Jiří Šalamoun, Maxipes Fík illustrator, dies at 86

Czech Army planes start monitoring Baltic airspace as part of NATO mission

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British car index: Best cars are made in Czechia

Reconstructed “bone pyramid” to return to Kutná Hory ossuary

Czechs propose Ukrainian president Zelensky for Nobel Peace Prize

The Czech government is preparing new legislation, inspired by the so called Magnitsky Act, to better implement its sanctions on Russia, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said on Wednesday. Ministries are also coordinating on creating an updated sancti...

President Zeman’s team are constantly in the news right now. First it was reported that his head of office, Vratislav Mynář, was behind the shredding of classified documents. Now, following the widely condemned issuing of a presidential pardon, ...

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Czech S.A.W.E.R. device wins Innovation Prize at Dubai Expo

Statisticians: 2021 economic growth at 3.3 percent

Some 15,000 Czechs escape foreclosures under debt forgiveness scheme

Movie star Chris Hemsworth supports Czech collection in aid of Ukraine

Kvitová loses in Miami quarter-finals

Head of President’s Office flies secretly to Qatar

Government earmarks billions for education of Ukrainian children

Czechs draw with Wales in soccer friendly

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Government formally declares extension of state of emergency

Government raising living and subsistence minimums

During the 1990s the Czech teaching cohort became more “feminised” as large numbers of male teachers opted to leave the profession and pursue a career elsewhere, according to a new study conducted by the CERGE-EI think-tank at the Czech Academy ...

Prosecutor not proposing jail for Babiš over alleged large-scale fraud

Czech President Miloš Zeman made headlines on Tuesday after pardoning the former head of the Lány Forestry Administration, Miloš Balák. The man, a direct subordinate of the president’s head of office, recently got a three-year sentence and a C...

Duka to serve funeral mass for Albright Wednesday evening

Ministers suggest presidential office budget cut over pardon

Czech Republic expels Russian diplomat

Former head of president’s forest administration gets pardon

There should be 80 hydrogen filling stations in the Czech Republic by 2030 under official government plans. However, this is now being called optimistic.

V4 defence minister meeting cancelled after Czech and Polish officials announce boycott

On Monday Petr Fiala put out a video saying his government’s first 100 days had not been easy, as predicted, but still they had achieved a lot. But how have the Czech prime minister and his ministers really done during the traditional bedding-in p...

MPs approve state of emergency until end of May

Report shows president's office shredded two further classified documents

Czech Air Force sends five jets to guard Lithuanian air space

An impressive, two-volume book dedicated to Czechoslovakia’s Communist-era architecture has recently been released by Prague’s Bigg Boss publishing house. The ambitious publication, entitled ‘Architecture 58-89’, was written by 30 experts an...

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Zelensky thanks Czech Republic for security and humanitarian assistance

Health Ministry wants to broaden mask wearing obligations among children

Czech PM tests positive for coronavirus

Covid indicators continuing downward trend in CR

Kvitová into last eight in Miami but Fruhvirtová out

Fiala to meet Scholz in Berlin next week

Zeman’s office chief personally ordered shredding of sought documents

For the first time ever, the Czech government has a special representative for media and disinformation. His name is Michal Klíma and he has been in charge of several of the country’s leading media outlets in the past. More recently, he has also ...

Czech schools will need more than CZK 5 billion by the end of August to integrate refugees from Ukraine, says Education Minister Petr Gazdík. Despite the unexpected outlay, he still wants to keep his promise to maintain teachers’ salaries at 130 ...

Special school classes for Ukrainian children whose families have fled to the Czech Republic are now running in Prague, Brno and other places. In this report we visit the First Slavic Grammar School, the first such institution in the capital to welc...

Communist Party to cease publishing daily paper

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MPs to debate state of emergency extension Tuesday

Over 236,000 visas granted to Ukrainian refugees

The small pasque flower is a species of plant that has disappeared from many locations in the Czech Republic in recent years. Scientists from a museum in Ústí nad labem protect it by covering it with mesh between March and May, keeping away mouflo...

