Names of Holocaust victims to be read aloud

Fewest new Covid cases for a Wednesday this year

MPs approve electoral law changes on seat allocation, coalition thresholds

Social isolation and loneliness – these are some of the most serious factors that can lead to depression and anxiety. According to one of the largest mental health NGOs in the Czech Republic, these issues will remain in the population months after...

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With the intensity of the coronavirus epidemic slowing down in the Czech Republic, the government has approved easing some of the restrictions, starting next Monday. These include the return of lower grades and kindergarten children to schools, as w...

Health Minister Jan Blatný was dismissed from his post on Wednesday, in what is the third change-of-guard in the post since the start of the pandemic a year ago. In recent weeks the health minister had come under fire from the prime minister and pr...

IMF: Czech economy to grow 4.2 pct in 2021

Education Ministry: Robert Plaga will remain in office

Minister of Health Jan Blatný replaced

Karel Pacner, only Czech to cover Apollo 11, moon landing from Cape Canaveral, dies at 85

Czech unemployment rate drops to 4.2 pct, second-lowest in EU

Covid epidemic slowing

Cabinet approves plan to bring children back to school, reopen selected shops

Chief hygiene officer collapses during online cabinet session

Farmers’ markets and selected shops and services to reopen on April 12

Tuesday marks 100 years since the birth of sculptor František Bělský who is known for creating the busts of Queen Elizabeth II and several other members of the British royal family. Before becoming a famous sculptor, Bělský served as a soldier ...

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Czech health minister says country now in a position to help others

The Covid-19 pandemic has amplified problems in public finance management, but it cannot be entirely blamed for last year’s economic result, which was the worst in the country’s history, the Supreme Audit Office (NKU) says in its annual report.

A new pavilion has opened to the public at Mary’s Viewpoint in Jetřichovice, offering stunning views of the Bohemian Switzerland National Park.

Czechs abroad calling for the introduction of postal voting in their native country have launched a novel campaign. It involves tracking kilometres they have run or walked – and highlights the fact that for many visiting polling stations at diplom...

The life of the brave mayor, who saved Roosvelt and was not afraid of Al Capone, is the story of the American dream 

Communist Party leadership voting on whether to withdraw support for ruling coalition

Deputy PM: Shops, services and garden restaurants may reopen late April

Monday’s Covid cases lowest in four months

Labour minister wants bonus for moms in reformed pension system

Two million people fill in census questionnaire

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Psychiatrists: Social isolation has caused extensive damage

Fall in tax revenues in first quarter

Drop in patients hospitalized with Covid

Easter celebrations in the Czech Republic combine both Christian traditions and ancient pagan customs, many of which are connected with the cycle of nature and the arrival of spring. Many of the fascinating rituals linked to this time of year are c...

Sunday brings slight increase in Covid numbers

PM hopes his coalition government will survive until general elections

State of emergency will not be extended beyond April 11

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Some doctors reportedly refusing to see Covid positive patients

Facebook data leak concerns 1.4 million Czech users

PM mulling Moscow’s offer of vaccines after EU fallout

Covid epidemic gradually slowing

Health Ministry issues new travel regulation

Czech Republic to get additional 80,000 vaccines from Hungary, Austria and Slovenia

A rare collection of Easter songs from the late 16th and early 17th century composed by literary fraternities was recorded by Czech Madrigalists, a vocal ensemble established in 1929.

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Ice warning extended to whole country

Czech National Heritage Institute preparing to launch special podcasts

Twenty thousand left out of nationwide census due to glitch

More health workers seeking psychotherapy

Ancient legend comes true for lottery winner

Covid epidemic gradually slowing

Czech PM under fire over EU vaccine deal

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Sole survivor of helicopter crash in Alaska recovering

Snow and ice warning for coming days

Communist Party to decide on continued support for minority government

Government to decide on reopening of schools after Easter

Covid epidemic gradually slowing

Czech Republic, Austria and Slovenia excluded from EU vaccine redistribution agreement

Czechs have a plethora of Easter traditions that take place every year including the whipping of women with willow branches, painting eggs, or baking sweetbreads that look like a lamb. Some of these are based on the Christian celebration itself, oth...

Easter, the most important of Christian holidays, symbolizes redemption, hope, and the resurrection of Christ. As is true for all big holidays, food is a big part of it.

So-called coronavirus “vaccination tourism” is spreading rapidly in the Czech Republic. People who face long waits for an appointment at a nearby site to get the jab are registering elsewhere. Some regions are now officially recommending this su...

Two Masters students from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague have designed a robot called RHPv2. Made out of Lego pieces, it can play Ludwig van Beethoven’s famous Für Elise piano composition. I spok...

