Health minister sacks his deputy for unethical conduct

President Zeman to undergo vaccination and remain in hospital

Covid risk index rises once again

Germany likely to put Czechia on list of high-risk states on Thursday

Miroslav Kalousek resigns his deputy’s seat

Broadcast in English - 01/19/2021

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, some 25 new foreign brands entered the Czech Republic’s market in 2020, one more than in the previous year, according to a new survey carried out by the company Cushman & Wakefield, published by the daily Aktuálně....

The Czech lighting and glass artworks company Lasvit has just completed another major project, installing a huge glass and steel pendulum in a medical centre in Abu Dhabi. The stunning, pen-like structure is suspended above a lobby, drawing various ...

For a third day running now, the Czech Republic’s coronavirus epidemic has been improving according to the government’s PES counter-epidemic system indicators. However, apart from the reopening of children’s clothing shops and stationeries, th...

Count Zdeněk Sternberg dies at 97

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2021 is an election year in the Czech Republic. Predictions about political developments in any country are difficult under normal circumstances, much less in the midst of a global pandemic. Nevertheless, Vít Pohanka asked Petr Just, a political sc...

Shops selling stationary products and children’s clothing reopen

Lower house to debate coronavirus related issues

Chcípl PES initiative to set up political movement against restrictive measures

Swimming centre in Podolí declared national cultural monument

Covid risk score remains at 70 but reproduction number again grows

British mutation of Covid confirmed in Czech Republic

Foreign Minister Petříček catches Covid

Stationery and children’s clothes shop allowed to open Tuesday

Broadcast in English - 01/18/2021

Number of reported crimes falls by 17 percent year-on-year

Czech foreign troops continue to be deployed in Mali as part of the European Union mission in the West African state. The Czech contingent is mainly involved in field training and is also in charge of guarding the two main Allied bases. In addition...

The Nazis operated Terezín (Theresienstadt in German) as a transit ghetto between late 1941 and May 1945. They first used the fortress town north of Prague to intern mainly Czech Jews, before the arrival of Jewish prisoners from other countries mad...

The Czech Republic is the last country in the European Union where children under the age of three are placed in institutional care rather than with foster parents. Over 1200 children a year, a quarter of them toddlers, are committed to orphanages e...

Four Czechs must quarantine before Australian Open

Shadow Country earns most nominations for Czech Lions 

A horse-drawn sled ride around the Kladruby nad Labem National Stud Farm.

Sunday sees fewest confirmed new Covid cases this year

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Covid risk index in level four bracket for fifth day in row

Stationery shops, children's wear and lingerie stores likely to open on Tuesday

Czech foreign minister condemns Navalny arrest in Moscow

Speed skater Martina Sáblíková wins bronze at European All-around Championship

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Avalanche alert in Jeseníky Mountains

Government to debate possible easing of measures on Wednesday

Lawsuit over blocked EU subsidy to Agrofert company suspended

Finance Ministry reports 5.7 percent drop in tax revenues in 2020

Just over quarter of seniors in over 80 bracket have registered for inoculation

Number of Covid-19 cases slowly but steadily dropping

Pedagogoue, publicist, writer and the founder of the Czech Olympic Committee Stanislav Guth-Jarkovský was born 160 years ago on January 23, 1861 in Heřmanův Městec.

Garage is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada. Here in the Czech Republic, its most famous representative is the band Garáž.

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Czechs marking anniversary of Jan Palach’s self-immolation

New British variant of Covid-19 may be present in Czech Republic

Skoda not to sponsor WHC if held in Belarus

Spread of Covid epidemic slowing

People over 80 registering for vaccine against Covid-19

Czech health minister seriously concerned over cut-back in Pfizer vaccine deliveries

Broadcast in English - 01/16/2021

A new book, published by the Czech Philharmonic in collaboration with the National Heritage Institute and the National Technical Museum, pays tribute to one of Prague’s most beautiful landmarks, the Rudolfinum concert hall. On the space of five hu...

Broadcast in English - 01/15/2021

This Friday, January 15, registrations opened for the priority vaccination group of people over the age of 80. A tenth of the relevant population segment registered online within one hour but several people have reported problems in the process such...

The city of Prague started testing a new system that should prevent the loss of satellite signal in the city’s tunnels. The system, which should make life easier for drivers who rely on car-navigation technology, is currently being tested in Pragu...

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Avalanche alert in Jeseníky Mountains

As the numbers of faithful in Europe decline, the question has arisen about what to do with the many churches that are being decommissioned, says Architect Marek Jan Štěpán who is particularly well known for his modern designs and reconstructions...

