Czech leaders condemn Russian hospital bombing as war crime

Over 10,000 Covid cases confirmed Wednesday

Fiala: Putin waging economic war against EU and CR

Bill allows Ukrainian refugees to work in CR without permit

From Monday respirators only needed on public transport, at social and health facilities

Government approves sending 650 Czech soldiers to Slovakia

Czech volunteers assisting Ukrainian refugees crossing at the Slovak border town of Ubľa are calling for more interpreters to bolster their numbers. Interpreters are needed for organising further transport of the refugees to the Czech Republic and ...

Prime ministers from the EU’s Visegrad Four bloc, including the Czech Republic’s Petr Fiala, met with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Ukraine. All parties agreed on a common approach to Russia’s...

Up to 50,000 jobs available in agriculture, says minister

Obstacles to building fourth Prague Metro line removed

Minister: Estimated 150,000 Ukrainian refugees now in CR

Has Russia’s President Putin lost touch with reality? And how are things most likely to play out now, following the launch of his bestial war against Ukraine? I discussed those questions with a leading Czech expert on Russia, political geographer ...

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University refuses to rent hall for Nohavica show over Putin medal stance

Czech authorities start targeting sanctioned Russian assets

Interior Minister: Czech Republic can take in around 250,000 Ukrainian refugees

PM: Czechia managing Ukrainian refugee wave, registration times could be extended

If you’re a parent of young children, you might have found yourself missing going to cultural events such as classical music concerts where children are usually not welcome. Well, fear no more – there is an organisation in Prague offering classi...

Regions want more money from state to house Ukrainian refugees

Former PM Babiš places first in presidential election poll

Czech women’s’ hockey team coach quits for health reasons

Police criminally prosecuting former MP for child rape

Things were already looking grim for the economy before Russia’s war on Ukraine, but now many Czechs are bracing themselves for massive price increases. Ahead of a government meeting Wednesday on helping citizens cope with rocketing energy costs, ...

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Health Ministry to propose loosening obligations on wearing respirators

Ukraine’s President Zelensky to receive highest Czech state honour

February saw unemployment decrease to 3.5 percent

Prague’s main centre for registering refugees was overwhelmed on Monday and forced to temporarily close its doors to further applicants for 24 hours. The closure has raised concern among those who waited for hours to register. The interior ministe...

V4 leaders and UK agree on maintaining joint approach to Russian aggression

Ministry completes investigation of Zeman’s office following shredding of classified report

More than CZK 2 billion has been collected in the Czech Republic for humanitarian and military aid to the Ukraine since the country was invaded by Russia at the end of February. The amount of humanitarian aid alone surpasses any yet collected in Cze...

Main Prague refugee processing centre overwhelmed

Average wage up to CZK 40,135, but down in real terms

Schools around the Czech Republic are now scrambling to welcome thousands of Ukrainian newcomers, many of whom are still shell-shocked from the war in their home country and the often harrowing escape to safety. In an effort to help make them feel a...

On Monday, March 7, hundreds of guests are expected to gather at Prague Castle for an awards ceremony which will see state honours handed out for the first time since 2019. The ceremony has been overshadowed by the war in Ukraine and several leading...

The legendary tank on Kinsky Square in Prague, which artist David Černý famously repainted pink in April 1991, has now been repainted in Ukraine's colours.

First classes for Ukrainian refugee children begin in Prague

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Czech public donates unprecedented CZK 1.5 billion to Ukraine

As a security expert focused on media and the internet, Roman Máca has been very busy lately, monitoring a rise in activity among pro-Russian online voices linked to Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Máca, who works for the Institute for Politics and S...

Sunday saw lowest number of new coronavirus cases since start of 2022

Prague Castle to hand out state awards

Foreign Minister: Russian consulate workers must leave Czechia by March 12

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Health Minister: Respirators could cease being obligatory in April

Over 1.3 million Czechs subscribe to streaming platforms

Czech spas expect fewer Russian visitors

Zátopek dominates Czech Lion awards

This week’s Sunday Music Show is dedicated to the Concert for those affected by Russia’s attack on Ukraine, which took place on Wenceslas Square this Monday and was organised by Czech Television. Various leading Czech bands and signers, includin...

Czech runner Jarmila Kratochvílová is best-known for setting the women’s 800m world record in 1983 with a time of 1:53.28. However, it is not her only long-standing record. On March 7, 1982 the athlete set a time of 49.59 seconds in Milan for an...

Prague Congress Centre struggling under wave of incoming Ukrainian refugees

PM: Over CZK 450 million collected for arms purchases for Ukraine

Czechia setting up teaching classes for thousands of Ukrainian child refugees

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Covid hospitalisations down by a quarter over past week

Over 38,000 Ukrainian refugees now registered with Czech foreign police

Wenceslas Square cheers Ukrainian president along with thousands across Europe

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Employees at the Brno-Řečkovice shooting range have decided to do their bit in helping Ukrainians defend their country by providing free weapons handling and tactical training courses to those men looking to return to their homeland and fight. Man...

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Heads of Parliament refuse invite from President Zeman over his past pro-Russian policies

Despite repeated intelligence warnings, many were caught by surprise when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine last week. One of those who predicted that this was likely to happen was  Jan Kofroň, an international relations scholar at ...

