Vaccine registration extended to over 65s and patients with chronic illnesses

New cases of COVID-19 on Sunday at their lowest since mid-September

Media: Petříček to be replaced by Zaorálek as foreign minister

Civic Democrats, Christian Democrats and TOP 09 sign coalition treaty

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Petr Kellner to be awarded Order of White Lion in memoriam

State of emergency ends, movement between districts restored

President Zeman says he has started using wheel chair

The first telephone call in Bohemia was made on April 10, 1881 between the Hartmann coal mine in Ledvice and a nearby train station in Duchcov, covering a distance of around two and a half kilometres.

Coronavirus: Hospitalisations down, but reproduction number rises

Today’s edition of our Sunday Music Show features singer-songwriter Lenka Dusilová’s latest album, Řeka (“River”, in English), which has been nominated for four Anděl Music Awards (the Czech equivalent to a Grammy), including for Album of...

5 million people filled out national census in two weeks

Earthquake registered in Chebsko

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Archeologists discover 18,000-year-old skull of woolly rhinoceros in Brno

Gorilla dies in Prague Zoo

Friday saw number of new COVID-19 cases continue to fall

Health minister wants inside and outside meetings to be limited to two individuals

Jan Hamáček re-elected leader of the Social Democrats

Czech leaders send condolences upon death of Prince Philip

Health minister: Covid situation improving, new evaluation system being prepared

POZOR TRAMVAJ! is a new app developed by the company Safe Public Transport. Its Bluetooth-based system sends out warning signals about approaching trams to users of mobile devices and could help prevent the frequent accidents involving pedestrians a...

Over the past two years, construction permit applications in the Czech Republic have soared in anticipation of an EU directive setting stricter environmental rules that would increase costs significantly. The family-owned construction firm LIKO-S in...

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Third poll shows Pirates and Mayors ahead of ruling ANO party

Czech Republic hit record vaccination rate on Thursday

This year's Prague Spring could take place in front of audiences

PM: O2 Arena vaccine centre to start operating on May 3

Czech Police helps uncover international criminal ring trading in hormonal substances

Czech PM's Communist State Security Service agent card discovered in Slovakia

The coronavirus crisis has brought the enormous potential of nanotechnology to the fore with nano sanitizers, nano sprays and nano-facemasks selling like never before. However some parents are  now pointing out the possible long-term side effects, ...

Slavia secure draw with late goal at Arsenal

Hamáček facing challengers for top party job at congress

European Court backs CR over compulsory pre-school vaccinations

Josef Průša, founder of a start-up company that has grown to become one of the largest manufacturers of 3D printers and cartridges in the world, has been named Czech ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ by the global consultancy EY. Now 31, he is the yo...

Czech property prices record fourth fastest growth in EU

Beňačková and Hrůša to receive Dvořák Award next week

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MEP Zahradil facing probe for not disclosing Chinese sponsorship

Vystrčil slams Babiš and Zeman after Blatný sacking

Drugs regulator chief says she has discussed vaccine approval with new minister

After a nearly year-long renovation, the monumental golden wings, gracing the Art Nouveau building of Prague’s main train station, are back in their place. The restoration of the sculpture, gilded with 24-karat gold plates, is part of a major face...

Several news sites have now unveiled details of the highly anticipated counter-epidemic system that is to serve as a guideline for the restrictions imposed in individual regions once the state of emergency ends on April 11. Like its predecessor, the...

Names of Holocaust victims to be read aloud

The 1990s were a turning point in the history of Czech animation. The decade marked the beginning of computer animation, which gave filmmakers opportunities that changed the way animated films were made forever.

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...