Zeman to make public further objections to counterintelligence chief

Second Czech evacuation plane from Kabul arrives in Prague

Second Czech plane takes off from Kabul airport

July saw year-on-year industrial producer prices grow by 7.8 percent, the biggest rise since November 2004, the Czech Statistics Agency announced on Monday. High price growth was also registered among agricultural producers and in construction work ...

A second Czech aircraft, intended for transporting evacuees from Kabul to Prague, landed in the Afghan capital on Tuesday. Like other NATO states, the Czech Republic is struggling to evacuate its Afghan co-workers from the possible wrath of Taliban ...

Over 60,000 households in crisis situation

On a visit to Cyprus you may come across a craft mini-brewery serving “Pivo” the Czech word for beer. Although it is not a brand you would find in the Czech Republic, the beer is made from Czech ingredients and the three young men producing it l...

Labour minister breaks own government’s Covid rule

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Table tennis association seeks compensation over Tokyo Covid infection

Monday Covid cases up one-quarter on same day week

New school year to start with mass Covid testing

Kidnapped Afghan interpreter released, as evacuation effort continues

Ceremony at Winged Lion memorial honours Czechoslovak RAF pilots

Following the rapid advance of Taliban forces, the Czech Republic has begun evacuating its personnel from Afghanistan. The first Czech aircraft, carrying diplomats and embassy staff arrived in Prague on Monday morning. In total, it is expected that ...

Pecka Castle, whose foundations date to the 13th century, is known as the “Pearl of the Krkonoše Mountains”, thanks to its Gothic ruins, later Renaissance splendour, and stunning surroundings. Its founder was likely the Bohemian king Přemysl O...

The health needs of Czechs are met by a large array of hospitals, private clinics, and doctor’s offices. Hospitals are set up either by the Ministry of Health in the case of university hospitals, or by regions, municipalities, or private owners. ...

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Slight drop in Covid cases, but reproduction number still at 1.03

Academics launch project to help save Crucian carp

Government fine-tuning Covid precautions for new school year

Czech firefighters returning from Greece as situation improves

The number of secondhand cars available on the Czech market has fallen considerably as a shortage of computer chips means fewer new automobiles are now being produced, iHned.cz reported on Monday.

Items made from plastic bricks are on show at the Šluknov Chateau in the far north of the Czech Republic for the entire summer under the title Kostičkofest.

Plíšková loses to unseeded Giorgi in Montreal final

Czech plane carrying diplomats and staff from Kabul arrives in Prague

Shortage of children’s doctors on horizon as average age rises

Czech Army to carry out Kabul evacuation “in coming days”

Czech sculptor, painter, teacher, and lifelong fighter for better public space celebrates his 80th birthday on August 18. His work can be found in many public places in Prague and beyond.

New Covid cases down on previous week for first time in eight days

Koudelka becomes acting counterintelligence chief as term ends

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Czech PM: “Nonsense” of withdrawing from Afghanistan now borne out

Czech Republic to evacuate local embassy staff and families from Kabul

One of the best bands to emerge from the Czech hip-hop scene since the start of the 21st century is undoubtedly Prago Union. The group, which is made up of MC Kato (Adam Svatoš) and DJ Maro, has released seven albums since it began performing in th...

Czech Republic withdraws diplomats from Kabul

New Covid cases up for eighth day in row

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Pastrňák wins Golden Hockey Stick for player of season for fifth time in row

Festival of Czech film opens in Israel

PM Babiš’s son to be questioned by police over alleged abduction

One-fifth aged 12 to 15 now vaccinated against Covid in CR

Bořek Lizec has been serving as the Czech ambassador to Canada since 2019. This summer he returned to Prague for the first time since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Radio Prague International caught up with him to discuss Czechs in Canada a...

Interior Minister: Czechia to continue deportations to Afghanistan

Czech anti-corruption police accuse three people of EU subsidy fraud

Czech companies in need of IT specialists are increasingly seeking to recruit from states in the former Eastern Bloc, the news website iDnes.cz reported. Such countries were previously known chiefly as a source of labourers and cleaners.

Rare jewels, unexplained burial sites and divine thrones are among the objects uncovered during a four-year-long dig near the Moravian city of Přerov. Archaeologists found new settlements from a wide range of pre-historic periods, including the Neo...

ČEZ: Three bidders to expand Dukovany nuclear power plant agree to security check

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Renowned Czech sculptor Stanislav Hanzík dies aged 90

Canadian Open: Plíšková advances to quarterfinals, Kvitová eliminated

Constitutional Court: autistic minor raped at Prague psychiatric hospital entitled to greater compensation

The Ústí nad Labem Region in northwest Czechia is best known for coalmining and heavy industry. It is also home to Teplice, the second-largest Czech spa town after Karlovy Vary. Teplice’s storied spas specialize in the treatment of muscles, join...

It has been a week to forget for Czech football clubs in Europe. Domestic champions Slavia Prague and Sparta Prague were both knocked out in qualifying for the lucrative Champions League, while Jablonec failed to make the Europe League group stage a...

Justice Ministry: Average length of Czech civil, criminal proceedings increased in 2020

Rock for People music festival kicks off on Friday

Czech Defence Ministry selects Afghan translators who will receive support

Coronavirus epidemic in Czechia continues rising trend

Czech online food retailer Rohlik Group enters German market

More than a hundred vintage cars embarked from the centre of Prague on early Thursday morning on a three-day journey to the Slovak capital Bratislava and back. The “Thousand Miles of Czechoslovakia” tour, which dates back to 1933, is organised b...

