This week’s Sunday Music Show is dedicated to one of the Czech Republic’s most popular contemporary female signers Ewa Farna who has received the highest number of nominations in this years Anděl Music Awards. Born in the city of Třinec near t...

The Žďák Bridge, which spans the banks of the Vltava River, was completed in 1967. At the time it was the largest single-arch steel bridge in the world.

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Czechia’s public debt rises to CZK 2.59 billion

Czech Republic hoping to replace Russia in UN Human Rights Council

Friday’s coronavirus infections at their lowest since October

Defence Ministry wants to spend nearly CZK 3 billion on new purchases

Marian Jurečka re-elected as leader of Christian Democrats

Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine has put millions of people on the move, refugees fleeing from Ukraine to save their lives and others fleeing from Russia for fear of what the country may turn into in the months and years to come. A British writ...

Czech Defence Minister Jana Černochová is currently visiting the United States in order to discuss closer defence ties and the speedy purchase of new military equipment. At a meeting with Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin in Washington D.C. on Thursd...

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Majority of e-shops breaking the law

Children filling intensive care units due to weak immunity post-Covid

After decades of exile both in life and death, the remains of Czechoslovakia’s wartime intelligence chief, Brigadier General František Moravec are being returned to the Czech Republic next Tuesday. The Czechoslovak legionary-turned-spy was one of...

Russian students abroad applying for transfers back home

Czech foreign minister to CNN: We must help Ukraine to win this war

The winter low season is over, but restaurant owners say their clientele has been slow to return, although many have already opened their outdoor gardens and terraces to entice passers-by. According to the company SaltPay, which supplies restaurants...

Czech jailed in Pakistan for drug smuggling free to leave

Czech and US defense ministers discuss closer military cooperation in Washington

In the Czech Republic, drinking is almost a national sport, which people train for from a young age. But a new campaign warns parents against the dangers of children drinking even so-called non-alcoholic beers.

Czech foreign minister to attend Madeleine Albright’s funeral

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Czech defense minister discussing security and Czech-US cooperation in Washington

Christian Democrats to elect new leadership

Pražská plynárenská announces 39 percent price hike on gas

Number of visas issued to Ukrainian refugees crosses 300,000 mark

The Czech Republic and Slovakia are “showing a new way forward for Western democracies” with their response to Russia’s war on Ukraine. That is the view of Berlin-based political scientist Benjamin Tallis in an article published this week. I a...

Trade Unions: Škoda Auto production could stabilise from June

Interior Minister: Russia behind cyber-attack on Czech institutions

Czech and Polish Senate chairs call on democratic parliaments to support Ukraine

President Zeman names 39 new judges

Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov to receive Febiofest award

Czech billionaire accused of interfering in French magazine’s editorial work

Czech Defence Minister to meet with with Defence Secretary Austin in US

Czech police have started investigating suspected war crimes in Ukraine. They are currently gathering testimonies from refugees who fled the country to the Czech Republic. The Czech judiciary can sentence the perpetrators of the violence in absentia...

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Czech Academy of Sciences to focus on GM crops and energy during country’s EU presidency

A newly published opinion poll on Czech society’s response to Russia’s war on Ukraine suggests that support for NATO is at its highest level for almost three decades – while only 9 percent of respondents now feel there is no threat of armed co...

Czech economy sees further acceleration of price rises in March

Survey: Many businesses will be forced to significantly raise prices this year

Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Radka Rubilina was based in Kyiv, working as director of the local Czech Centre. A few days before the invasion, she had to leave the country, but she continues to run the Czech Centre’s activities from its ...

CNB Governor doesn’t rule out further rise in interest rates

Czech websites come under cyber attack

Czech Covid deaths pass 40,000 mark

Czech companies to repair Ukrainian tanks

Support for NATO membership among public highest for decades

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War on Ukraine prompts Czechs to intensify military spending

Man charged over shooting dead of labour office employee

Almost 296,000 Ukrainian refugees now have special visas

Czechs have provided around CZK 3.4 billion in donations since the beginning of Russia’s war on Ukraine. The largest amount overall (1.67 billion) has been collected by the humanitarian NGO People in Need. The organisation’s media coordinator fo...

New musical is first theatre project for filmmaker Jan Svěrák

Police gathering evidence from refugees over Ukraine war crimes

Czech children’s writer Petr Březina has launched a unique undertaking to help Ukrainian child refugees feel at home in the Czech Republic. He has put together a bilingual book of children’s fairy tales, illustrated by Czech children, which sho...

The legendary mountain giant Krakonoš officially wound-up the ski season in the Špindlerův Mlýn Ski resort at the weekend. This year's conditions were very good compared to previous years, and even now there is still a fine blanket of snow on th...

