Czechs contributed to the foundation of the International Olympic Committee and to the creation of Olympism as we know it today. One of the co-authors of the Olympic Charter was Czech Jiří Stanislav Guth-Jarkovský.

Fantastic Scherzo by the great Czech composer Josef Suk premiered at Prague’s Rudolfinum in 1905.

Hockey: Czechia beats Great Britain 4:1, moving to top of Group A

Czech Radio holds Open Doors Day to celebrate its 101 birthday

Hrabal’s renovated summer cottage opens to public

David Černý’s new artwork soon to be unveiled in Prague

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As Russia steps up its offensive in Ukraine, the country’s leadership is stressing the urgent need for more weapons and soldiers to hold the front. In an exclusive interview for Czech Radio, Ukraine’s Defence Minister Rustem Umerov spoke about t...

Prague struggling with capacity problems at secondary schools

Prague badly needs more short-term foster parents

Planned protests against government policy postponed or cancelled following violence in Slovakia

Czechia secures place in quarterfinals of Hockey World Championship

Disappointed fans, crying children, angry parents: some of the scenes that could be witnessed at the turnstiles to hockey arenas in Prague and Ostrava when excited ticket holders realised the passes they had bought to the 2024 IIHF World Championshi...

The 2024 World Hockey Championships are well underway in Prague and Ostrava. One week into the tournament, there have already been memorable moments and upsets, making this year’s tournament one to remember. To check in on how team Czechia is doin...

Czechs are satisfied with their sex life despite having sex significantly less frequently than they did a decade ago. That is the  main message to come out of a survey carried out by the National Institute of Mental Health. It also shows that dat...

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Former MP charged in hospital fraud case

Children of the Earth win court battle over construction of D49 highway

Štiřín chateau is up for sale

Czech trade unions call off protest demonstration so as “not to raise tensions”

Prague Zoo: New baby orangutan male

Girl collapses in Hradec Králové after consuming jelly sweets containing muscimol

Czechia among EU states calling for “new ways” to address migration

Police increase vigilance at Hockey Championships following Fico shooting

The third part of our video series on Czech Music Greats is devoted to the Fantastic Scherzo by Art Nouveau composer Josef Suk, pupil and son-in law of Antonín Dvořák, and the country’s only Art Nouveau Composer. The piece received its premiere...

Number of Slovaks with permanent residency in Czechia increases

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Foreign Minister Lipavský: Czechia and Greece have room for more cooperation 

Czech ambassador Tomáš Kafka to attend Sudeten German congress in Augsburg

Marek Ženíšek appointed minister for science and research

Police track down man who forged tickets for Hockey Championships

Czech firms have increasingly been looking across the ocean at opportunities to expand to North American markets, specifically in fields such as IT. But what specific skills can Czech born businesses offer these already competitive marketplaces, and...

In the previous episode of ‘In Kafka’s Footsteps’, we visited the town of Frýdlant, believed to have inspired Kafka’s novel ‘The Castle’. But there is another contender vying for the same accolade: the village of Siřem, a tiny hamlet i...

News of the brutal assassination attempt against Slovak PM Robert Fico, who is now fighting for his life in a Slovak hospital, sent shockwaves around Europe. Politicians in Czechia have been sending messages of support and solidarity to the former s...

Marek Torčík wins Jiří Orten Prize with debut novel

Czech dance great Vlastimil Harapes dies at 77

Czechs overcome Danes 7:4 at ice hockey worlds

Czech politicians express shock over Fico shooting

Pavel: Backing Ukraine does not rule out search for end to conflict

If you’ve taken the metro to Prague’s Anděl station, you may have noticed a bronze sculpture that reads ‘Moskva-Praha’. Constructed in 1985, it was meant to symbolize friendship between Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. After the fall of...

The National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is marking the 50th anniversary of its founding this year. Radio Prague was at the launch of the official celebrations, which kicked off earlier this month in the Midwest city, ...

Prague’s main post office off market after failing to attract bidders

Ferdinand Porsche was a Liberec-born genius engineer, who designed the first-ever hybrid car. He also contributed to the development of Volkswagen Beetle, which remained in production for 65 years.

Jiřího z Poděbrad Metro escalators to remain ad-free

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Lipavský: Georgia “foreign agents” law spells move away from EU membership

EBRD reduces 2024 outlook for Czech economy

Czech TV and Radio license fees to increase after many years

Fiala: Czechia in group of EU states pushing for more action on migration

Pavel to appoint Ženíšek science minister Thursday

Petr Bartovský to become Czech military intelligence chief

Open House Prague , the week-long festival where many buildings throughout the city normally closed to the public open their doors, kicks off this week. Until May 19th, visitors will be able to explore famous sites across the city, and learn more ab...

Police report sales of hundreds of fake tickets for ice hockey worlds

Study: Nearly two-thirds of LGBT+ in Czechia experience harassment

Professor Josef Michl, a world-renowned Czech chemist, died on Monday at the age of 85. Professor Michl, who excelled both in theoretical and experimental chemistry, led research groups at Prague’s Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (...

