Health Ministry preparing large scale study to estimate herd immunity levels in Czech population

Number of detected COVID-19 cases rising for third day in a row

Saint Ludmila, the first historically documented Duchess of Bohemia, was martyred 1100 years ago this September – strangled by assassins sent by her own daughter in law. Best known today as the grandmother and educator of the Czech patron saint �...

A unique medieval manuscript, known as the ‘Lipnice Bible’, has gone on display at the National Library in Prague. The precious Latin codex was loaned by the Museum of the Bible in Washington on the occasion of its 600th anniversary. It will be ...

Finance Ministry sends new budget proposal to government, cutting projected deficit slightly

Czechia free of bird flu, according to World Organisation for Animal Health

Czech children returned to schools on Wednesday for the start of an academic year that, like the previous one, will be marked by Covid-19. But the government does not envisage blanket school closures happening again.

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Prague to host Chris Hemsworth and Netflix’s film crew shooting second season of Extraction

Wednesday sees easing of coronavirus measures in restaurants, sports and culture sector

Czech PM attends Bled Strategic Forum in Slovenia

Adam Peška wins gold in Tokyo Paralympics

Study: 17 percent of Czech tree species endangered

Covid testing starts as Czech children return to school

Czech international footballer Král joins fellow Czechs at West Ham

Vít Rakušan re-elected leader of Mayors and Independents

Covid cases recorded on Monday up on same day last week

Radio Prague International celebrates 85th anniversary

Although the origins of foreign language broadcasting on Czech Radio stretch as far back as 1926 – in the form of English and French lectures about Czechoslovakia – the birth of the foreign language service is traditionally dated to August 31, 1...

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Fraud case relating to PM Babiš returned to police for further investigation

Majority of Afghans evacuated from Kabul wish to remain in Czech Republic

Czech diplomatic mission in Kabul closed

With the number of Covid cases expected to rise in the autumn, the Czech Ministry of Health has recommended inoculating seniors and other high-risk groups of the population with a third dose of a Covid vaccine. Registration for the booster shots cou...

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Office for the Supervision of Political Parties says President Zeman violated the election law

With the fallout of the NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Belarusian regime helping  migrants illegally cross the border into EU member states, security questions are currently at the forefront of foreign  affairs in the European Union. To ...

President signs into law bill on higher pensions

Registration for third Covid vaccine to begin September 20

EC warns Czech Republic to address conflict of interest issue or lose money

Salaries in the Czech Republic probably increased by between 7.5 percent and 13 percent in the second quarter of this year, according to economists interviewed by the Czech News Agency. In a piece on Monday, the wire service said that once inflation...

The 55TH edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ended with the traditional gala closing ceremony on Saturday evening. Hollywood stars Johnny Depp and Ethan Hawke were among the special guests, while a drama exploring the situation o...

Dožínky is the traditional name for harvest festival used in many Slovanic cultures. Centuries old customs include tying the last sheaf of corn and creating floral wreathes. The picture shows a procession in Vesec, a district of Liberec.

Covid-19: reproduction number increases to 1.06

NATO military exercise Ample Strike gets underway in Czechia

Jan Kopecký wins Barum Czech Rally Zlín for ninth time

Household expenditures dropped by 2.2 percent in 2020

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Health Minister: third Covid vaccination could begin in mid-September

Tokyo Paralympics: Czech Aleš Kisý wins bronze in men’s shot put

Covid-19: reproduction number remains above 1

“As Far as I Can Walk” takes top prize at Karlovy Vary

The cycle of symphonic poems My Country by Bedřich Smetana is one of the best-known pieces of Czech classical music. Harp soloist Jana Boušková selected three movements from the cycle for her latest CD.

Jiří Srnec, a theatre director, stage designer and composer, who was born on August 29, 1931, is enjoying success all over the world with his unique Black Theatre.

Aid to Afghanistan: nearly 4 million crowns collected in Czechia

Elections: Czechs living abroad have until midnight Sunday to register

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President Zeman, advisors discuss budget with PM Babiš, but not BIS wiretapping claim

Covid-19: Reproduction number above 1 for third day

Film: Karlovy Vary fest wraps on Saturday night

Football: Sparta Prague faces Olympique, Glasgow, Brondby

“Poděbrady is for the heart”: that is the motto of Central Bohemia’s main spa resort, which for nearly a century has specialized in cardiology. Besides top-class balneology, the charming town on the banks of the Elbe River boasts a beautiful ...

