The Czechoslovakian Wolfdog’s name doesn’t lie – it is indeed part dog, part wolf! Created for the Czechoslovak border guard in the late 1950s, the breed’s creator, Karel Hartl, wanted to improve the stamina and strength of working dogs by c...

Extreme heat warning for Wednesday and Thursday

Czech foreign minister in Kyiv for talks

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The European Space Agency has released images capturing the recent temperature extremes in a number of European cities, including Prague. The photos, taken from the International Space Station, has revealed heat islands in the densely populated area...

Scientists at the Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry are developing a next generation measuring device that could help in future attempts to mine asteroids in space. Called HANKA, the machine should be able to determine the compositions of a...

“Sounds of Žofín” festival of brass band music opens in Prague

Unions pushing for wage hikes in public sector

Fines for traffic offenses expected to rise steeply

Covid numbers growing steeply

Interest in booster shots against Covid highest in Prague

First case of BA.2.76 sub-variant of Covid-19 detected in Czechia

Czechia’s largest and most popular music festival, Colours of Ostrava, closed its gates this weekend after four days of concerts and events held in the industrial complex of Dolní Vítkovice. Attendees were treated to headline acts such as The Ki...

A series of World Championship races in motocross took place in the Loket serpentine near the town of Sokolov in Western Bohemia last week. Several of the best motocross riders in Czechia and the wider world took part in the Grand Prix competition k...

Taiwanese Parliament delegation in Czechia

A trio of Czech mountaineers is setting out to conquer Masherbrum, the 22nd highest peak in the world and the ninth highest in Pakistan. Radoslav Groh, Marek Holeček and Tomáš Petreček are going to climb the western side of the mountain, which h...

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Meteorologists issue extreme heatwave warning

Poděbrady mayor leaving party ranks amid scandal

Minister Lipavsky: EU needs to redefine relations with Russia

Supreme Audit Office finds serious shortcomings National Gallery’s financial management

"Everyone" to blame for botched copy of Manes calendar on Old Town Clock

Vaccination centres now offering Covid booster shots

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Czech trio will attempt to conquer Masherbrum

Czech tourist dies in Austria

Bust of martyred priest Josef Toufar unveiled in his home town

Brno opens week of celebrations marking 200th birth anniversary of Johann Gregor Mendel

Covid cases rising, booster shots to be available as of Monday

The Guarneri Trio Prague is one of the world’s most renowned piano trios. Founded by Ivan Klanský on piano, Čeněk Pavlík on violin, and Marek Jerie on the cello, the Trio has had the same line-up since 1986, and has just finished its 35th seas...

Thirty years ago Slovakia made clear that it wanted to embark on the path of independence for the second time in history.

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Thermal photos from space station pinpoint hot spots in Prague

Mayors and Independents cutting ties with controversial mayor

Finance minister rules out hike in income tax

Czech archaeologists discover tomb of ancient Egyptian dignitary in Abusir

Covid numbers rising steeply, but no restrictions planned

Opposition says government’s aid package “too little, too late”

The largest tourist attraction of the South Bohemian city of Jindřichův Hradec is its historical centre which is cornered on one side by the Nežárka River and on the other by the Vajgar artificial lake.

A new exhibition about one of the most famous Czech painters, Alfons Mucha, opens this Friday in Prague’s Waldstein Riding School. Titled “Mucha: The Family Collection”, the exhibit offers a closer look at the development of Mucha as an artist...

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Interest rate on new mortgages reaches five percent

War veteran Josef Kaufman dies at 95

Social Affairs Ministry wants more financial support for disabled people

New elite police unit established to fight terrorism and cybercrime

Lavender fields are generally considered to be the hallmark of Provence. But you do not need to travel to southern France to delight in the wondrous sight and heady scent of endless rows of purple lavender bushes. Chodouň in Central Bohemia is a la...

The National Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Addictions monitors the use of illicit drugs, alcohol, tobacco and gambling.  This year, for the first time, it also mapped addictions to digital technologies and has concluded that close to half a milli...

Booster shots against Covid will be available from next week

Ivana Trump dies at her New York home aged 73

Bavaria to increase daily capacity of TAL pipeline that supplies Czechia with oil

On the occasion of the Czech EU Presidency, the European network of Czech Centres has prepared a wide range of events. Most of them will take place abroad, but the new project Laboratory of the Future is also intended for a Czech audience. From 11 t...

ÚZIS: Summer coronavirus wave expected to culminate soon

Police chief: Cases of cybercrime on the rise

EU environment ministers meeting in Prague

Outgoing Ukrainian Ambassador praises solidarity of Czechs with his home country

More than half of Ukrainian refugee children in Czechia registered in country’s schools

Czechia may soon have its own version of the 2012 US Magnitsky Act which would allow the country to impose national sanctions for serious violations of international law on individuals and legal entities who are not on the EU sanctions list. The sta...

