President Steinmeier to visit Czech Republic

Preventive coronavirus tests to remain free for everyone until further notice

The parliamentary committee that oversees the BIS counterintelligence service is due to meet on Thursday to address an astounding claim: President Miloš Zeman says the secret service’s director “wiretapped” people close to him without cause a...

The average price of hotel stays in Prague has been falling for the second year due to the lack of foreign tourists, caused by the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the Czech News Agency reported, citing Czech booking agencies.

Price of rents growing

Highway D6, which will link Prague with the Karlovy Vary region, has been under construction for nearly 40 years. Another stretch, a 5-kilometre bypass of the town of Lubenec, has just been completed. Shortly ahead of the opening, set for late Augus...

A long-anticipated documentary on the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia by Czech director Jan Šikl premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film festival on Saturday, on the occasion of the 53rd anniversary of the event. Called ‘Reconstru...

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Covid: Reproduction number drops below 1.0

Lower house committee to debate president’s claim that intelligence spied on people close to him

PM: we must deepen economic ties, but continue to defend human rights

Bishop Peter Esterka who served Czech expats in the U.S., Canada and Australia died in California on August 10, 2021, local media reported. Retired Bishop Peter Esterka was 85. A funeral mass was celebrated at Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, CA on...

Unlike in other, especially Western-European countries, most Czechs still prefer to own their home instead of renting. The situation is a bit different in Prague, where house and flat prices are generally very high. To qualify for a mortgage, an ap...

Health minister: third Covid vaccine for high risk groups

Trade minister: Dukovany tender likely before end of 2021

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President Zeman: NATO needs to undergo fundamental reform

Accommodation prices in the regions soaring

President Zeman says counterintelligence wiretapped people close to him

Covid numbers still low, but authorities urging caution

Czech Association of Travel Agencies wants Bulgaria taken off “red” list

More countries to turn red on Czech travel map as of Monday

A large exhibition of Czech industrial products was organised on the occasion of the coronation of Leopold II as King of Bohemia.

This week’s Sunday Music Show features the legendary underground rock band Pražský výběr, who this week held a special concert (together with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra) to mark 30 years since the departure of Soviet troops Czech so...

Czechs are marking the 53rd anniversary of the Sovie-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. Commemorative ceremonies are being held around the country at significant sites linked to the invasion of Warsaw Pact troops which were sent in by Moscow to...

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Czechs mark 53rd anniversary of 1968 Soviet-led invasion

Ten Czechs injured in bus crash in Germany

Government to order establishment of national coordination centre for cybersecurity

Czech government expected to up budget for EU presidency

Czech ambassador to Afghanistan and staff to have “evacuated employee” status

Karlovy Vary Film Festival honours British actor Michael Caine

This Saturday, Czechs and Slovaks will commemorate the anniversary of the Soviet-led invasion of August 1968, sent to crush the Prague Spring – the raft of reforms that Communist Party secretary Alexander Dubček had famously hoped would lead to �...

The Czech Republic ranked as the best country in Europe and fifth overall globally in this year’s annual Global Manufacturing Risk Index compiled by global commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield.

Passing through rigourous coronavirus safety measures, more than two-dozen Czech atheletes have set out for Tokyo to compete in the Tokyo Paralympic Games, which will kick-off with an opening ceremony on Monday. Among the paralympic team are medal h...

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CVVM: Czechs most concerned about Covid and public finances

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to open with biopic about Emil Zátopek

Covid statistics: Czech Republic fifth least affected EU state

Czech Republic suspends payment of 40 million crowns for development aid to Afghanistan

At the foot of the Jizera Mountains, Libverda is the go-to spa town of the Liberec Region. The small resort specializes in carbon baths that promise to help guests with movement disorders and heart problems. Curiously, the main symbol of Libverda is...

Covid-19: Antigen tests to remain free for under 18s, adults who cannot get vaccinated

Czech ambassadors returning from foreign posts for annual meeting

Study: Czechia still has best production conditions in Europe

PM Babiš: Czech evacuation mission in Afghanistan has ended

The hectic evacuation effort aimed at getting Czechs and their Afghan co-workers out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan is over, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš announced at a press briefing in Prague on Thursday. The head of government said the operati...

Based on the number of positive PCR and antigen test results, around 17 percent of the Czech population has so far been infected with COVID-19. However, according to the results of the first phase of a study conducted by the RECETOX research centre ...

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KVIFF ticket sales brisk ahead of festival’s opening on Friday

Food inspectors: every other Czech ice cream cone sold fails to meet hygienic standards

Bodies of two missing Czech climbers found in Swiss Alps

Former MP Jaroslav Škárka sentenced for hate speech about premature babies with disabilities

Anti-corruption police: Health Ministry purchases of anti-pandemic equipment not ‘overpriced’

Wednesday sees number of new COVID-19 cases fall

Third Czech Army evacuation plane from Afghanistan lands in Prague

Third Czech Army aircraft leaves Kabul carrying Afghan interpreters

Defence Minister: Some Afghan interpreters who were not taken in by Czechia had ties with Taliban

Luděk Němec is not your typical student of history. At the age of 21, he has already authored two books, both about ethnic Sudeten German settlements in the Šumava National Park region, forcibly abandoned during the “wild expulsions” followin...

Plzeň-Bavaria railway route to be upgraded after accident

Czechia’s average mortgage rate at three year high

Up to half of Czech adult population may have been infected with coronavirus, study shows

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Karel Vachek receives posthumous award from Czech Culture Ministry

Czech Republic to send CZK 2.5 million to earthquake stricken Haiti

Tuesday saw highest number of detected coronavirus cases since end of July

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which begins on Friday, prides itself on bringing titles from the former Eastern bloc to international audiences via its flagship East of the West competition. But how is the Covid situation impacting those ...

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...