Cabinet to discuss move to extend state of emergency

Czech Covid case incidence rate below 500 for first time in fortnight

Fiala: Number of Ukrainian refugees in CR now at 300,000

Billions owned by local authorities in now closed Russian bank

The Czech Republic should limit wheat exports, as the price of the grain has almost doubled year-on-year due to the fighting in Ukraine, the Association of Bakers and Pastry Chefs wrote in a press release published on Tuesday. It also warns that a r...

77th Prague Spring to put fresh spotlight on contemporary music

Many regional and municipal administrations in the Czech Republic who saved at least part of their funds in Russia’s Sberbank have lost access to their money since the bank lost its license after the invasion of Ukraine. Amid fears that this could...

Over 270,000 refugees, mainly women and children, have fled to the Czech Republic as a result of the ongoing Russian war on Ukraine. To help them find their way around a new country, a group of IT experts have created a community map showing all the...

Prague refugee centre set to move from Congress Centre

Lipavský calls for clear EU vision for Balkans

Monday Covid figures similar to week earlier

Weather forecast

New visas for Ukrainian refugees allow free movement in EU

The annual One World festival of human rights documentary films gets underway on Monday with film screenings in 25 cities across the country. The event, which will officially open at the Prague Crossroads centre on Wednesday evening, will showcase m...

The Dresden Barracks, one of the largest buildings in the former Terezín ghetto, are currently in a desolate state. Experts say that the complex needs to be repaired quickly if it is to survive. However, the necessary funds may be harder to secure ...

From Monday, refugees from Ukraine are able to ask for an emergency humanitarian allowance of CZK 5,000. The funds are available to those Ukrainians who have secured special visas. Further measures include easier access to employment and social serv...

Funeral of Karlovy Vary’s Zaoralová held in Prague

Weather forecast

Charges filed against ex-PM Babiš over alleged fraud

Czech footballers gather ahead of World Cup playoff semis

Over 205,000 visas now granted to Ukrainians

Legislation aiding Ukrainian refugees takes effect

Street art on a building in Prague, depicting a little girl surrounded by toys beneath a Ukrainian flag, highlights the child victims of Russia’s brutal war on Ukraine.

Lenka, which was recently released as a Guardian Documentaries film, offers a sensitive depiction of a methamphetamine addict in a rural Czech community. The documentary is the graduation film of Barbora Benešová, a Czech who has been living in th...

Covid reproduction number drops below 1.0 mark

Central bank governor predicts zero economic growth

Weather forecast

Czech finance minister: total ban on trade with Russia unrealistic

Government to ask lower house to extend state of emergency

Over 200,000 Ukrainians handed humanitarian visas, overall number now nearing 300,000

Covid numbers still growing, number of tests decreasing

Lack of child psychiatrists making itself felt as thousands of children develop mental problems

Czech Republic to open temporary diplomatic representation in Uzhhorod

This week, Czech Radio hosted a benefit concert for Ukraine, which saw the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra perform famous Czech and Ukrainian compositions in Prague’s Rudolfinum concert hall. The event raised nearly three million crowns, which wer...

 The first McDonald's branch in Prague’s Vodičkova Street, which opened on March 20, 1992, still sells its classic burgers and fries in an almost unchanged interior. However, in response to current trends, vegetarian burgers and salads have also...

Weather forecast

Police charge two people for supporting Russian aggression in Ukraine

Prague street artist creates mural in support of Ukraine

Klaus refuses to return Pushkin Medal over Russian aggression

ANO leader Andrej Babiš released from hospital

Covid numbers up again on Friday

Czech cabinet to debate Polish proposal for peacekeeping mission in Ukraine

Applications to join the Czech Army’s active reserves, a non-professional pool of troops that the armed forces can draw upon when lacking in manpower, have grown tenfold since Russia invaded Ukraine three weeks ago. Overwhelmed by the number of ap...

Ukrainian refugees who are now entering the Czech jobs market are primarily interested in manual labour and short-term employment, according to recruitment agencies surveyed by the Czech News Agency (ČTK). Since it is mainly women who are entering ...

The Czech power utility ČEZ has launched a tender for the construction of a new nuclear unit at the Dukovany power plant. The new unit should be completed by 2036 and will be the biggest investment in the country’s modern history.

Weather forecast

Two apartments in Prague Castle Compound to be offered to Ukrainian refugees

Amount of meth in Czech wastewater highest in Europe

Czech government to respond to Kyiv’s request for firefighter equipment

Visegrad Fund to help meet needs of refugees in member states

Many foreign visitors and residents of the Czech Republic’s picturesque cities may have felt the urge at some point to buy property in the country. But what does this exactly entail? And is it worth investing in a real estate market where prices h...

New Covid cases down slightly, 89 deaths this week

Czechs lift Covid restrictions for EU states

Czech Republic launches tender for new nuclear unit

Czech PM discusses humanitarian situation in Moldova with president

Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine three weeks ago, Czechs have shown a remarkable wave of solidarity with the thousands of people seeking refuge in the Czech Republic. But with no end of the conflict in sight, experts warn that the ...

Czechs have always had a complicated relationship with Russians. At some points in history, they saw them as their Slavic brothers who could help them gain independence and freedom. But Czech hopes for a mutually respectful relationship were repeate...