Third lowest number of new Covid cases recorded this year but positivity rate increases

Czech Fruhvirtová through to fourth round in Miami

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New Covid cases continue to drop

Prague’s Václav Havel Airport to offer flights to 147 destinations

PM Fiala: Czechia has already frozen hundreds of millions of Russian assets

Czechia switches to summertime

Kyiv Independent: Czech volunteers already fighting in Ukraine

Russian ambassador summoned over provocations against Czech embassy’s staff in Moscow

Prague’s most intimate top flight football stadium, Bohemians’ Ďolíček, was officially opened 90 years ago, on 27 March 1932.

Balfolk has its origins in 1970s France and revolves around dancing to folk music rhythms from all over Europe. The music is also influenced by several other genres including jazz, tango, rock or even hip-hop. The aim of Balfok is to create a feelin...

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Prague Zoo enters 91st season

More than 230,000 visas granted to Ukrainian refugees

Russians living in Czechia protest against invasion of Ukraine

Number of refugees at Prague Congress Centre declines

Tennis: Czech teen sensation Linda Fruhvirtová through to third round in Miami

Covid epidemic continues to slow down

Czech, Polish and Slovenian PM’s propose 10-point plan to save Ukraine

A new bridge connecting the districts of Prague 4 and 5 could be named after the recently deceased Prague-born US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. The new name is now set to be approved by Prague City Hall and the relevant district authorities...

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Czech PM: EU is convinced that sanctions against Russia are working

PM Fiala: opposition’s criticism of government aims to turn people against refugees

Czech public transport authorities have joined road hauliers in calling for government action to combat a rise in fuel prices. The former say price increases have greatly increased their outgoings and are demanding that the state reduce tax on fuel....

Survey: Nine percent of Czechs invested in cryptocurrencies in 2021

Warm weather breaks temperatures records around Czechia

More than 226,000 visas granted to Ukrainian refugees

US Embassy in Prague opens book of condolences for Madeleine Albright

Czech billionaire businessman Dalibor Dědek has launched an international petition drive calling for tougher action against Russia over its war on Ukraine. Named We Must Act, the campaign is calling for at least a no-fly zone over Ukraine and human...

Czech lose to Sweden in World Cup qualifier play offs

Prague to rename street near Russian Embassy “Ukrainian heroes” street

Fiala: Europe not yet ready to impose energy embargo on Russia

ČEZ to invest over CZK 5 billion into Czechia’s nuclear power plants in 2022

Health Minister wants to simplify rules on employing Ukrainian health professionals

Madeleine Albright, a former United States secretary of state who was born in Czechoslovakia in 1937, has died at the age of 84. Mrs Albright was the first woman in history to serve as US foreign policy chief and played a key role in the Czech Repub...

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Lower-house approves sending Czech Army contingent to Slovakia

CZG reports record results in 2021, expects further growth in revenue

Prague’s new bridge may be named after Madeleine Albright

 The Czech Republic has been rocked by Russia’s war on Ukraine. Some are already wondering if the conflict could impact the biggest event in Czech politics this year, campaigning for January’s presidential elections. I discussed the situation w...

Government’s smart quarantine system to be converted into humanitarian database

Government to propose extending state of emergency to end of May

Czech politicians pay tribute to Madeleine Albright

Czech banks are making efforts to welcome Ukrainian refugees, who have arrived in the country in their hundreds of thousands in recent weeks. However, they are struggling to meet demand for new accounts, iHned.cz reported on Thursday.

Czech born former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright dies aged 84

Czech president and PM in agreement ahead of Thursday's NATO summit

Finance Ministry cracks down on companies trying to avoid sactions on Russia

Poll: Majority of Czechs want woman for president

Vrtiška and Žák duo win Czech Grand Design award

Czech Republic’s foreign debt grew to CZK 4,47 trillion in 2021

A new film about a famous skiing race that took place in the Krkonoše or the Giant Mountains in 1913 comes to Czech cinemas this week. Called The Last Race, it depicts the true story of Czech skiing pioneers and friends, Bohumil Hanč and Václav V...

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IPI report: Czech government must help strengthen media independence and pluralism

Ministers: Czechia will support greater use of hydrogen in industry

Many in the Czech Republic have been welcoming Ukrainian refugees into their homes. One of the most high-profile Prague residents to do so is the ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Martina Mlinarević, whose family have taken in two Ukrainian fam...

Official: EU could sanction more Russian banks

Czech PM wants to extend state of emergency by more than 30 days

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

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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...