Health minister appeals for discipline over the Easter holidays

Czech defence minister on working visit to Mali

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Tourist season at Czech castles and chateaus delayed

March brings highest death toll since epidemic hit

Czech economy sees steepest slide in country’s modern history

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The films Alois Nebel (2011) and Dcera (The Daughter, 2019) are two of the most successful Czech animated films of the last decade. Both were made using innovative animation techniques, and their plots centre around characters that have to deal with...

Forty percent of over 70s vaccinated at least once

Blatný: Behaviour over Easter could influence return to schools

Few Czechoslovak products have been as internationally successful as the Jawa motorcycle. For a period of more than a decade the company’s models dominated their respective international markets, while at the same time helping Czechoslovak racers ...

The Czech small arms producer Česká zbrojovka Group SE (CZG) saw year-on-year profits rise by 14.6 percent to CZK 6.8 billion in 2020. Meanwhile, the holding’s operating profit increased by 11.9 percent compared to the year to more than 1.056 bi...

Some special events planned to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of the writer last year were muted due to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. But a literary museum dedicated the memory of the “mother of Czech literature” in Česká Ska...

No special Easter measures on roads, says police chief

No Colours of Ostrava festival this summer

Prague police deploy more officers as people gather in sun

Prague transport authority to check vehicles for presence of coronavirus

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Tuesday first in nearly two months with fewer than 10,000 new Covid cases

Czechs are heading for a second Easter marked by coronavirus restrictions. Although people will have more time to dwell on the spiritual aspects of the holiday, there are concerns that for many the loss of loved ones and fears of what the future wil...

Czechs lose 1:0 to Wales in first World Cup qualifying defeat

On Monday, the State Security Council formally agreed on tasking the security services with conducting a detailed risk assessment of four potential bidders to expand the country’s Dukovany nuclear power plant. The government announced previously t...

The death of Petr Kellner, a reclusive Czech billionaire and the head of PPF group, came as a big shock in the Czech Republic on Monday morning. As further details of his death in a helicopter crash in Alaska emerge, Czechs are looking back at the b...

Poll puts Pirates and Mayors three points ahead of ANO

Kúdela travels to Wales for World Cup qualifier despite controversy

Second doses of Pfizer and Moderna jabs now after 42 days

Minister Maláčová contracts Covid-19

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Security checks on all visitors to Prague Castle end after five years

Covid cases, hospitalisations continue decline

Tennis: Kvitová, Vondroušová exit Miami Open

Czechs forbid travel to Peru, Colombia over Covid risk from April 12-May 31

Social Dems outline post-Covid recovery plan

Deadline for online census submissions extended to May 11

Educators reject PM’s proposal for “official” diploma without final exams

Covid death toll over 26,000, March deadliest month so far

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An innovative new project is helping Prague theatres hit hard by the Covid situation, bringing productions by top companies via “take-away” virtual reality headsets delivered to people’s homes by courier. I discussed Brejlando – which is sup...

Jesuit, ex-political prisoner František Pevný dies at 100

FAMUfest student film showcase set for April 28-May 2

The Czech Republic which started inoculating people against Covid -19 late last year, has thus far respected the recommended interval between the first and second dose. Now the health minister says the country must extend the interval in order to sa...

Covid vaccine open to ‘indispensable’ workers police and firefighters

Up to 50,000 volunteers took part in Czech spring-cleaning campaign

In Český New York (Czech New York), Martin Nekola describes how the community in Manhattan dissipated after the war, as many Czechs moved out to Astoria and elsewhere. However, the book also documents the fresh influx of notable post-war émigrés...

Billionaire Petr Kellner, a dominant figure in Czech business in the country’s post-1989 period, died in a helicopter crash in Alaska at the weekend. Tributes have been paid to the 56-year-old, whose business empire extended around the globe.

Prague’s public ferry service is back in operation after the winter break. There are currently seven ferry lines on the Vltava River accessible with Prague public transport tickets and passes. Last year the ferry service was used by 694,000 passen...

Brno lab discovers new Covid-19 mutation

Czech billionaire Petr Kellner dies in helicopter accident

Czechs draw 1:1 with Belgium in home World Cup qualifier

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Tennis: Kvitová and Vondroušová through to Miami Open fourth round

Price of apartments in panel houses up by nearly 20 percent

2021 national census: some 300,000 online forms submitted so far

Over 1.1 million Czechs have received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine

Number of hospitalised lowest since end of February

Antonín Dvořák’s famous and much loved opera Rusalka received its world premiere 120 years ago, on March 31, 1901.

Property restitution became one of the cornerstones of the transformation of the Czech economy after the fall of communism in 1989. The law was intended to right the wrongs committed by the communist regime as far as possible.