PM Fiala: CR at limit of number of refugees it can absorb

Speed skater Sáblíková (34) to continue in career

Babiš to remain in hospital until end of week

The church of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, which serves the Greek Catholic parish and the Ukrainian community in the town of Pardubice, rarely makes news headlines. The invasion of Ukraine put it in the spotlight as hundreds of people – believer...

Czech tried over killings with pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine

Weather forecast

Nearly 180,000 special visas now granted to Ukrainian refugees

On the Run. Ukrainian refugees on the Slovak border.

Number of new Covid cases down but positivity rate remains relatively high

US military convoy to pass through Czechia

Czech Republic to send more arms to Ukraine

There are currently over 200,000 Ukrainian war refugees in the Czech Republic and more are pouring in daily.  Here is a list of the most common questions and answers relating to their rights and duties.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, together with his counterparts from Poland and Slovenia, met with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in Kyiv on Tuesday after traveling to the besieged capital by train. The thr...

Czech PM back from Kyiv: Ukraine needs more humanitarian aid and weapons

Homo Homini human rights award to go to Egyptian lawyer Mahienour El-Massry

EC approves Czech compensation scheme for high energy prices

Weather

The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovenia travelled to Kyiv on March 15 in an "unequivocal" show of support for Ukraine as Russia continues its assault on the country. They were the first leaders to visit the besieged city and ...

Caritas is a Catholic non-profit organization operating at the grassroots level in 160 countries around the world, aimed at helping the poor, vulnerable, and excluded, regardless of race or religion. In the Czech Republic, Caritas is the oldest non-...

Number of new Covid cases rising

GIBS: Police not responsible for death of Romani man in Teplice

Vera Gissing, one of Winton’s children, has died aged 93

Over 170,000 special visas granted to Ukrainians

State and regional representatives agree to increase housing subsidy for refugees

Czechs indebted themselves at record rate in 2021

Czech FM planning to set up office in Ukraine’s Uzhhorod

Coalition politicians and president rally in support of PM’s decision to travel to Kyiv

As the influx of refugees from Ukraine to the Czech Republic continues, accommodation capacities is some parts of the country have already been exhausted. In reaction to the situation, the Czech interior minister announced a plan for a stricter redi...

PwC: Women in Czechia earning on average less than men

Lithuanian foreign minister to visit Czech Republic on Thursday

Labour offices around the country are starting to feel the strain of the influx of war refugees from Ukraine. Having settled down in their new surroundings, thousands of newcomers are now looking for a school in which to place their children and a j...

Weather

ČEZ CEO: Coal electric plants could be in service longer

Czech Radio’s benefit concert for Ukraine raises over CZK 2.9 million

Škoda Auto saw 43.2 percent rise in its operating profit in 2021

Army active reserves applications increased tenfold since Russian invasion of Ukraine

Monday sees sharpest uptick in coronavirus cases since March 1

Czech, Polish and Slovenian PMs meet with President Zelensky in Kyiv

Czech PM: US ready to help deal with the consequences of the war in Ukraine

Central bank governor: Inflation will rise even higher

With the Czech Republic facing its worst refugee crisis since the Second World War, the European Union has promised to provide modular humanitarian bases in order to help house the large influx of people arriving in the country. Meanwhile, regional ...

Weather forecast

Czech Radio is hosting a benefit concert in support of Ukraine in Prague’s Rudolfinum Concert Hall on Monday evening. The concert, featuring the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, will combine music by Ukrainian and Czech composers. The proceeds wil...

Czech Radio’s Symphony Orchestra to give charity concert for Ukraine in Rudolfinum

From Monday respirators are only required in the Czech Republic on public transport or at health or social care facilities. However, the number of fresh Covid cases has risen almost daily in the last week – raising the question of whether the timi...

The Ukrainian national colours can be seen everywhere these days in a show of support for the Ukranian people. The Ukrainian national flag appears on buildings, on monuments to the Red Army and on badges that people wear. Here the flag dominates a s...

Retail sales accelerate in wake of pandemic

Finance Ministry to control profit margins on fuels

Labour minister warns employers against using Ukrainian refugees as cheap labour

New Covid cases Sunday again up slightly on week earlier

Respirators now only needed for public transport, health and social facilities

Černochová: CR plans to double amount of arms already sent to Ukraine

PM: Czechs to feel impact of Russia’s war on Ukraine for months or years

Ex-PM Babiš cancels programme over hospital tests

Over 142,000 special visas granted to Ukrainians

Czech govt. to increase Ministry of Defence budget by billions over Ukraine

Saturday Covid figure lowest in nine weeks but tests also down

Weather forecast

Vladimír Mišík is a Czech rock singer, guitarist, lyricist and songwriter. Dubbed “The Legend” Mišík has long been a fixture on the Czech rock scene.  

Anna Honzáková was the very first Czech female doctor and gynaecologist, as well as being a women’s rights activist and opponent of abortion. She treated women both rich and poor, providing treatment free of charge to those who couldn’t afford...

With accommodation capacity full, CR asks for EU assistance for Ukrainian refugees

Over 130,000 Ukrainian refugees now hold special visas for CR

Saturday 23rd anniversary of Czech NATO accession