minister summons Iranian ambassador over airstrike on Israel

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Construction of new Wenceslas Square tram line to begin June 29

More than half of Czechs think country has taken in more Ukrainian refugees than it can handle

Czech Tennis Federation misses CZK 30 million fine payment deadline for subsidy fraud

The Jewish Museum in Prague has joined an international project called the Library of Lost Books. It invites readers from all over the world to help track down the thousands of books that once belonged to the Higher Institute for Jewish Studies in B...

About one million people live on the poverty line here in Czechia – that’s nearly one tenth of the country’s population. This past weekend, a spring food collection was hosted by the Czech Federation of Food Banks and will continue to accept d...

Czechia joined international condemnation of Iran's strikes on Israel on Saturday night, backing Israel’s right to self-defense and expressing concern regarding a further destabilization of the region.  The worsening global security situation is ...

Most whooping cough cases registered in one week since start of year

The traditional ceremony of “unlocking rivers” opened the canoeing season in Czechia at the weekend. Pictured here are fans of canoeing in Český Krumlov.

Czechia is becoming increasingly attractive for international students, and numbers are growing fast, but the bureaucratic challenges faced by prospective students can be daunting.  To make it easier for prospective students, we take you through th...

Some 467 tonnes of goods gathered in spring National Food Collection

PM Fiala to meet with Joe Biden on Monday

Hundreds take part in Sunday’s march against Antisemitism in Prague

PM Fiala to discuss Middle East and Ukraine during visit to US

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Poll gives ANO 34.5 percent, Civic Democrats 16

Elite Czech MMA fighter Procházka wins UFC 300 event

The Czech prime minister, Petr Fiala, is due to visit the White House on Monday for a meeting with US President Joe Biden that officials say will further the relationship between the two countries.

Czech women’s ice hockey team to face Finland for World Championship bronze

Foreign Ministry urges Czechs in Israel to exercise maximum caution

Czech Foreign Ministry condemns Iran’s strike on Israel

Guitarist David Dorůžka, regarded as one of Czechia’s leading jazz musicians, teamed up with flutist Robert Fischmann and drummer Martin Novák to record an album inspired by Jewish music. Called Gilgul, which means “cycle” in Hebrew, it has...

Okamura re-elected leader of Freedom and Direct Democracy party

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PM Petr Fiala re-elected chairman of Civic Democratic Party