Monday sees second lowest number of Covid cases registered this year

Teacher fired for spreading pro-Kremlin propaganda in class

Interior Ministry says it has trouble accommodating large groups of Roma refugees who insist on staying together

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Health minister: respirators should not be compulsory anywhere in May

Czechs celebrating Easter properly after two-year break

Education Ministry needs to resolve capacity problems in Czech schools

Foreign minister: Czechs may take more vigorous action in claiming compensation from Russia

Government aiming to strengthen state’s food reserves

Researchers from the Czech Republic and Ukraine have been carrying out a joint project in western Ukraine, focusing on the country’s traditional wooden churches.  Although the research has been stalled by Russia’s war on Ukraine, the data they ...

In just six weeks, more than eleven million Ukrainians have fled their homes because of the Russian invasion. Over four million have left Ukraine, another seven million people are thought to be displaced inside the country. According to the United N...

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Czech government preparing for disruption of gas supplies from Russia

Respekt: Russians tried to get expelled Czech diplomat to cooperate as agent

Price of beer rising steadily

Covid numbers dropping but sewage water samples point to high viral load

War in Ukraine will impact choice of issues in Czech local elections

Czechs donate 3.4 million crowns in aid of Ukraine

In the Czech Republic, music, both secular and sacred, plays an important part in the Easter celebrations. Among the lesser known collections of Easter music are Baroque songs composed by literary fraternities in the late 16th and early 17th century...

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Minister for European Affairs: Czech Republic may organize EU summit with Ukraine

Czechs advance to Billie Jean King Cup final after beating British team

Czech Republic dismisses Russian warning over providing Soviet-era weapons to Ukraine

Interior Ministry: Number of new Ukrainian refugees down to a trickle, some returning home

Czech animator Vlasta Pospíšilová dies at 87

Czech Radio highlights more unusual circumstances surrounding Balák pardon

Czech Radio combatting pro-Russian disinformation videos

Taking in over 300,000 war refugees in the space of several weeks is an unprecedented challenge for the Czech Republic logistics-wise and in terms of psychological support. A team of experts from the Israel Trauma Coalition, which trains government ...

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Lowest weekday increase in Covid cases since last October

Britain and Czech Republic tie 1:1 on first day of Billie Jean Cup qualifier

World War II veteran Tichomír Mirkovič has died at the age of 93

Labour offices receive over 12,000 applications for solidarity grants from hosts

Boskovice voted Historical Town of the Year 2021

Czech Senate chair says Ukraine needs more military and humanitarian support

The Great Synagogue in Pilsen, has opened its door to the public after a three-year renovation. The monumental building, which is the second biggest synagogue in Europe and one of the five biggest in the world, opened last Sunday, just a few days be...

The Ministry for Regional Development announced a new funding programme for Czech regions and districts aimed at purchasing and repairing housing for refugees. The programme’s budget is close to CZK 1 billion. Regional and district administrations...

UK man whose backpack went on fire at Prague Airport banned from Czechia

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Billie Jean Cup kicks off in Prague on Friday

Czech foreign minister: Czechia recognises Georgia’s territorial integrity

There is a wide range of events happening across the Czech Republic during the upcoming Easter period. Here is a rundown of some of the most exciting ones.

Two new significant days added to Czechia’s calendar

Wednesday sees lowest weekday number in new Covid cases this year 

Defence Minister Jana Černochová made headlines at the weekend by saying she would discuss potential US military bases on Czech territory on a visit to Washington. However, within days – and following a heated debate – the prime minister had p...

Easter will be a sad time for the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees who have fled to the Czech Republic to escape the war in their homeland. Municipalities are doing their best to involve them in community life, and parishes are striving t...

Group of Czech senators visit Kyiv

Respirators not obligatory on public transport from Thursday

Russia expels Czech deputy ambassador to Moscow

Czech diplomats return to country’s Kyiv embassy

Government approves strategy priorities for handling refugee wave

Ministry to examine margins on essential foods in bid to keep prices down

Válek for continued use of respirators when transport obligation ends Thursday

Hurvínek, one of the Czech Republic’s most popular puppet characters, is heading into space. He will be carried to the outer edge of the stratosphere on board of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Hurvínek is the second children’s character to fly in...

During its presidency of the European Union, the Czech Republic will seek to advance the debate on halting oil imports from Russia, Czechia’s head of diplomacy Jan Lipavský said following a meeting of Central European foreign ministers on Tuesday...

Tuesday sees fewest new Covid cases in CR on weekday in 2022

Women footballers set to miss World Cup after Iceland defeat

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Zeman for defence talks with US but against bases in CR

Nancy Bishop is an award-winning casting director who has worked on some of the largest Hollywood productions over the past 25 years. Although now living in London, she spent most of her career in Prague. She has recently written a new book titled: ...

PM says govt weighing all steps to return diplomats to Ukraine

US and French to replace Russians as suppliers of Temelín nuclear fuel

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, associated EU sanctions and the push for energy independence have led Czech officials to explore new sources of coal that could supply the country’s three coal-powered heating plants. One option is the extension of ...

Lipavský says Czechs plan donor conference for Ukraine during EU presidency

Prague’s refugees centre reopening at new venue Thursday