For many years the NGO Memory of Nations has been recording the testimonies of Czechs who suffered under the Nazi and Communist regimes. Now the group has a new focus: raising money to buy materials directly for the Ukrainian Army.

Czech Republic sending more arms to Ukraine

Defense minister wants increased finances for army in 2022

Czech honorary consulate in Kharkiv damaged in missile attack

Czech air raid shelters would only accommodate 250,000 people

Czech Republic asked to treat injured Ukrainian soldiers

Czech foreign minister condemns irresponsible attack on nuclear power plant

In response to a request by the Ukrainian public broadcaster UA:PBC, Czech Radio has launched an internet stream of the UA:PBC radio broadcast in Ukrainian. The stream will be available on the audio portal and in the mobile application mujRozhlas.cz...

PM:Czechs who want to fight alongside Ukrainians would be guaranteed impunity

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Lower house strips Andrej Babiš of his immunity opening way for prosecution

Alla Větrovcová is a former Radio Prague International journalist who now lives in the suburbs of Kyiv. She described life in Ukraine’s capital as locals wait out the Russian attacks.

The Czech government is further intensifying its efforts to aid Ukraine. Systems are being put in place to help the Ukrainian refugees entering the country every day and ministers say a state of emergency from Friday will accelerate the process of w...

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Fuel prices hit record high in wake of Russian invasion of Ukraine

Skoda Auto stopping all its activities in Russia over invasion

Police charge man who supported Russian invasion on social networks

Government declaring state of emergency as refugee numbers soar

The democratic world is exerting unprecedented economic pressure on Russia to try to stop the country’s aggression in Ukraine. How effective have the sanctions been so far and will they be enough to stop Putin? And how is the crisis in Ukraine goi...

Czech government decides to end membership in Soviet era banks

Prague experiencing fourth warmest winter since 1775

Interior minister wants state of emergency declared to help Ukrainian refugees more effectively

Famous Russian Army Alexandrov Ensemble ticket sales for Czech tour suspended

Hundreds of Czechs requesting to fight in Ukraine

In the face of the Russian agression in Ukraine, Kevin Loo is reminded of the humanity that can be achieved by the actions of many.

Czech House in Moscow closed due to Russian aggression against Ukraine

Prague Castle to express solidarity with Ukraine

Horrified by images of suffering from Ukraine, many Czechs are setting off in cars and vans to deliver aid themselves to people on the country’s borders – and ferrying refugees back to the Czech Republic. I spoke to two young men who drove to Pr...

HIV positive man gets seven year sentence for raping underage girl

Ukrainian Embassy: Fund for support of Ukrainian Army raises over 300 million crowns

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Large increase in counterfeit money registered in Czechia last year

After several days of tense silence regarding the fate of Volhynian Czechs living close to a military facility being bombed by the Russians, the Czech authorities announced on Tuesday that a rescue operation had successfully brought 88 Volhynian Cze...

Trade and Tourism Association: First Ukrainian refugees being employed

Around 14,000 Ukrainian refugees thus far registered by Czech police

Fiala: Putin surprised by dogged Ukrainian resistance

Benefit concert for Ukraine raises tens of millions of crowns

Last living Ležáky survivor calls on Putin to halt war on Ukraine

Charter signatories call on Zeman to abdicate over support for Putin

Válek: Czech doctors must stay home and help Ukrainians here

As the war in Ukraine reaches its sixth day, many Czech NGOs are helping directly in the country or on its borders with the EU. One of them is People in Need (Človek v tísni). To find out what the situation is like on the borders and for Ukrainian...

In order to simplify and speed up the admission of Ukrainian refugees to the Czech Republic the authorities have set up a National Assistance Centre and registration hotspots around the country. Ukrainians seeking refuge in the Czech Republic will r...

Czechs opening consular stations on Polish and Slovak borders with Ukraine

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Ministry of Education earmarks funds to support Ukrainian students

Škoda Auto cutting output over shortage of parts made in Ukraine

Tuesday second anniversary of first Covid cases in CR

Benefit concert for Ukraine to take place on Wenceslas Sq. Tuesday

All Czech regions to get centres to aid Ukrainian refugees

Fifty Czech police to help Slovak counterparts on border with Ukraine

Within just a single weekend, an initiative of IT experts known as Česko.Digital, has set up an online directory of ways in which people in Czechia can help war-stricken Ukraine. Called stojimezaukrajinou.cz (Stand with Ukraine), the website also w...

Czechs refuse to play potential World Cup qualifier against Russia

Czech Ministry of Defence sending military medical gear to Ukraine

Czech PM backs Ukraine’s efforts to join EU

One of the many pictures taken during Sunday’s demonstration in support of Ukraine on Prague’s Wenceslas Square depicts this blue-yellow paper dove, a symbol of peace and good news. Ukrainians, defending themselves against Russian aggression, ha...

Words of support for Ukraine and tributes to its brave people have been flooding the media, social networks and the Czech digital space.

Monthly sirens test called off to avoid creating panic

Communist investigated for online admiration of Putin