Filibuster causes debate on pandemic law to go through night

New record 67,000 Covid cases registered in CR Tuesday

A controversial amendment to the Czech Republic’s Pandemic Law, which would broaden the government’s ability to enforce restrictions, is being discussed in the Chamber of Deputies. While the ruling coalition claims it is a necessary step that wo...

Czech government plans to approve 2022 budget next week

Plaga to lead Mendel University after new rector withdraws

Gallows appear in Prague protest against pandemic law

2021 Czech net gain from EU budget reaches CZK 88 billion

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Around 35,000 new Covid cases recorded in CR Monday

2021 Czech death rate highest since war

Rote learning, the backbone of the Czech education system for centuries, may finally be on its way out. The new minister of education, Petr Gazdík, is planning a radical school reform where the emphasis will not be on memorization, but the ability ...

European affairs minister highlights media freedom as possible theme of Czech EU presidency

Lower house to start debating amendment to pandemic law

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Czech Republic’s doubles duo Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková won their fourth Grand Slam title on Sunday after a beating Kazakstan's Anna Danilina and Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia in a three set final battle for the Australian Ope...

More than a hundred university students from Belarus have found refuge in the Czech Republic, after being forced to flee their country following persecution by President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime. They have been supported not only by the unive...

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The Skiman race from Polnička to Radostín in Žďárské vrchy is not only a sporting experience on historic wooden skis, but also a fun event in period costumes. The fastest participants cover the eight-kilometre track in less than an hour.

Government gives people extra fortnight to get booster shot before vaccination certificate expires

Czech billionaire Kretinsky ready to sell stake in Aareal bank

Clean-up work underway following gale-force winds

Interior Ministry wants to curb excesses at demonstrations

New Covid measures in force this week

Over 3 million people in Czechia have tested positive for Covid since pandemic hit

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Finance minister says 2022 budget deficit should not exceed 280 billion crowns

Gale force winds kill one person, leave thousands of households without power

Education minister planning radical reform of Czech education system

Drop in Covid cases indicates Omicron wave may have peaked

Parliament’s Security Committee to look into shredded intelligence report at Prague Castle

The “The White Disease” is one of Karel Čapek’s most important works. It is as pertinent today as it was when it premiered 85 years ago.

Krejčíková-Siniaková win women’s doubles at Australian Open

No list of the best alternative pop music acts of the past year would be complete without the band Midi Lidi. The five-member electronic band simultaneously released two albums in 2021, proving that the coronavirus crisis did not prevent them from p...

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Czech Olympics team settling down in Beijing

Czech institutions at heightened risk of cyber-attacks due to Ukrainian crisis

Meteorologists issue high wind warning for weekend

Omicron wave peaking with record number of new cases and reinfections

Police investigating hoax messages sending MPs into mandatory quarantine

Police investigating whether Office of President shredded intelligence report on Vrbětice blasts

The gold holdings of private households in the Czech Republic are twice as high as the gold reserves of the Czech National Bank, suggests a new survey conducted by gold investor Zlato.cz.

New information has come to light regarding the October 2014 explosion at the Vrbětice munitions depot, which Czech intelligence traced last year to Russia’s military intelligence service GRU. Three confidential sources told Czech Radio and the w...

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Prague City Hall taking measures to support circular economy

Freedom and Direct Democracy Party to obstruct debate on pandemic and postal vote bills

Constitutional Court rejects man’s demand for return of Konev statue to Prague 6

Ruling coalition supports NATO reinforcements on Eastern flank, opposition more cautious

As part of celebrations of the 75th anniversary of its foundation, Prague’s FAMU has just launched a special new video streaming website. The service makes accessible often rarely seen works by graduates of the famous film school, including by som...

Mayors and Independents to run independently in municipal elections

Experts say Omicron wave peaking in Czech Republic

People will be able to register for Novavax vaccine as of February 1

Foreign Minister Lipavsky: Czech Republic supports reinforcements on NATO’s Eastern borders

High rates of inflation and rising energy prices are among the main reasons why Czechs are calling for higher wages. While the government has chosen to freeze salaries for civil servants, companies in the private sector are following demand and incr...

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Covid responsible for 23 percent of deaths in first half of 2021

Krejčíková-Siniaková reach final of doubles competition at Australian Open

Over 50,000 new Covid cases registered on Wednesday

Holocaust Remembrance Day events held around the country

The last US ambassador to Prague shipped out just over a year ago, when Joe Biden was inaugurated president. However, his administration is yet to send a replacement, leading to reports that the Czech government is now pushing for Washington to send...

On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, on January 27, the Czech Academy of Sciences has launched a new mobile application, created together with the Multicultural Centre Prague and the Terezín Initiative Institute. Called MemoG...

One name resounds in the city of Brno more than any other this year –that of the Augustinian monk, mathematician and biologist Johann Gregor Mendel, born 200 years ago. The Moravian metropolis is paying tribute to the father of genetics with numer...