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Award recognises Pardubice building beside renovated mill

April temperature in Czechia exceeds long-term average by 1.5 degrees

Czech hockey team loses 1-2 to Switzerland in third game of 2024 World Championship

Saxony asks Czechia for increased border cooperation

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Anděl metro wall relief commemorating Czech-Soviet friendship to get explanatory sign

Perhaps you’ve seen one in the Charles University Faculty of Law building – the old wooden ‘infinity’ elevator known as a paternoster. The vintage ride has become quite a tourist attraction, especially the one at Prague’s City Hall. But th...

Second Czech child set to undergo gene therapy abroad

Czechs having sex less often than a decade ago

The spa season has officially kicked off around Czecia with traditional ceremonies at the country’s  many healing springs. Pictured here are girls in traditional costumes at a healing spring in Luhačovice.

A brown bear weighing as much as 200 kilogrammes has been spotted on the outskirts of the Moravian city of Zlín. The authorities say the animal could be passing through the area but have warned locals to exercise caution.

Open House Prague festival gets underway

PM Fiala to meet his Italian counterpart in Rome

Anifilm attracts record number of visitors

Locals told to advise caution following bear sighting near Zlín

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Holocaust Memorial for Roma and Sinti in Lety opens to public

One of the greatest Czech composers, Bedřich Smetana, known as "the father of Czech music," died on this day, 140 years ago.

Prague Spring music festival launched

Czechia beats Norway 6-3 in second game of Ice Hockey World Championship

Singer and songwriter Petr Hapka, one of the most significant composers of Czech film music scores, would have turned 80 this week. He died at the age of just 70 in 2014, leaving an unforgettable music legacy behind.

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Postal voting for Czechs living abroad awaiting final approval

Annual Memory of the Nation charity run takes place in Prague

Jane Goodall names Prague Zoo’s newest baby gorilla

Maker Fair innovation showcase kicks off in Prague

Rammstein to perform in Prague this weekend

Czechia beats Finland 1-0 in first game of Ice Hockey World Championship

Lipavský: Czechia fully supports Montenegro’s EU accession talks

Police searching for Russian intelligence general responsible for Vrbětice explosion

Ice Hockey World Championships kick off in Prague and Ostrava

What really happens to your plastic after you’ve carefully sorted it and put it in your local recycling container (in Czechia, those iconic yellow bins)? According to many recent media reports, rather than being recycled, it likely ends up in land...

Jane Goodall, the famous English primatologist and anthropologist who has spent decades studying chimpanzees, is paying a special visit to the Prague Zoo this weekend. Goodall will be naming one of the Zoo’s new baby gorillas, a special event whic...

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Czech singer Aiko fails to reach Eurovision final

Aurora borealis may be visible in Czechia

Czech unemployment falls to 3.7 percent

Czech accommodation facilities report record tourist numbers in first quarter of 2024

PM Fiala to propose Marek Ženíšek as new science and research minister to president

MPs resume postal vote bill reading after 14-hour opening debate

Survey: Czechs vote in EP elections to express opinion on government rather than influence EU policy

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Around half of reports filed through online trust box app in Czechia concern bullying

Červenka named captain of Czech national hockey team for world championships

PM Fiala: Czechia ought to have ambassador in Russia

Thursday marks exactly 50 years since the opening of the first section of the Prague metro, running between Kačerov and Florenc on the C line. Today there are 61 stations and three lines. But did you know that there is also a secret metro station, ...

The 2024 Ice Hockey World Championships are set to begin this Friday in host cities Prague and Ostrava. The tournament, which brings together 16 teams, will take place over the course of two weeks. But how is the Czech team expected to perform on ho...

Frýdlant, a town of about 7,400 inhabitants in Czechia’s Liberec Region, certainly has a Kafkaesque feeling about it. You arrive there only to find that the people you arranged to interview suddenly don’t have time to meet you, saying they are ...

Survey: V4 residents concerned about foreign influence on EP elections

Retail sales in Czechia accelerate for fourth consecutive month

Anniversary of end of WWII marked in Czechia

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President appoints new army and police generals

Czechia abstains from vote on final form of EU migration package

Vintage train rides mark 50th anniversary of Prague’s metro

Martin Podhráský wins World Cup gold in rapid fire pistol

New ice hockey Hall of Fame opens in Prague

Among the books nominated for the prestigious Magnesia Litera Award this year was a graphic novel called Arnoštova cesta, describing the life story of the great Czech Jewish writer Arnošt Lustig. I met with his daughter Eva, a writer and documenta...

Singer song-writer Aiko will represent Czechia at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with her empowering song called Pedestal. The 24-year-old singer, who was born in Russia, won the Czech national round, leaving behind six other finalists. This ...

The Czech Constitutional Court has ruled to abolish forced sterilization for individuals who want to make an official sex change. Czechia is one of the last few EU countries enforcing the sterilization requirement. The change, which will necessitate...

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Storms and torrential rain cause flash floods in Central Bohemia

Beer consumption in Czechia at all-time-low

Defence minister hands out awards on occasion of VE Day