Czechs agree to establish Belarusian opposition representation in Prague

Tennis: Petra Kvitová knocked out of Wimbledon by Sloane Stephens

Czechs hand Russian Ambassador note demanding Vrbětice explosion compensation

Czech gov’t rejects Euro Parliament resolution on PM Babiš’s conflict of interest

Agricultural Ministry: tornado caused 1.5 bn in damage to southern Moravian farms

Road construction projects in the Czech Republic are facing problems as builders complain that essential materials are increasingly hard to source, Czech Television reported. What’s more, prices are on the rise.

The weekend saw the latest instalment of the Czech Army’s Bahna (Mud) in Brdy military show at its former training ground. It showed off the army’s latest gear as well as recreating operations from the first and second world wars. Pictured are 7...

Czech President Miloš Zeman has made headlines again with another of his controversial comments, this time aimed at the transgender community, women’s rights activists and the #MeToo movement. Critics say his words could impact the mental health ...

Climate activists demonstrate outside Czech National Bank

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Poll: 61 pct of Czechs trust media, only 26 pct believe pandemic-related info

Police accuse suspect, legal entity over Bečva River cyanide poisoning

Summer Shakespeare Festival opens in Prague on Monday

Remember when a doll of the Czech cartoon character Krtek, or Little Mole, left the Earth’s atmosphere on a Space Shuttle mission? The person to thank for that is Indira Feustel, wife of US astronaut Drew Feustel. Indira, who describes herself as ...

PM Babiš: Covid vaccination interval reduced as of July

The Czech Republic have caused the biggest upset so far at the European Football Championship, after knocking the Netherlands out on Sunday evening. Their impressive 2:0 victory in Budapest sets up a game against Denmark for a place in the semi-fina...

Czechs beat Netherlands 2-0 to reach Euro 2020 quarterfinals

Tornado claims sixth victim

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President Zeman slams transgender people, women’s rights activists and Me Too

Climatologist: changes happening faster than anticipated

Coronavirus epidemic slowing, fears of Indian mutation

Czech foreign minister: resetting relations with Russia task for next government

Tornado damage estimates rising by the day

Clean-up work in tornado-hit area continues

The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, commonly known as the Comecon, was headed by the USSR and was meant to deliver prosperity to the whole Eastern Bloc. At its final session on June 28, 1991 an agreement was reached to dissolve it in 90 days...

Sinfonietta, an orchestral composition by Leoš Janáček, written at a time of strong nationalism and an atmosphere of anticipation of the Seventh Sokol Slet is perceived as an ode to Czechoslovakia.

President Zeman thanks nation for coming together in wake of natural disaster

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Hundreds demonstrate against police over man’s death in Teplice

Confidence in president, government and parliament down

Justice minister proposing Igor Stříž as new chief prosecutor

Day of Ground Forces celebrated online

Further easing of coronavirus measures

Plight of tornado ravaged villages sparks wave of solidarity

Czech PM asks for help from EU Solidarity Fund

Czechs pay their last respects to actress Libuše Šafránková

Financial as well as material aid is pouring into South Moravian villages hit by the devastating tornado on Thursday. While the government has allocated emergency funds to cover immediate needs, people have already donated dozens of millions of crow...

A tornado, thunderstorms and hailstones as big as tennis balls hit part of southern Moravia on Thursday, claiming at least five lives, seriously injuring scores of people, and razing buildings. Some 550 firefighters, 250 police officers and an army ...

A strong smell of wood permeates the workshop of Zdeněk Fryml and Michal Martinek in the small town of Dobré in northeastern Bohemia. The exhibited historical wooden skis, sleds and other items take visitors back to the turn of the twentieth centu...

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Problems on D1 and D2 motorways due to clean up work

Mass collapse of students in Sokolov

Tornado which ripped through South Moravia rated F3 on Fujita scale

Government allocating emergency funds for tornado damaged municipalities

Money flowing into Moravia disaster charity collection

Rescue workers carrying out searches after South Moravia tornado disaster

Tornado causes massive destruction in South Moravia

Police chiefs: Officers used appropriate force in Teplice case

Tomáš Lom, a Czech veteran of World War II who served in Britain’s Royal Air Force, died on Wednesday, just weeks ahead of his 97th birthday. As one of this country’s last RAF airmen, his passing was marked by the government with a moment of...

 The Cassandra Cat or Až přijde kocour, a 1963 film by Vojtěch Jasný, will return to Cannes nearly 60 years after its premiere. The legendary modern fairy tale, which won the Special Jury Prize at the French festival, will be screened in a new ...

Babiš: Relations with Russia frozen but communication necessary

2021 Prague Pride set for early August

Union: Škoda to halt production over lack of chips

Prague officials call for adherence to Covid measures as numbers rise again

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Czechs to face Netherlands for place in Euros quarter-finals

With a steady decline in coronavirus cases in the past few months, the government has speeded up the easing of measures, with life almost back to normal in the Czech Republic. However, with the looming threat of the Indian mutation in Europe and ind...