Aktuálně.cz: Czechs increasingly interested in buying property abroad

For the first time in history, the Czech Republic is among the host countries of the World Mountain Running Association’s “World Cup” race. This weekend, endurance athletes from across the globe will attempt to run half-marathons in the Krkono...

Czech National Football Team reaches highest FIFA ranking since 2016

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Truck carrying Syrian migrants crashes in Prague after police chase

Czech economy will grow by 3.4 percent this year, according to Czech Banking Association forecast

Tatra Trucks sends support team to fire-ravaged Greece

Czech Republic may appeal EC’s refusal to pay out subsidies to Agrofert group founded by PM Babiš

Covid-19: rise in new infections continues

Letní Letná new circus festival gets underway in Prague

Aktualne: PM Babiš files request to halt his criminal prosecution

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Covid-19: situation in Czech hospitals remains favourable

Czech companies continue to face skilled labour shortage

As of this week, Czech paediatricians can begin ordering anti-coronavirus vaccines for their patients over the age of 12, directly in their surgeries. But many doctors are hesitating to place even the minimum order of 50 vaccines, due to a lack of d...

Average grain harvest expected this year

Number of new Covid-19 cases continues to grow

Monika Vintrlíková is the Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic in Atlanta, where her family moved a decade ago to open a subsidiary of their manufacturing business. Part of that honorary position entails working to develop trade, economic and cul...

The hugely successful Czech multination cyber security firm Avast is being taken over by a US rival, the software company NortonLifeLock, in a deal worth over USD 8 billion, The Financial Times has reported.

The 55th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival gets underway in just over a week, with veteran star Michael Caine set to receive a lifetime achievement award at the gala opening. The region’s biggest cinema extravaganza will also...

US company taking over Czech antivirus firm Avast in massive deal

Slavia and Sparta beaten in Champions League qualifying

The Northern Bohemian brown coal mines belonging to the majority state-owned Czech energy conglomerate ČEZ will stop mining activity by 2038 at the latest, ČEZ Group Chief Financial Officer Martin Novák said on Tuesday. The original deadline coun...

Pražský výběr show to mark 30th anniversary of Soviet pullout

The global climate is being changed in unprecedented and often irreversible ways by human activity, according to a major new United Nations report. But how are the changes affecting the Czech Republic and what lies ahead? According to leading Czech ...

Barrier-free tourist trails, construction of lookout towers and online campaigns – these are just some of the projects that will receive state subsidies for promoting tourism, which should increase significantly this year. The Ministry of Regional...

Police may interview Hamáček over unrealised Moscow trip

168 new Covid cases registered Monday

CEZ sets earlier date for end to brown coal mining

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Johnny Depp and Michael Caine set for 55th Karlovy Vary

Football: Sparta Prague identifies, bans fans for racist abuse

Czech Sports Union: Olympians grounded by Covid-19 deserve compensation, apology

Czechoslovak scientist, Holocaust survivor Tomáš Radil dies at age 90

Czech jewellery manufacturers have been hard hit by the Covid-19 crisis. In fact, the effect of the pandemic has been more difficult for the industry than was the global financial crisis 12 years ago, says Pavel Kopáček, head of the Union of Glass...

Prague tourist numbers nearly doubled in second quarter as Covid-19 restrictions eased

With 11 medals in total, four of them gold and four silver, the Czech Olympic Team has achieved the best result in the history of the independent Czech Republic. The country finished in the 18th spot in the international medals ranking at the Tokyo ...

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Czech firefighters, vehicles arrive in Greece for 10-day mission

MPs have passed a landmark proposal that would make it illegal to place children below the age of three into institutional care. In practice, this means that infant care centres (kojenecké ústavy), would cease to exist. At the same time, MPs have ...

Last week saw the Königsmühle Land Art festival celebrate its tenth birthday. The three-day annual gathering, which takes place around the decrepit village of Králův Mlýn (Königsmühle) in the Ore Mountains of West Bohemia, centers around musi...

Czech Foreign Ministry call on Belarus to release political prisoners, end repression

Czechia has several highways, some of which are unfortunately not always in very good shape. The D1 highway, which connects the biggest cities of Prague, Brno, and Ostrava, is a perfect example. The oldest segment of the highway between Prague and B...

Czech unemployment rate remained at 3.7 percent in July

Open House Prague festival draws 53,000 visitors

Police begin intensified crackdown on speeding

PM Babiš: future counterintelligence chief should be appointed by new government

Forbes: Tomáš Satoranský Czechia’s best paid athlete

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Tokyo Olympics: Czechia finishes 18th in international medals ranking

Czech foreign minister welcomes Baghdad's decision to suspend flights to Minsk

The National Theatre in Prague, built almost entirely using money raised through public collections, was a world rarity. For some thirty years, people gathered funds "coin by coin". The fire that destroyed much of it in 1881 was therefore all the mo...

Silver medal-winner Vadlejch to be flag-bearer a closing ceremony

Study: growing number of Czechs buy property abroad

Covid-19: reproduction number increases to 1.02

Some 50 Jewish monuments in Czechia open to public on Sunday

This Saturday marked exactly 100 years since the birth of Karel Husa, a famous Czech-born, US-based composer and conductor, who is perhaps better known in the world than in his native country. Husa received the Pulitzer Prize for Music and the Grawe...

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International trains on line between Prague and Munich to resume on Monday

Covid-19: Czechia third most affected in region