Motorcycle rider Martin Michek places 9th at Dakar

Number of newly detected Covid cases dropping

Czech archaeologist Evžen Neustupný dies at 87

Majority of people say state's response to epidemic “adequate”

People over 80 registering for vaccination

Broadcast in English - 01/14/2021

Pavel Jerie has been a professional conservationist for more than half a century, serving as general director of the National Heritage Institute in Prague when many would be easing into retirement. He continues to crisscross the Czech Republic to ad...

The city of Prague has opened a furniture bank, which collects old furniture and other household appliances for socially disadvantaged people and low-income families, who lack finances to buy new furnishing. The operation of the furniture bank is b...

The Czech mortgage market expanded by no less than 38 percent in 2020, according to estimates published by the ČSOB bank group. Banks provided around CZK 250 billion in mortgage loans last year, which was a new record.

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Scientists still fighting to save Northern White Rhino

Director of State Institute of Public Health resigns over vaccination scandal

Details of vaccine reservation system unveiled

Photos of people bathing in icy rivers and lakes have been increasingly common on Czech social media in recent months, with otužování, as it is called in Czech, becoming a real trend. But what is ice swimming or dipping actually like? And are the...

Heavy snow complicating traffic

Covid-19 epidemic gradually slowing

838,000 now in priority Covid vaccination group

Blatný denies triage decisions being made over Covid patients

Broadcast in English - 01/13/2021

PM: Up to 75,000 already vaccinated in CR

National census may be postponed

Since 2017, foreigners living in the Czech Republic have been able to download the Praguer app, which offers important information for anyone getting started in the capital. The app, which is run by the Integration Centre in Prague and co-financed b...

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Hamáček: No danger of insufficient medical supplies

Report: Test reservation system sharing data with online firms

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Czech scientists from Masaryk University in Brno are heading for their annual expedition to Antarctica. Due to the complicated situation, the university has reduced the number of team members to a minimum. Their main g...

Senators want fast-tracking of complaint over early election date declaration

CR on list of regions from which Germany will demand negative test on entry

Inflation in Czechia reached eight year high in 2020

Coronavirus cases on a downward trend, data indicates

European Commission dismisses criticism that it “overslept” on vaccine procurement

Petříček meets with Israeli ambassador to discuss health and science cooperation

Broadcast in English - 01/12/2021

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Jewish community calls on protesters not to use Star of David

Nearly 100,000 self-employed persons in Czechia quit their business last year

Marks and Spencer to close its Czech branches from January 15 due to supply issues

International study claims face masks do work

Jewellery designer Anna Škarda from the north-Bohemian town of Frýdlant is currently working on a very special commission. She is producing a jewelled headpiece for the US pop star Beyoncé. She recently completed a headband for another celebrity ...

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, Czech sales of Swedish furniture giant Ikea have remained strong. The biggest player on the Czech furniture market posted sales of CZK 10.3 billion for the period between September 2019 and August 2020, a drop by CZ...

January 12 marks the centenary of the birth of Felix Maria Davídek a secretly ordained bishop and founder of the underground church in Czechoslovakia. His community, the Koinotés, which was founded in the 1960s, created an alternative to the offic...

Škoda reports car deliveries fell by a fifth in 2020

Worries about lack of syringes as vaccines arrive in Czech Republic

Monday saw number of new coronavirus cases fall

No easing of coronavirus measures until at least end of January, says health minister

Interior minister suggests using voting locations for vaccinations

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Hospitals resort to extraordinary measures due to full capacity

The annual census of birds on feeders, organized by the Czech Ornithological Society, is underway. Pictured are common goldfinches (Carduelis carduelis).

Over the past week, fresh snowfall led to Czechs to take to the mountains in droves, despite ski resorts and trails being closed due to anti-coronavirus restrictions. Against that backdrop, the government is looking at opening the slopes – and oth...

Record manufacturer GZ Media saw profits rise in 2020

As the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic deepens, emotions are running high in the Czech Republic. While several thousand people demonstrated against the government restrictions on Prague’s Old Town Square on Sunday, some members of the oppos...

Cyber attacks on Central European hospitals rose by 145 percent, says security company

Constitutional Court rules against foreign same-sex partner adoptions of Czech children

Czech arms manufacturer CZG negotiating purchase of 100 percent stake in Colt Holding Company

As the long-term director of the Czech branch of corruption monitors Transparency International, David Ondráčka headed legal challenges to Andrej Babiš that resulted in the European Parliament finding the billionaire Czech prime minister in confl...

Trade Minister: Ski lifts may open after 22 January, compensation package coming

Moderna vaccine delivery delayed until Tuesday

Prague protest over Covid-19 restrictions draws thousands

Prague rents for small flats down 11.8 pct in annual terms

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Award-winning Czech singer-songwriter David Stypka dies aged 41