Human Rights officials seek priority probe into Romani man’s death after police action

Overnight thunderstorms cut power, blocked railway traffic, flood risk subsides

Czech WWII veteran Tomáš Lom dies at age 96

Czech central bank raises key interest rates

Senate likely to reject requiring foreigners to be insured by VZP

Prague’s most prestigious concert hall, the Rudolfinum, celebrates an important anniversary on Wednesday. One hundred and forty-five years ago, on June 23, 1876, the foundation stone of the building, which has become one of the country’s most im...

Czech and German drug control, customs officers bust int’l ecstasy ring

The death of a Romany man in Teplice on Saturday has been making international headlines, after video emerged of officers restraining him shortly before he reportedly died in an ambulance. The police say, however, that a preliminary autopsy has foun...

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When it comes to Czech cars, most people undoubtedly think of Škoda. However, Czechoslovakia’s car production has long been associated with another automobile brand – Tatra. The company’s futuristic-looking aerodynamic passenger cars first ap...

Developer: typical new Prague flat costs nearly 15 years’ average salary

UNESCO calls for rethink of Jiřičná apartments towers plan for Prague

Czechs lose to England in final Euros group game

Havlíčkův Brod named Historic City of the Year for 2020

OECD concerned politics behind resignation of Czech supreme state attorney

Committee recommends lifting immunity of MP Volný

Czech diplomats, attachés and other state officials charged with promoting the country’s economic and business interests are meeting in Prague this week for an annual conference. This year’s event, which wraps up on Friday, focuses on recoverin...

Prague protest planned over controversial Teplice death

Nearly 80 percent of Czechs plan to spend their holidays in the Czech Republic this year, suggests a survey conducted by the state agency CzechTourism.

Duka taking further legal action over controversial plays

Around 2,000 foreigners living in the Czech Republic today are here after receiving asylum status or time-limited subsidiary protection. Life for the latter is not easy – the changing situation in their home country could see them sent back home, ...

Other results mean Czechs into knockout stage at Euros

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Babiš: Covid mistakes of summer 2020 must not be repeated

Czech Republic will recognize EMA approved vaccines administered abroad

Government to further relax Covid measures from June 26

Three bidders included in security assessment process for Dukovany tender

Exactly 400 years ago, Habsburg Catholic authorities put three nobles, seven knights, and 17 burghers to death on Prague’s Old Town Square. Their executions – victor’s justice – came many months after the defeat of the reformist Bohemians in...

Close to fifty skiers joined the 21st traditional fun summer cross-country ski  event in Jablonec nad Nisou at the weekend. Despite the scorching heat, with temperatures reaching 36 degrees Celsius, they dressed up in winter clothes, donned cross c...

After a sluggish start, the Czech Republic’s Covid vaccination programme is currently moving on apace. Now in a bid to reach even more people the government is set to launch “walk-in” vaccinations in under a month’s time, while the over 12s ...

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Foreign debt reaches 4.3 trillion at the end of 1Q

Brewer Plzeňský Prazdroj posts fall in profit

Municipalities affected by the 2014 Vrbětice blasts to get compensation

Vaccine for youngsters aged 12 to 15 as of July 1

PM: Czech Republic must come across like strong team on international stage

Four soldiers charged over death of Afghan who shot Czech dead

Vaccinations without registration to begin in mid-July

Memorial held to victims of Ležáky atrocity

Over 2.5 million in CR now fully vaccinated against Covid

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Czechs marrying at later age

Award for Pavlátová’s My Sunny Maad at Annecy

Eighty percent of Czech firms want end to work from home

Jan P. Muchow, whose Ecstasy of St. Theresa rank as perhaps THE Czech independent group, turns 50 on June 21. In recent years Muchow has focused mainly on producing and writing music, including for a number of notable films.  

45 years ago, Antonín Panenka made football history, scoring the decisive goal for Czechoslovakia in a penalty shoot-out after the final of the European Cup of Nations against West Germany in Belgrade ended in a draw.

Kulhánek outlines plans for Czech presidency of EU in 2022

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Third person dies after toxic chemicals leak

Under 100 now hospitalised with Covid in Czech Republic

Under 22,000 of 2.47 million with first dose of Covid vaccine infected

Zeman calls on Klaus, 80, to return to politics

Prague tram introduced in 1990s takes last journey

Czechs draw 1:1 with Croatia at Euros

EU puts Czech Republic on list of low risk states

Brexit meant the loss of a natural ally for the Czech Republic within the European Union, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said at Thursday’s Multiple Challenges for Transatlantic Partnerships conference in Prague’s Congress Centre. Mr Babiš argued...

Prague councillors have approved the construction of a new bridge across the Vltava River connecting the districts of Prague 4 and 5. The city will now launch a tender for its construction amounting to CZK 972 million.

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Some care-home employees refusing inoculation

No new cases of Covid -19 in some districts

Mobile phone ap for storing Covid certoificates to be available by end of June

Russia issues ban on import of feed and feed additives from Czech Republic