People who had Omicron do not have to take antigen test at work 30 days after positive PCR test

Czechia to send Ukraine 4,000 artillery rounds

Foreign Ministry: No Czech government politicians will travel to Beijing Olympics

Large number of tests leading to slow-down in Covid tracing system

Czech airline Smartwings first to land Boeing 737 in Antarctica

Czech media entrepreneur Michal Voráček buys Slovak TV station TA3

Czech insurance companies have already paid dozens of millions of crowns for the treatment of complicated Covid cases in exotic countries as well as for repatriation flights to the Czech Republic.

Police launch criminal proceedings against individuals accused of stalking doctors and disinfo

International Holocaust Commemoration Day will see associated events in Prague and Terezín

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Statics show number of pig slaughters declining in Czechia

Constitutional Court rejects alternative conversion of votes into parliamentary seats

Eurostat: EU’s renewable energy consumption growing, but Czechia far behind member state average

Despite increasing fears of a Russian attack, the Czech Republic is not for now withdrawing diplomats home from Ukraine. But the Czech foreign minister, Jan Lipavský, says the country continues to back tough sanctions as the most effective means of...

Vice-Chair of Mayors and Independents gives up seat in Chamber of Deputies

This year marks 130 years since the appearance of the first skis in the Giant Mountains. Count Harrach, a local nobleman, had them brought from Austria in 1892 to be used by his foresters. Skiing quickly took off and started to spread all arou...

Krejčíková and Siniaková reach Melbourne semi-finals

New record: 42,000 Covid cases registered in CR Tuesday

Foreign minister: No evacuation of Kiev Czech Embassy yet

A group of Czech senators have publicly expressed their support for the visiting Tibetan filmmaker and former political prisoner Dhondup Wangchen’s appeal to boycott the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Tibetan film director is currently t...

An international group of scientists, including an expert from the Palacký University in Olomouc, have made a unique discovery. While studying amber fossils in Hungary, they found a beetle dating back dozens of millions of years. The results of the...

Ex-energy regulator chief Vitásková to run for president

One-tenth rise in traffic on Czech roads in half decade

Committee backs powers for school principals to respond to Covid

Report: Czech government wants US ambassador after post empty for year

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Krejčíková beaten in Australian Open quarter-finals

Over 35,000 Covid cases, including reinfections, reported Monday

Lipavský takes part in Blinken-EU talks on Russia threat to Ukraine

The oldest member of the Czech Scout movement, Eduard Marek, died on Sunday at the age of 104. Marek was imprisoned by both the Nazi and Communist regimes and was active in the Czechoslovak resistance. In later life he also made a mark by becoming o...

The first Czech photovoltaic electric plant to float on water was installed in Štěchovice in Central Bohemia. The 22kW facility floats atop of a water reservoir that is part of the local hydroelectric plant. Its power output is set to quintuple by...

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There are around half a million foreigners living in the Czech Republic today, and although raw statistics about how many of them speak Czech are hard to find, it is a commonly-held truth among Czechs and expats alike that most foreigners, particula...

The children of foreign nationals who have opted to settle in the Czech Republic, have the benefits of a dual culture, traditions and multiple language skills. However integrating is not always as easy as it may seem and the challenges they face can...

Average age of cars in CR fifth highest in EU

Krejčíková and Siniaková into Melbourne quarter- finals

Confidence in economy rises for first time in six months

Foreign Ministry to discuss Czech embassy in Kiev Tuesday

Explorer, writer and broadcaster Benedict Allen is known for daring travels to such spots as the Amazon, Papua New Guinea and the Gobi desert. The British adventurer has documented his often solo journeys in a series of books as well as TV programme...

Children over 12 can start registering for booster vaccine

Record Sunday increase in Covid cases recorded in Czechia

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Outbreak of bird flu reported in east Bohemia

Oldest Czech scout Eduard Marek dies aged 104

Health Minister: Covid epidemic to culminate next week with up to 80,000 daily cases

Czechia moves to 19th spot in Social Risk Index

Tennis: Krejčíková through to Australian Open quarterfinals

Record weekend increase in Covid cases recorded in Czechia

Tomáš Kačo is a US-based piano virtuoso from the Czech Republic's Roma minority. On the LP My Home the one-time prodigy performs classical, jazz, folk and Romany music.

Madeleine Albright became the first female Secretary of State on January 23, 1997. She now holds both the Order of the White Lion and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. 

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Hundreds bid last farewell to Czech rally driver Karel Loprais

Czechia insists on EUR 50 million compensation over Poland’s Turów mine

Foreign Minister: Czechia ready to back sanctions against Russia

Krejčíková only Czech singles player to remain in Australian Open

American Hockey League suspends Czech hockey player over racism

Czechia’s Covid-19 seven-day incidence hits record high

This week marks 150 years since the birth of Slovene architect Jože Plečnik who had a significant impact on Prague’s modern architecture. Associated with the Vienna Secession architectural style, Plečnik also influenced Czech Cubism. His projec...

Czech mother Eva Michaláková has lost a case at the European Court of Human Rights over lost parental rights to her two sons. The court in Strasbourg ruled that Norway’s social and judicial services did not breach international law or convention...