Shops will not reopen on Monday

PM’s advisor Roman Prymula dismissed for attending football match

Lower house approves 2021 state budget deficit

Czech hospitals see record number of people in critical condition

Government faces huge dilemma over pandemic, Benny Cristo's new Eurovision song, the man who has walked 2,000 km all along the Czech Republic’s borders

Electricity production in Czechia lowest in 18 years

Covid-19 vaccination: some 182,000 Czechs received two doses

The Czech pop idol finalist Benny Cristo is representing the Czech Republic at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest - again. The 2020 international competition, like most events that normally draw huge audiences, was cancelled due to the coronaviru...

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The coronavirus epidemic in the Czech Republic has severely worsened. The more contagious British mutation of the virus is spreading like wildfire in some regions and hospitals are dangerously near their capacity limit. At the height of the crisis t...

The Zetor tractor, which was first produced in Brno’s Zbrojovka plant nearly 75 years ago, has become one of the most famous Czech trademarks and one of Czechoslovakia’s greatest export articles.

Kateřina Tučková is one of the most successful young Czech novelists. Her powerful novel Gerta – focused on the cruel treatment of ethnic Germans in the immediate aftermath of the war – has just been published in English. Another of her works...

Government and opposition parties agree on pandemics law

Muchová fails to reach Australian Open final

National Film Archive acquires Ivan Passer’s estate

Medical Chamber chief: Easing Covid restrictions insane

Slavia readying to face Leicester in Europa League

News; Australian Open: Czech star Muchová upsets No.1 seed, home favourite Barty in Melbourne; Czech Tatra trams in Berlin; Czech Made: Zetor – one of Czechoslovakia’s greatest export articles      

Senate group to challenge state of emergency at Constitutional Court

The KT4 tram, designed and manufactured by the famous Czech vehicle designer Tatra, has been operating on the streets of Berlin since 1976. The last models were supposed to be withdrawn this month, but thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the city au...

Volume of coal mined in CR last year lowest since 1960s

Czech tennis player Karolína Muchová has scored a major upset at the ongoing Australian Open. The No. 25 seed mounted a stunning comeback to oust World No.1 Ashleigh Barty – who had the homecourt advantage. After besting the Australian, Muchová...

Babiš: V4 more economic than political grouping

The Zetor tractor, which started to be produced nearly 75 years ago, is one of the most famous Czech trademarks and one of Czechoslovakia’s greatest export articles. Find out more about the iconic tractor in this edition of Czech Made! 

PM: Cabinet ready to accept most opposition ideas on pandemics law

Blatný: Whole country could face higher Covid levels within weeks

Shops and shopping centres around the country are preparing to reopen on February 22 within an easing of the lockdown agreed on by the government and opposition. The vast majority of them have been closed since October, with a brief exception in t...

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Muchová stuns world number one to reach Melbourne final

Number in critical condition with Covid nearing record

Karlovy Vary seeks to transfer some Covid-19 patients to German hospitals

Czech Football Association appeals for youth training to resume

Average mortgage rate drops for 10th straight month

News; Government ready to make concessions on pandemic strategy; Want to sled AND help the homeless? There’s an app for that; Antonín Dvořák’s ‘New World Symphony’

Czech biathlete Markéta Davidová wins World Championship gold

Charter 77 signatory, former university rector Jan Sokol dies aged 84

Queue at Czech-German border-crossing at Rozvadov stretches 12 km

Prague has taken another step towards the construction of a planned philharmonic concert hall in Prague’s Holešovice district. City councillors have approved a feasibility study for the project, which estimates its cost at over six billion crowns...

PM taps ex-health minister Adam Vojtěch to be ambassador to Finland

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Foreign ministry sending aid to ethnic Czechs in earthquake-hit Croatia

Coronavirus cases continue to rise, straining Czech hospitals’ ICU capacity

Gov’t seeks 2021 budget deficit of CZK 500 billion

Talks started on Tuesday between the government and opposition on a revision of the pandemic measures in place and a gradual easing of restrictions as soon as the situation allows. The negotiations were triggered by the need to reach agreement after...

In recent days simple pink sleds have been grabbing attention in parks in Prague and elsewhere in the country. The snow gliders are chained up but can be accessed via a mobile app created by the bike-sharing organisation Rekola. Part of the largely ...

Petříček to run for chairmanship of Social Democrats

Havlíček to propose reopening Czech shops from Monday

Antonín Dvořák enjoyed near universal popularity in the United States by the time he arrived in New York in September 1892 to lead the National Conservatory of Music. The conservatory’s founder had great hopes his stewardship would elevate the ...

Government approves special law on pandemics

One dies, one injured in Krkonoše avalanche

News; Czech government manages to extend state of emergency after joint request from regional governors; Political scientist: Visegrad should be seen as a mechanism to build ad hoc, issue-based coalitions

The state of emergency in the Czech Republic, which grants the government extraordinary powers to enact lockdown rules, will continue until the end of February. The government was able to extend the current system after a joint request from all of t...

Police drop investigation into alleged kidnapping of PM’s son

First legal action taken against new state of emergency

Hundreds of thousands of Czechs fail to report a change in permanent residency years after moving elsewhere to study, work or even raise a family. This leads to problems determining the proper current and future capacities of kindergartens, schools ...

The statue of T. G. Masaryk, just outside Prague Castle, on a freezing cold morning in the capital city.

Karolína Muchová reaches last eight in Melbourne for first time

Sunday new Covid cases higher than previous week

Babiš: Trials of school Covid testing to start this week

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The Visegrad Four, a loose alliance of Central European states comprising the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary is celebrating 30 years since its founding in the historic town of Visegrad on February 15, 1991. What led to its creation sho...

