Czechs lose to Sweden in their second Group B game in Tampere

Reconstruction of Barrandov Bridge starts on Monday

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Interior minister: Czechia currently hosting around 200,000 refugees

František Kmoch, conductor and famous composer of brass music, composed over 230 marching and dance pieces, which are still played at village balls and events today.

Rammstein to perform in Prague tonight

Kateřina Konečná reelected head of Communist Party

“Where Is Anne Frank?” by Ari Folman wins main prize at Anifilm

Commemorative ceremony marks 77th anniversary of liberation of Terezín ghetto

Foreign Minister: Czechia would back Finland and Sweden’s admission to NATO

Anny Ondra, the lively blonde with the big eyes, was loved by audiences all over Europe. She also charmed German boxer Max Schmeling, whom she later married.

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Czechs beat Great Britain 5:1 in Group B game of IIHF Hockey World Championships

Tent city for refugees in Troja filling up

Two-thirds of Czech employees counting on pay rise this year

Close to 36,000 refugees from Ukraine have already found work in Czechia

Prague Castle opens to public after two-year Covid break

Reconstruction of Prague’s Barrandov Bridge to begin on Monday

Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský to attend informal NATO meeting in Berlin

Helping Zambian farmers cope with climate change, tackling drinking water problems in Peru, opening an eye-clinic in Cambodia or strengthening the tourist potential of Georgia – those are just some of the projects that the Czech Republic has under...

The longest suspension bridge in the world is opening up in the Czech Republic this Friday. At 721 metres in length, the bridge is nearly a third longer than the previous title holder and offers magnificent views of the surrounding mountain range th...

The volume of newly approved mortgages fell by more than CZK 11 billion down to CZK 14.2 billion in April. This is a month-on-month decrease of around 40 percent and exceeds 60 percent when compared to the same month last year, the Czech News Agency...

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Charles Bridge to light up in Ukrainian colours to mark International Day of Light

Over the last week there have been reports of Ukrainian Roma refugees sleeping at Prague’s Main Train Station, sometimes for up to 10 days, as they wait to be granted temporary protection. As a stopgap solution, a tent city has been erected in the...

One of the Czech items on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List is the craft of indigo dyeing with block printing, known as modrotisk. The tradition dates back to the 18th century, but today there are only two workshops in the entire country ...

Jan Graubner to become new Prague Archbishop

World’s longest suspension bridge to open in Moravia on Friday

Czech singer Dominika Hašková reaches final of Eurovision with Lights Off

Czechia plans to invite Ukrainian President Zelensky to Prague summit

Police smash people smuggling ring active in Central and Eastern Europe

Prague mayor threatens to close refugee center if government fails to act

Central bank launches interventions on foreign exchange markets over crown depreciation

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This week saw the establishment of the Ukrainian-Czech Chamber of Commerce. The organisation will support business cooperation between the two countries both during and after the war. To find out what this cooperation may look like, I spoke to the P...

Dominika Hašková, the daughter of the Czech ice hockey legend Dominik Hašek, will represent the Czech Republic at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The 27-year-old singer and her band called We Are Domi won the national round with a song cal...

Fuel prices rising for third week in succession

Rare case of diphtheria registered in Czechia

Czech Banking Association downgrades economic growth estimate for 2022

As Kevin Loo enters life as a family man, he reflects on the family trees in his life and how our roots play an important part of who we are and where we go.

Viktoria Plzeň have been crowned Czech soccer champions for the sixth time in their history. The West Bohemian club have surprised many – even their own coach – with their first title since 2018.

Plzeň become Czech football league champions

Šimáčková Laurenčíková appointed human rights commissioner

77th edition of Prague Spring gets underway

Zeman gives approval to 103 Czechs planning to fight for Ukraine

Aleš Michl was named the new head of the Czech National Bank by President Miloš Zeman on Wednesday. The new governor of the Czech Republic’s central bank will replace the current head Jiří Rusnok from July 1.  During the ceremony, Mr Michl sa...

Zeman to miss Terezín ceremony for time reasons

The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly for the Czech Republic to replace Russia on the Human Rights Council, the United Nations’ leading human rights body. The Czech Republic’s term starts immediately with the council due to meet for a...

Minister: Temporary shelter to ease refugee situation at Prague station

The Prague Spring International Music Festival was first held in 1946, and since 1952 it has traditionally opened on 12th May, the anniversary of the death of renowned Czech composer Bedřich Smetana. With the festival disrupted during the last two ...

Brno’s Tugendhat Villa offers two new tours

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President appoints Aleš Michl central bank chief

The Bronze Age on the territory of the modern day Czech Republic, a period running from roughly 2,300BC to 800 BC, saw the rise and fall of several distinct cultures. Modern archaeology shows that some of them were far more interconnected with the w...

Several Eastern Partnership events to be held during Czechia’s EU presidency

Tourist numbers rose tenfold in first quarter of 2022

Czechia elected to UN Human Rights Council

Interior Minister announces changes to refugee aid

Czech Police sends out online questionnaire to identify witnesses of war crimes in Ukraine

Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexeievich among star line-up at this year’s Book World Prague Festival

We’ve all seen the headlines about how animal agriculture is one of the biggest greenhouse gas emitters and contributes to climate change. At the same time, most people are not willing to give up eating meat. How can we solve this conundrum? Entre...

