Police to crack down on breach of quarantine rules 

Lidice survivor Marie Šupíková dies at 88 

Government wants state of emergency extended by 30 days

A new online photo-database of Czechoslovak Legionaries who fought for the establishment of Czechoslovakia during World War One has recently been set up. The website not only gives viewers the chance to see the faces of thousands of legionaries, but...

Historians have long known that members of the infamous communist-era Auxiliary Technical Battalions (PTP), army units comprised of “politically unreliable” persons, helped build the Stalin monument in Prague’s Letná Park. But only recently h...

Czechs are known as being among the top countries in the world when it comes to the consumption of beer. However, the alcoholic drink that is consumed by the most people in the Czech Republic is not actually beer but wine, according to a new survey....

Bells toll for thousands of Covid victims

Weather forecast

At noon on Monday people in cities around the Czech Republic held a minute’s silence for the victims of Covid-19, a year after the first known death of the virus. To date almost 25,000 people in the country are known to have died with the coronavi...

PM to meet with president to discuss government’s response to epidemic

Tens of thousands of birds being culled over aviation flu

The Czech community in Manhattan once numbered up to 40,000 people, served by Czech stores, newspapers and cultural organisations – and even cops who spoke their language. Historian Martin Nekola dives into the rich history of Czechs in the Big Ap...

Change in Covid rules: People may jogg, bike or walk outside their municipality

Supreme Audit Office: State was ill-prepared for pandemic

Plans revealed for Czech day at Dubai EXPO in year's time

Sunday new Covid cases figure lowest since mid-December

Covid tests likely for small firms and self-employed, says Schillerová

Hamáček: Covid measures effective, must remain in place another fortnight

MPs set to this week discuss extending state of emergency

New cases down, reproduction number lowest in two months

Study: Property prices continuing to shoot up

Coalition dischord over possible pension rise beyond framework of law

Weather forecast

Young Czech solo artist Amelie Siba has recently won the Apollo music critics’ award for Czech album of the year for her debut LP, called Dye My Hair. It was released last year, when she was only 17, and received rave reviews from the critics. 

The idea of creating a National Park in the Šumava Protected Landscape Area was politically impossible under the Communists, as the area was literally on the Iron Curtain. However, it was achieved 30 years ago, on March 20, 1991, after the return t...

Samková seals overall victory in Snowboard Cross World Cup for third time

Prague police raid two restaurants and one bar

Tender to supply Covid tests for schools announced

Klaus suggests electoral alliance of son’s party and Okamura

Weather forecast

Kintera best-selling contemporary Czech artist at auction

Temperatures set to reach up to 15 degrees next week

Coalition parties reach agreement on short-time working bill

Weekday new Covid cases below 10,000 for first time in over month

More than 200 children in the Czech Republic have been diagnosed with a rare condition that can occur several weeks after Covid-19, known as paediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome or PIMS-TS. If untreated,it can cause tissue damage, poor fu...

The biggest architectural competition in modern Czech history has advanced to the final stage. The Brno City Council this week chose four teams that will vie to design a new main train station for the Moravian capital. For this last leg of the compe...

First delivery of Regeneron to arrive in Czech Republic by March 25

Weather forecast

Health minister wants state of emergency extended over Easter

Social workers should be able to register for vaccine in April

Czech researchers develop faster method for comparing sensitivity of antigen tests

Slight drop in new Covid cases, but hospitals under severe strain

Slavia Prague into Europa League last eight with win over Glasgow Rangers

Strict measures remain but Czechs may exercise further from homes

In the fourth episode of our series Masters of Czech Animated Film we present Jan Švankmajer, a Czech Surrealist artist, puppeteer, animator, and filmmaker whose work transcends borders. His films, the most famous of which are Alice, Little Otik, ...

The Senate has rejected an amendment to the Food Act that would set quotas on the sale of Czech food in retail stores. At least eight other EU countries had objected to the proposal, which they said was clearly discriminatory.

Around 200 children in CR have Covid-related syndrome

Weather forecast

Two more gorillas at Prague Zoo test positive for Covid

Ten cases of death after Covid vaccination recorded in CR in week

New Bianca Bellová novel among titles included in Big Book Thursday

Metronome music festival postponed until June 2022

Number of Covid deaths in CR passes 24,000

As the coronavirus measures stretch into their second year, artists have been looking for various ways to boost the public morale and spread some good cheer. In the south Bohemian town of České Budějovice members of a local music ensemble climb o...

The Remoska oven has been a household name in this country for over sixty years now, braving competition from ever more sophisticated kitchen appliances.

The Czech Republic, along with five other European countries, has submitted a joint nomination for the timber rafting tradition to be inscribed on the UNESCO world intangible cultural heritage list. The tradition, dating back to the 14th century, is...

Senate votes to maintain role of ‘lay judges’ in courts

MPs to discuss Nat’l Recovery Plan to draw EU ‘SURE’ funds on March 26

Czech PM, others speak to EU Council President about proportional vaccine distribution

The series of severe droughts and heatwaves that hit central Europe in recent years have been the most severe in the past two millennia, suggests a study carried out by an international team of scientists, including researchers from the Czech Republ...