Covid-19: Czechs to include Germany on high-risk map

Covid-19: Government to discuss possibility for third vaccine dose

An ancient book recently found in a Berlin library sheds new light on the history of the Krkonoše or Giant Mountains. Most of the earliest written records of human activity in the area date back to the mid-16th century. But the newly discovered boo...

Tennis: Vondroušová, Martincová and Siniaková eliminated in US quarter-finals

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Archaeologists discover two prehistoric settlements in Hradec Králové region

Prague Court rejects alleged Russian fraudster's asylum suit

Czech PM, German President discuss bilateral relations, Covid, Afghanistan

Several hundred primary schools across the country will introduce a new approach to teaching 20th century history starting in September. As part of a Ministry of Education-backed pilot project, teachers should begin implementing research-based learn...

Covid-19: Czech Republic fourth least-affected EU state

US actor Johnny Depp arrives in Karlovy Vary

Frank-Walter Steinmeier: Czech-German relations could not be better

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is currently on a three-day visit to the Czech Republic. The German head of state is meeting with leading Czech officials, including President Miloš Zeman and Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. In an historic fir...

Czechs have been forking out more money for nearly everything – and flowers are no exception. The price of garden plants and conifers has made gardening an expensive hobby and even a bouquet of flowers costs significantly more than it did before t...

Study: Czechia offers below average conditions for working women

Every year scores of cheetah cubs are trafficked out of Somaliland to Persian Gulf states to be sold to wealthy buyers as pets. Poverty and criminal networks active in the breakaway African state have made the region a hub for trafficking of the exo...

Czech counterintelligence chief denies president’s wiretapping claims

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Covid-19 cases rising again

German president honours Czechoslovak paratroopers from Operation Anthropoid

Babiš: Czech Republic will not be negotiating with Taliban

Senate votes to make June 26 officially the “Day of departure of occupying forces”

E15: KLM asks Czech online travel agency Kiwi.com to stop selling its tickets

Goalkeeper Barbora Votíková signs contract with Paris St. Germain

Czech Army Kabul Embassy team to receive medals

German President: “Czech-German partnership based on strong foundations”

The Czech glassworks Květná has won a prestigious contract for furnishing Rolls-Royce car interiors. The company, based in the Uherské Hradiště region, will provide the cars with a set consisting of a bottle, a bourbon glass and a champagne gl...

A new brain bank, the first of its kind in Central Europe, recently started operating in Prague. The facility contains parts of brain tissue from patients who died of Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease, that have been donated for research. The sampl...

Czech School Inspection detects gaps in education among tens of thousands of students

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Czech runner dies while taking part in Mont Balnc ultramarathon

Study: 35 percent of women have experienced sexual harassment in public transport

ČEZ will make decision about whether to mine lithium by 2023, says company director

Every year, at the close of the summer Czech ambassadors posted around the world are invited to Prague for consultations on foreign policy and economic diplomacy. The week of intensive negotiations is closely followed by the media since it is a reli...

Tuesday saw fall in coronavirus cases, reproduction number indicates epidemic in retreat

Health Ministry seeks extra CZK 1bn for mental health centres, salaries, Covid-19 vaccines

Czech ice hockey hall of famer Jan Suchý dies, age 76

Finance Ministry revises upwards 2021, 2022 growth forecasts

The crucian carp (karas obecný) was once among the most common fish found in Czech waters. Now, however, biologists have registered its rapid disappearance from the country’s ponds and lakes. To save the fish, a new project has been set up with t...

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Prague International Marathon, pushed back to October, now cancelled

Czech team of only 28 athletes competing in Tokyo Paralympics

Covid-19: Firefighters begin distributing millions of antigen tests to schools

SČVR: Outdoor advertisers seek to repeal new Prague restrictions on tarpaulins

Czech diplomat Jana Hybášková overturned car in accident, crashed into parked cars

Czech archaeologists have made a unique discovery near the mythical mount of Říp in Central Bohemia. They have unearthed a Stone Age mound, which ranks among the oldest of its kind in Europe. They also found an exceptionally well-preserved burial ...

Škoda Auto to stop producing Fabia Combi due to emission limits

Prague metro: Jiřího z Poděbrad station reconstruction starts in September

Office of samizdat writer Ludvík Vaculík gifted to National Literary depository

Media: Prague court decision on Airbnb income to impact thousands of owners

The Czech Republic successfully completed three evacuation flights from Taliban-occupied Kabul last week. On board at least one of the planes were also Afghan holders of long-term residency in the Czechia. However, not all of them have been so lucky...

German President: “Czech-German partnership based on strong foundations”

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