Mayors and Independents electing new leadership

Annual pilgrimage to commemorate victims of 1945 Brno death march

Rise in Covid cases continues

German Foreign Minister to meet Lipavský in Prague and visit Lidice

Clean-up operation of dead fish in Dyje river begins

Children’s summer camp leaders receive suspended sentences for bodily harm due to negligence

Storm warnings issued for all regions of Czechia

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Penta Investments to buy former post office near Masaryk station for CZK 220 million

The demolition work at a former pig farm at Lety in South Bohemia that was the site of a concentration camp for Romanies during the Second World War was officially launched on Friday. A new memorial to the Holocaust of Romanies and Sinti in the Czec...

Demolition of pig farm on site of Roma concentration camp begins after years of delays

The Czech government announced this week that it will be entering negotiations with the United States about the possible purchase of F35 fighter jets. The Ministry of Defence says that it is hoping to secure two squadrons – around 24 aircraft – ...

Building housing Goethe Institute in Prague damaged

Covid summer wave continues to rise

Two more cases of monkeypox recorded this week

Siniaková loses to Pera in German Open quarterfinals

Prague hosting Russian opposition conference

Hall of Fame to Petra Kvitová opens in her home town

European Commission ends conflict of interest proceedings against Czechia

Over 350,000 Ukrainians have benefited from People in Need support since Russian invasion

Czechia is a popular destination for foreign students, according to a university-wide survey conducted by the Czech National Agency for International Education and Research. Many of those who choose to study at Czech universities also end up finding...

Supreme Court rules in favour of 21 year sentence for Czech separatist fighter

Financial Office: Russian assets worth CZK 10 billion frozen since Ukraine invasion

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Prague Castle official forced to pay fine after mishandling secret document

A new street art exhibition has appeared on a wall outside the Czech embassy in Paris, celebrating the accession of the Czech Republic to the presidency of the EU Council.

German Open quarterfinals: Siniaková set to play Pera, Krejčíková out

Tons of fish found dead in Dyje river

Police catch two men accused of blackmailing businessman

Under a proposed amendment to the Road Traffic Act young people in Czechia would be allowed to start driving at the age of 17 under the supervision of a parent or another experienced driver with a clean slate. While teenagers living in the country c...

Extreme heat warning extended until Friday

EU Ministers for Research and Innovation due to meet in Prague

Covid numbers on increase in Czechia

In spring of this year, Czech archaeologists unearthed an incredible find – the previously undiscovered tomb of an ancient Egyptian dignitary in Abusir, Egypt. The discovery, announced on Friday on the Czech Institute of Egyptology’s Facebook pa...

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Czech MPs approve ban on single-use plastic

The Moravian metropolis of Brno is paying tribute to its most famous citizen – the Augustinian monk, mathematician and biologist, widely known as “the father of genetics” – Johann Gregor Mendel, born 200 years ago. The city is celebrating t...

Czech Air Force to guard Lithuanian air space until end of September

Czech Defence Ministry to negotiate purchase of US F-35 fighter jets

Over 9,000 people apply for compensations over Vrbětice blasts

China condemns Taiwanese Parliament delegation visit to Czechia

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...

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...

Taiwanese Parliament delegation in Czechia

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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 ...