Tennis: Barbora Krejčíková advances to Roland Garros finals

Prague Proms festival to open with music of Star Wars composer John Williams

Czech, Austrian presidents meet in Vienna, discuss Russian row, energy, transport

Czech tennis player Barbora Krejčíková has made headlines around the world after a fantastic run at the French Open so far. The 25-year-old reached her first Grand Slam semi-final after beating 17-year-old American Cori Gauff in Paris on Wednesda...

Czech archaeologists find prehistoric settlement, sacrificial site in Rychnov

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The continent’s biggest sporting event, the European Football Championships, kicks off on Friday night. Among the 24 nations taking part in the delayed Euro 2020 will of course be the Czech Republic. But what are the Czechs’ chances at the tourn...

SZÚ: Regular alcohol consumption wider spread in Czechia in 2020

Nearly all Czech universities drop in annual QS ranking

Czechoslovak RAF veteran General Emil Boček, received a belated 98th birthday treat on Wednesday, taking to the skies in a De Havilland Tiger Moth –a plane he first piloted when he joined the RAF. The 15-minute flight was a tribute from the Czech...

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Foreigners without Czech insurance can register for Covid jab from Friday

Climate activists occupy Czech open-cast coal mine excavators

At sixteen Jiří Kadlec had an avid interest in military history which led him to join a historic fencing club. After the fall of communism he was torn between joining the army and using his extensive knowledge to make copies of historical weapons....

Health Ministry: Under-60s won’t get AstraZeneca, Johnson&Johnson vaccines

Actress Libuše Šafránková, known for her iconic portrayal of Cinderella, dies aged 68

Barbora Krejčíková advances into Roland Garros semi-final

An engrossing new Czech documentary entitled 13 MINUTES tells the stories of several drivers who caused fatal accidents. The film, which is available from Thursday, may serve as a stark warning to other motorists – but it also explores issues of h...

Czech glass is known throughout the world for its craftsmanship and artistic qualities. The history of the glassmaking industry dates all the way back to the Middle Ages, when the first glassworks were built in the deep Bohemian forests. Today, ther...

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The British capital is currently hosting the third edition of the London Biennale, the first international art event following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in the country. The Czech Republic is represented by visual artist Petr Stanický, who...

European Commission takes Czechia and Poland to court for not letting foreigners run in elections

Czechs returning from US have trouble getting their vaccine certificates recognised

Year-on-year inflation likely peaked at 3.2 percent in May due to the low base effect from last year, according to a poll of analysts conducted by ČTK. It should remain near the Czech National Bank target of 3 percent, they said.

Tsikhanouskaya: Set up international tribunal to prosecute members of Lukashenko regime

Court rules closure of swimming pools, sports facilities and fitness centres was illegal

Czech Jewish Federation notes rise in anti-Semitism online

Czech doctors see spike in stomach, gall bladder and liver problems

Large cinemas and multiplexes to open across Czech Republic on Thursday

Covid-19: new infections at lowest level since August 2020

Football: Czechs beat Albania in pre-European Championship test match

European Parliament votes to condemn Czech PM’s conflict of interest

Book of the Year Award goes to Martin Hilský’s Shakespeare's England - Portrait of an Age

Holders of a vaccine, test or coronavirus recovery certificate be able to travel to the Czech Republic without the need to quarantine or get themselves tested from June 21, Health Minister Adam Vojtěch announced on Monday. From July 1 the country w...

The Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who ran for president in contested elections last year, is currently in the Czech Republic. The politician and human rights activist is meeting some of the country’s top officials – as w...

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The European Medicines Agency last month approved the use of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 for children aged 12 and over, and other brands are undergoing testing.  Health Minister Adam Vojtěch has said the government plans to begin ...

Poland wants agreement on Turow mine

President Zeman expresses support for Belarusian opposition, praises Tsikhanouskaya’s courage

Foreigners without public health insurance will be able to register for vaccine within days

Health Ministry capping price of antigen and PCR tests for self-payers

TOP 09 chief: Feri can return to party if he clears name

Spring 2021 coolest in decades in Czech Republic

Face masks no longer required in classrooms in most of Czech Republic

Government approves outline state budget deficit of CZK 390 bn for 2022

Dutch authorities have unearthed the remains of an RAF bomber whose Czech crew were shot down by a German fighter as they were returning from a bombing raid in June 1941. The remains are currently being analysed.

Czech tourists detained over false Covid test documents

First Czech PPP road building project begins

Krejčíková makes Grand Slam last eight for first time

 The replica of a rare sixteenth century wooden church in the Silesian village of Guty has been completed and is now open to the public, nearly four years after the original was burned down by three arsonists. The new version was made to be indisti...

A bill on providing compensation for people who were forcibly or otherwise illegally sterilised in the past was approved by the lower house of Parliament last Friday, June 4th. With this approval in the lower house, the bill is now set to go to the ...

Tsikhanouskaya calls on Prague to be consistent in approach to Lukashenko regime

Auditors: Ministry failing to evaluate benefits of migration policy spending

Jobless rate falls, minister says government right to end pay support

Most Czechs not planning holiday; many taking vacation to stay in CR

On Sunday June 13 it will be exactly 75 years since the British Council first opened in Prague, with a ceremony attended by President Beneš and other dignitaries. The Communists forced the UK education and cultural outreach institution out of Czech...