Czech Railways to substantially raise ticket prices this year

International animated film festival Anifilm kicks off in Liberec

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Prague councillors have voted in favour of stripping the late Soviet military commander Ivan Konev, who led the Red Army’s liberation of Prague, of his honorary citizenship. Among the reasons for the move is his repressive role within the Communis...

ECHR rules in favour of Norway in Michálková case

Labour Minister announces pensions raise amid inflation

Interest in gold has skyrocketed in the Czech Republic this year, the business daily Hospodářské noviny reported on Tuesday, saying this reflected a worldwide trend.  

No tax increase, pledges Fiala

Czech and Bulgarian presidents condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Monday Covid tally about 50 percent down on week earlier

April Czech inflation rate highest in almost 30 years

Court returns case of Bečva River poisoning to prosecutor citing numerous shortcomings

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Prague for talks

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A Czech company has started to produce anti-tank barriers for the Ukrainian army made on a special, 3D printer. The firm is also considering providing Ukraine with the printers themselves, which would allow them to produce the barriers right on the ...

Czech government to debate Czech version of Magnitsky Act in June

Top international credit rating agency Fitch has downgraded its outlook for the Czech economy from stable to negative. This has sparked fears it could also cut the Czech Republic’s credit rating – only adding to its mounting economic woes. I dis...

Funeral service for Meda Mládková to take place on May 19

Czechia’s foreign trade balance posts 13.8 billion crown deficit in March

Marshal Konev and astronaut Valentina Tereshkova stripped of honorary citizenship

Every year, people from all over the world come to the Pilsen Freedom Festival, which commemorates the liberation of Pilsen on May 6, 1945. Pilsen was the last place on the European continent that the Allied troops liberated. World War II offi...

Czech jobless rate falls to 3.3 percent

Czech firm to send 3D printers of concrete barriers to Ukraine

Military vehicles parade brings Plzeň war annivesary events to close

Leaders appeal for better treatment of minorities at Lety ceremony

Minister: Divisive pardon could lead to Zeman budget cut

Poll: Only one in five Czechs satisfied with Zeman performance

Kigen and Borecha triumph in 26th Prague Marathon

One of the most famous religious buildings in the Czech Republic is the Roman Catholic Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord on Prague’s Jiřího z Poděbrad square. Built during the interwar era, it was consecrated in May 1932, and has been...

Ceremony at National Memorial marks anniversary of end of WWII

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Fewer than 250 new Covid cases recorded in CR Saturday

Petr Janda, founder and frontman of legendary Czech rock band Olympic, celebrated his 80th birthday on Monday.

Czech cardiologists expect increase in heart problems

Fitch revises outlook for Czech economy from stable to negative

Rychetský facing legal action over Klaus statements

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Friday sees lowest weekday Covid tally since September

Covid measures had CZK 306 billion impact on Czech economy in 2021

Prague to strip Red Army commander Konev of honorary citizenship

Jan Patočka is regarded as perhaps the greatest Czech philosopher of the 20th century. A new book makes several of his writings available in English for the first time.

Prague 8 has chosen the winner of a public tender for a memorial to Jindřiška Nováková, the 14-year old “girl with the bike” whose family hid the paratroopers that assassinated high-ranking Nazi Reinhard Heydrich. The memorial will be in the...

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Prague can start building new bridge across Vltava River

The Czech National Bank (ČNB) has chosen to raise interest rates by 0.75 percentage points to 5.75 percent, the highest rate since 1999. The hike is also slightly higher than most analysts expected and some have even warned of a stagflation effect ...

After a six-year renovation, the main hall of the Spring Colonnade in Karlovy Vary reopened to the public. The Functionalist structure is located right in the heart of the picturesque spa town and houses its warmest and most popular spring, called V...

People in Need collection for Ukraine reaches CZK 1.7 billion

Slavia Prague punished over fans’ behaviour during Feyernoord tie

Interior minister: large accommodation facilities to be available for Roma refugees from Ukraine within days

Reuters: EC offers Czechia exemption from Russian oil embargo until mid 2024

The Czech Republic is due to take up the rotating presidency of the European Council in July of this year. Alongside preparations for the daunting tasks ahead at a difficult time for Europe and the world at large, there are plans for a series of cul...

PM Fiala: Czech EU presidency to focus on energy security

Czech ice hockey team wins first game of Swedish Games

Olaf Scholz: Germany to help Czechia replace equipment provided to Ukraine

Czech National Bank raises main interest rate to 5.75 percent, highest level since 1999

Czechia to provide additional EUR 18 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine

The Czech Republic is one of the countries that have called for a two-to-three-year transition period from the EU’s plan to ban Russian oil imports. Within this timeframe, the government hopes to enlarge alternate delivery systems such as the TAL ...

The head of the Czech Confederation of Trade Unions, Josef Středula, has threatened a general strike or even a blockade of the capital if his demands to increase the minimum wage and the frozen salaries of civil servants are not met. But economists...

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