Poll by Kantar CZ suggests ANO losing political dominance

Covid restrictions remain in place after government declares new state of emergency

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Smutná places third in Jizera Fifty

Czech economists: Pandemic cost 350 billion crowns and 80,000 jobs

Senate chair: Reinstating state of emergency is unconstitutional

Germany closes border with Czech Republic over virus mutations

Covid epidemic worsening; risk index at 77

Government declares new state of emergency

Architect, builder, politician and the greatest Czech philanthropist Josef Hlávka was born on February 15, 1939.The foundation he established in support of education, science and art is active to this day.

One of the most popular Czech bands of all time, Lucie, first performed 35 years ago as part of the ZK ROH Motorlet music contest. Since then the four rockers have created several bestselling hits which are not just played on radios, but also but Cz...

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Czech company helps restore ancient archaeological treasures: Citadel in Erbil, Choli Minaret and Shrine of Prophet Nahum

Valentine’s Day expenditures soaring

Czech research team wins European Citizen's Award for respirator prototype

Number of Covid cases continues to grow

Antibody self-testing kit to appear on the market soon

Germany to close its border with Czech Republic at midnight Saturday

PM negotiating with governors on country’s pandemic strategy after state of emergency expires

The Czech company Gema Art has helped to rescue and restore cultural heritage sites at home and abroad. Among the larger projects, which it has undertaken in the Czech Republic are restoration work at the Municipal House in Prague, the Cathedral of ...

State of emergency to end on February 14

South Moravian Crisis Staff asks regional governor to request new state of emergency

Chamber of Commerce: Most companies preparing to re-open under strict rules

Ipsos: PM Babiš’s ANO polling at 27 pct, opposition coalitions at 23, 22 pct

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Australian Open: Vondroušová beats Cîrstea to reach round 16

Despite the pandemic, Czechs are busy preparing for the summer holidays. Travel agencies have already sold thousands of tickets to warm destinations such as Greece, Egypt, Spain and Turkey. Aware of the situation, providers have accustomed their tra...

Lower house refuses to extend state of emergency raising fears of a set-back in the fight against Covid-19; Brno archaeologists reveal early Slavs used Germanic runes prior to Glagolitic script; Looking back at 30 years of the Visegrad Group

Archeologists at the Masaryk University in Brno have announced a groundbreaking discovery. The researchers have found a fragment of an inscribed bone which proves that the oldest writing system used by the ancient Slavs were Germanic runes, not the ...

This coming Monday, the partnership between the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, known as the Visegrád Group will celebrate 30 years of existence. The V4, as the group is commonly referred to, reached the goals it originally set out ac...

Czechia authorises temporary use of Bamlanivimab for Covid-19 patients

Analysts: food prices drove unexpected January rise in inflation

Friday morning coldest this winter, as low as -30 degrees Celsius

Czechia has second highest Covid-19 infection rate in EU

The Czech lower house on Thursday rejected a government proposal to extend the state of emergency beyond February 14, despite the worsening coronavirus epidemic in some regions. The decision will effectively end the validity of the restrictions in p...

President’s chancellor accused of damaging EU's financial interests

Germany to reinstate border controls with Czech Republic

Large segment of Czechs disregard recommended COVID-19 precautions; Brno launches pilot project to house seniors alongside kindergartens; Interview with Czech anthropologist Zdenka Sokolíčková who is studying how local people perceive the effec...

Despite recommendations, 46 percent of Czechs with coronavirus symptoms choose to venture outside their homes, a new survey initiated by the World Health Organisation in Europe indicates. Close to a half believe that the pandemic is largely a media ...

Brno, the second-largest Czech city, has launched a pilot project to bring seniors and kindergarten children together in one building. Studies show similar initiatives have greatly improved the mental health and physical wellbeing of the elderly, wh...

Many people in the Czech Republic have become accustomed to working from home due to the coronavirus situation. With many offices empty, some companies have become subletting space – and offering lower rents and other incentives, Hospodářské no...

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Constitutional Court head Rychetsky tightlipped on president’s decision to withhold award

Death of terminally ill patient investigated in connection with Covid vaccine

Wednesday brings third highest daily increase of Covid cases in three weeks

EU lists Czech blue poppy in protected geographical indication (PGI) register

Lower house debating extending state of emergency

Three districts under lockdown

Bavaria tightens conditions for Czech cross-border workers

News, Czech film Charlatan on shortlist for Best International Film in Academy Awards, new website celebrates legacy of Sir Nicholas Winton, Prague's Jewish Quarter

The Czech film Charlatan, a biographical drama about a controversial healer in communist-era Czechoslovakia, directed by Agnieszka Holland, has made the shortlist of 15 films in the running for Best International Film in this year’s Academy Award...

Tennis - Australian Open: Kvitová out, Vondroušová qualifies for third round

President Zeman in Poland to mark 30th anniversary of Visegrád Group

PM Babiš: Czechia will not administer Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine before EU approval, but may buy doses

A freshly launched website celebrates the legacy of Sir Nicholas Winton, who in 1939 saved 669 mainly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia by helping them get to his native UK. The site showcases a wealth of material from the Sir Nicholas Winton Memo...

Poll: Majority favour Constitutional Court move to scrap aspect of proportional voting system

AAA Auto plans to expand used car sales to Western Europe

Ex-Central Bohemia governor David Rath to work as a prison doctor while an inmate

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