Government to discuss further easing of restrictions

Belarussian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in Prague for talks with top officials

Recovery of downed RAF bomber with Czechoslovak crew underway in The Netherlands

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Light drones to fight invasive plants in Czechia

Protesters on Wenceslas Square slam face masks, Covid passes and vaccines

140 Czech tourists detained at Prague airport over Covid tests

Government to start debating 2022 state budget

Replica of historic wooden church opens to public

Health Ministry not planning to shorten intervals between vaccines for the time being

In today’s edition of Sunday Music Show, we’ll be profiling folk singer, composer and banjo player Robert Křesťan, who was inducted into the Anděl Awards Hall of Fame. In the course of a career spanning more than three decades Křesťan has p...

Prague’s Vltava river has been used to transport wood on rafts for centuries. On June 11, 1871, local raft traders formed their own association.

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Barbora Krejčíková knocks out Elina Sitolina at Rolland Garros

Government plans to set up special commissioner for Romany affairs

Leading insurer says majority of centres providing two PCR tests a month for free

Liechtenstein Palace reopens to public

Lower house approves bill to compensate forced sterilization of Romany women

Czech Foreign Ministry denounces repressive practices against opponents of Lukashenko regime

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Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s minority government has survived yet another no-confidence motion. After some 12 hours of debate – which often degenerated into personal attacks – the opposition failed to muster the 101 votes needed to topple th...

A rare exhibit was added to the Pantheon inside the Old Building of the National Museum in Prague this week - a 45,000-year-old woman’s skull. Visitors are now able to view both the original and the reconstructed face of the woman it belonged to. ...

Belarussian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya to meet with Czech top officials

Average monthly wage up by 3.2 year-on-year

MPs frown on Senate committee’s proposal to strip president of his powers

First day in nine months with no Covid-related death reported

It may not have the international renown of its South Bohemian neighbour Český Krumlov, but the city of Tábor is well known across the Czech Republic as the headquarters of legendary Hussite commander Jan Žižka. The city’s Hussite Museum give...

Over 77,000 people aged 16 to 29 register for Covid vaccination within first hours

Brno Airport resuming flights to London as travel restrictions relax

Czech minority government wins confidence vote

Ice Hockey: Czechs lose to Finland in World Championship quarter-finals

Petr Fousek chosen over Karel Poborský to head Czech Football Association

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Covid vaccination registry opening for people aged 16 to 29

People in the Czech Republic with full-time jobs work an average of 41.3 hours per week, according to new data published by the Statistics Office of the European Union, Eurostat. That is over half an hour more than the EU average, which stands at 40...

National Museum exhibits 45,000-year-old skull, oldest-known genome of modern human

The number of foreigners studying and working in the Czech Republic has been steadily increasing in recent years. While in the past, foreign professionals were mainly attracted to the Czech capital, nowadays, many of them prefer to settle in Brno, t...

Interior Ministry proposes new foreign residency, long-stay system

After years of heated debates, Czech women may finally be able to make their own decision about the form of their surname. On Tuesday the Chamber of Deputies approved an amendment to the law on birth registers, names and surnames, allowing them to d...

KVIFF’s annual Pragueshorts Film Festival underway

The Security and Defense Committee of the Czech Senate has declared President Miloš Zeman unfit for office and has proposed that he be stripped of the post. It claims that the Czech head of state is often disoriented, incapable of distinguishing be...

Ice Hockey: Czechs face defending world champion Finland on Thursday

Czech police to assist Slovenia with border security

Forbes: Finance Minister Schillerová still “most influential” woman in Czechia

Senate Security Committee: Zeman is incapable of being president

Government faces no confidence vote in Chamber of Deputies

Car Importers Association calls on government to support eco-friendly car sales

First Primark store to open in Prague on June 17

Lower-house approves legislation that would increase availability of medical marihuana

The Grand Pardubice steeplechase, widely regarded as Europe’s toughest cross-country horserace, was first held in 1874. Over the past century, more than two dozen horses have died on the “Taxis Ditch”, a treacherous obstacle that riders are fo...

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Study: 40 percent of Czech children suffer from lack of sleep

Court: Closing schools and kindergartens in April was illegal

An agreement reached between the US and Czech science foundations will allow scientists from the two countries to coordinate research and receive funding together. The deal has been years in the making and will give the Czech scientific community ac...

With the reopening of hotels, restaurants, and wellness facilities, the Czech Republic this week also opened the door to tourists from 13 states. The sole condition is that they have received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine.

Czech Republic sends CZK 180 billion national revival plan to Brussels

Tuesday saw lowest rate in new coronavirus cases since September

Lower-house approves use of fingerprints on identity cards, public insurance for foreigners

Vaccine certificates from abroad not always recognized

Thousands rally against justice minister

 A notebook that belonged to the Czech-born musician and teacher Antonín Rejcha, who spent most of his life in Paris, was recently discovered lying by some trashcans in the French capital. The notebook and other documents, which are more than 200 ...

After concluding an investigation into the case publicly known as the Stork’s Nest affair, Czech police have proposed indicting Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and his former advisor Jana Mayerová. The decision whether to press charges will be decid...

Czech GDP down by 0.3% quarter-on-quarter

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