Number of Czech students lacking tech for online classes down 80 pct

Who makes the prettiest looking lattes in the Czech Republic? According to the results of this year’s annual Latte Art competition it is Jakub Souček from the North Bohemian city of Liberec. His impression of a two-winged swan on the top of a cof...

Foreign minister opens new Czech schools in Croatia during official visit

CVVM poll: 59 pct of Czechs ready to be vaccinated

Weather

CRIF: Companies, self-employed increasingly missing loan payments

The Remoska oven has been a household name in this country for over sixty years now, braving competition from ever more sophisticated kitchen appliances. The Czech-invented multipurpose oven is popular with older generations and young families alike...

Health Minister: paramedics to get CZK 75,000 bonus for Covid-19 work

Prague 3 files suit to block housing project by Židovské pece park

Average mortgage rate continues to drop, February volume at record high

Czech government in discussions with Volkswagen regarding construction of battery factory

Tuesday saw new Covid infections fall, but number of hospitalised still very high

European Commission sends EUR 1 billion to Czechia through SURE programme

Transparency International: Havlíček incapable of managing two ministries at once

Netflix to film USD 200 million movie starring Ryan Gosling in Czech Republic

The introduction of more frequent Covid testing in the workplace could prove difficult both in terms of cost and logistics, representatives of Czech firms told the news website iHned.cz.

Weather

Parliamentarians form “Friends of Free Russia” group

Tuesday marks exactly 130 years since construction began on the Petřín Lookout Tower, one of the most prominent Prague landmarks. The 64 metre high steel construction, built on the occasion of the Jubilee Exhibition in 1891, was inspired by the Ei...

Czech Republic's balance of payments reached record surplus in 2020

Study: Summer droughts from 2015 to 2018 were the heaviest in over 2,000 years

Why do I lose my hair? Why can’t I go school? And why are my mom and dad worried about me? These are just some of the questions asked by children who have been diagnosed with cancer. A new animated series called Baldies, which is currently in prep...

Czech employers plan to hire more employees in second quarter of 2021, survey shows

Babiš: Patients with chronic diseases to receive special vaccine registration codes

Czech Health Minister Jan Blatný on Monday defended the decision to continue vaccinating with AstraZeneca in the face of suspensions across Europe. The health minister, who has been stressing the need to push ahead with vaccinations in view of the ...

Industry and Trade Ministry to start paying compensation to ski resorts

Health minister: no reason to suspend AstraZeneca vaccinations

Thanks to both a rise in demand and problems associated with delivery, there is a shortage of computers on the Czech market, the Czech News Agency reports. Businesses expect that the problem will continue into the second quarter of 2021, with things...

Key population groups in the Czech Republic have received over a million coronavirus vaccine jabs so far and the latest indicators suggest that the epidemic may be on a slightly downward trend. The government is aiming to increase daily vaccinations...

Is Czech politics headed for a shakeup? A new Kantar agency poll suggests the electoral coalition of the Pirate Party and the Mayors & Independents enjoy 34 percent support, far ahead of the governing ANO on 22 percent. The Pirates would currently e...

Weather forecast

Compulsory testing reveals more positive tests in smaller companies

Former football boss used state subsidies to pay for private jets

Woman injured in avalanche dies in hospital

Number of new Covid cases dropping, but pressure on hospitals remains

PM: We need to speed up the inoculation process

Cabinet: Coronavirus measures will not be relaxed before Easter

The Krkonoše Mountains in North Bohemia proved a fateful place for skier Bohumil Hanč. The sun was shining when he set off, lightly dressed, in a race on 24 March 1913. A new Czech film entitled Poslední závod The Last Race is being made in the ...

Weather forecast

Police disperse illegal party in Prague

Deputy PM: Shops will not reopen before Easter

Vaccinologists recommend extending interval between Covid vaccines

Weekend marks drop in number of new Covid cases registered

Rážová leaves office as chief hygiene officer

Palestinians, Arab League condemn opening of Czech diplomatic office in Jerusalem

Marta Krásová is one of the bright lights of Czech opera. In her days the mezzo-soprano, who combined a brilliant technique with a natural acting talent and unforgettable charm, had the world at her feet. She is one of the icons of Czech opera of ...

The Art Nouveau glass and steel building opened to visitors on March 15, 1891 on the occasion of the General State Exhibition.

Weather forecast

National census to take place despite pandemic

Demand for Covid self-testing kits skyrockets

GPs may prescribe invermectin for Covid

Czech Republic and four other EU members call for “fair distribution of vaccines“

Germany to decide on border regime with Czech Republic next week

Covid numbers up again in week-over-week comparison

Covid-19: Czech food, agricultural companies struggling to test employees

A new film depicting the events of the 1968 Prague Spring and Warsaw Pact invasion in Czechoslovak Radio is set to be made within the next two years. The author of the screenplay is the famous Czech artist Jiří Mádl.

Weather

Iuridicum Remedium announces Big Brother anti-prize winners

Eight percent of Czechs, almost exclusively men, have invested in some cryptocurrency, according to the results of a survey carried out by the agency STEM/MARK, published this week.

Education Ministry to give free lunches, snacks to poor Karlovy Vary, Ústí region pre-schoolers