e15: Czech banks substantially increased their earnings in 2021

Sunday’s coronavirus cases lowest in three weeks

Ukraine’s foreign minister accuses Czech president of seeking to damage relations between the two countries

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Prague Castle sues psychiatrist over her speculation on president’s health

Czech President condemns symbolic use of gallows, says he would sign pandemic law amendment

Occupation wins Czech Film Critics award for best film of 2021

Saturday sees coronavirus cases hit new weekend record

Hlávka Bridge, the first concrete bridge across the Vltava in Prague, was opened 110 years ago.

Music lovers asked to name the greatest Czech composers will likely answer - Dvořák, Smetana, Janáček, Suk, Martinů ,but the chances are, they may not think of Vítězslav Novák. A pupil of Dvořák's, he was one of the most distinguished comp...

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Opening of Hrabal’s holiday home attracts crowds of visitors

Speed-skater Martina Sáblíková finishes fourth at Beijing Olympics

Survey: Nearly 40 percent of Czech men drink while skiing

Czech foreign minister to hand over first aid packages during next week’s Ukraine visit

Friday sees significant week-on-week fall in Covid cases

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The Council of the Czech National Bank (CNB) chose to raise its base interest rate from 3.75 to 4.5 percent on Thursday, to its highest level in twenty years. The move follows several increases over recent months and, according to bankers, is a reac...

A dispute between the Czech Republic and Poland over a mine on the Polish side of their border has been resolved, with the leaders of the two states signing a deal in Prague. However, locals in North Bohemia say they will lose out.

After analysing dozens of brass objects dating back to antiquity, a team of Czech archaeologists claims that it has proven the existence of extensive diplomatic and trade contact between the Roman Empire and the Germanic tribes that lived in Bohemia...

Czech Republic withdraws complaint against Poland over Turow mine

Sixty-nine Czech athletes competing at Winter Olympics in Bejing

President Zeman advising restraint on Ukrainian crisis

Health experts divided over lifting of restrictions

Number of people hospitalized with Covid growing

Central bank raises interest rates to twenty-year high

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Czech and Polish Prime Ministers sign agreement on Turów mine

A new project aims to create a new 9,801 kilogramme bell for Prague – to commemorate thousands of Czech church and tower bells stolen and melted down by the Nazis in summer 1942. The cost will be raised via a public collection.

Senate approves legislation enabling school principals to respond to Covid

Committee recommends authorities investigate handling of secret information by President’s Office

Lower house committee approves re-appointment of Michal Koudelka as head of BIS

Wolves are slowly returning to the Czech Republic after more than a century. What kind of environment are they returning to, do they have enough prey and adequate conditions for breeding? And are the country’s present day inhabitants ready to live...

CJEU advocate general upholds Czech case in dispute over Turów mine

Czechs beat China 3-1 in women’s hockey Olympic debut

As more and more countries in Europe prepare to return to a normal life, pressure has been mounting on the Czech government to follow suit. Thousands have rallied in the streets of Prague in the past weeks, demanding an end to the restrictions, and ...

Polish PM visiting Prague to discuss bilateral relations and Turow mine

Wednesday sees number of coronavirus cases decline but still over 50,000

ČEZ CEO says EU’s final taxonomy draft moved in positive direction

Compulsory testing at work and schools to end on February 18

The Ministry of Environment has announced plans to declare the Křivoklát region, south east of Prague, a national park. While conservationists welcome the proposal, the locals oppose it, fearing unwanted restrictions and an influx of tourists.

Fire in Mladá Boleslav will delay production of 16,000 Škoda Octavia models

Supreme Administrative Court rules in favour of unvaccinated entering restaurants

Alena Mills and Michal Březina to carry Czech flag at Beijing Olympics

Julian Anderson, one of the most distinctive composers of his generation, has never been to the Czech Republic, yet he knows more about the country than the vast majority of Brits. Although he has never set eyes on Prague, he has fallen in love with...

Czech economy grew by 3.3 percent last year, statisticians predict

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Daniel Landa cleared of charges for setting up initiative that blocked hygiene stations

Many Czechs will be glued to their screens in the coming weeks, with the Winter Olympics due to get underway in Beijing on Friday. Among the country’s medal hopefuls is Ester Ledecká, whose unprecedented success was the biggest story at the last ...

Deputies vote to speed up pandemic law amendment vote in lower-house

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...

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.

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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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