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European Commission forecast raises Czech economic growth prediction

Experts report record Covid load in Prague wastewater

Czech PM: seventh package of sanctions against Russia will not curb gas imports

Court: Babiš must apologise for claiming opposition protestors were paid

Czechia's reforms praised in new EU Rule of law report, but criticism also present

Síkela: EU solidarity key in facing down possible Russian gas cut-off

Alex Král signs one year contract with Schalke 04

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Chamber of Deputies approves lowering film incentives

Czechia’s industrial production grew at third highest rate in EU during May

Czechia could send ecology experts to Ukraine after war to help rebuild environment

The church of Sv. Jiří in the village of Lukova is a place steeped in mystery. Consecrated in 1352 the church served many generations of believers until the mid-20th century when, due to a freak accident, it gained a reputation for being haunted a...

After a lengthy Covid-imposed break, one of Czechia’s biggest music festivals, Colours of Ostrava, is back. The first edition since 2019 kicked off on Wednesday and as well as big international acts such as The Killers will again feature the popul...

Colours of Ostrava music festival returns after two-year absence

The Cesky terrier, sometimes known as the Czech terrier or Bohemian terrier, is a small, agile dog, weighing in at no more than 10 kg. Even though it was created by inbreeding three related individuals, nowadays it is a very healthy and robust breed...

Czech inflation reaches 17.2 percent

Officials in Prague: EU will use existing courts for Ukraine war crimes cases

Demolition of pig farm at site of Lety concentration camp to start soon

The “Devil’s Arse” (Ďáblova prdel) is a famous rock formation in the area of “Czech Canada”, a national park that is filled with granite rocks.

The halt of Russian gas supplies to Europe via the Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream 1, allegedly for technical maintenance reasons, has raised questions about how EU member states would survive the winter without Russian fuels. According to Industry ...

According to the results of an audit by the Supreme Audit Office, Czechia still lacks a comprehensive system for protecting so-called soft targets from terrorist attacks. The statement, released on Monday, has evoked concern regarding the level of s...

Indictment: Babiš created conditions under which Stork’s Nest got subsidy

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Historic carousel at Prague’s Letná reopens after renovation

Eliška Junková enters historic cars association Hall of Fame

Czech unemployment falls to 3.1 percent

Over 2,000 Covid cases on one day for first time since April

EU support hub to be established in Moldova

US makes financial donation in aid of Ukrainian refugees in Czechia

Germany pledges to help Czechia out in the event of gas supply fallout from Russia

Russian military equipment destroyed on the battlefields of northern Ukraine is on display in Prague. The travelling exhibition in support of Ukraine, which is on show on Letná Plain, includes a wrecked T-90 tank, the remains of a Buk anti-aircraft...

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Moravia sees significant increase in chickenpox among children

Supreme Audit Office: Czechia lacks comprehensive system for protection of soft targets

EU interior ministers debating security issues in Prague

Israeli president on official visit to Czechia

Czech filmmakers had a Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to remember this year: The Best Director and Best Actor prizes went to home names, while the first edition of the Proxima competition was won by a Czech documentary.

Czech tennis duo Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková won their second Wimbledon doubles title on Sunday, after beating Zhang Shuai and Elise Mertens in the final. It is the fourth out of the recent six major doubles tournaments that the p...

Prague reopens refugee centre

Krejčíková and Siniaková win Wimbledon women's doubles

Baroque fresco in Červená Lhota castle visible again after centuries

Three Czech tourists rescued by helicopter in Albanian mountains

Opposition criticises Labour Minister's progressive taxation proposal

Czechia to receive 2,800 monkeypox vaccines

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Ukraine confirms use of combat helicopters delivered from Czechia

Teenager falls into rocky chasm in Bohemian Paradise

Winners of Karlovy Vary film festival announced at glitzy closing ceremony

Czechia’s largest international music festival, Colours of Ostrava kicks off next week in the unique surroundings of the former Dolní Vítkovice ironworks. 

Lex Schwarzenberg was a special law drafted after World War Two with the sole purpose of stripping one of the most prominent Bohemian aristocratic families of most of their property. Legal experts consider it to be one of the most blatant legal wron...

Labour Minister: Czechs with higher incomes should pay more tax

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Highest daily number of new covid infections since end of April

Czechs in Sri Lanka are staying away from the riots

LOM Praha steps in to help transport Czech MEPs to Brussels

For a short period of time, a quiet, unassuming block in Prague 7 became a vibrant hub of art and multiculturalism. Part art gallery, part café and part community space, NGO DEI is closing this July. However, this won't dampen director Loretta Lau'...

Siniaková and Krejčíková advance to doubles final at Wimbledon

Newly landscaped Straka Academy gardens open to public

Packed Prague Philharmonia concert marks start of Czech EU Council presidency

Czech state to lend up to CZK 74 billion to energy group ČEZ

TOP 09: Czechia should start getting ready to adopt the euro