190 years ago rail transport came to continental Europe with the opening of a line between České Budějovice and Linz; horse-drawn stagecoaches began running regularly between the cities on August 1, 1832.

In 2016 Markéta Cukrová and pianist Ivo Kahánek recorded a CD titled Ej, smutno je mě – or Ej, I’m feeling sad. The meloncholy album is a compilation of songs by Bohuslav Martinů inspired by Czech folk music and Benjamin Britten's cycle A C...

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Kayaker Vít Přindiš becomes world champion in Augsburg

Bouzková into Prague final after beating compatriot Nosková

Senator wants right to pay by cash in constitution

Petr Janda and Olympic set for documentary treatment

Power giant ČEZ begins pull-out from Turkey

Around 700 fire officers now dealing with North Bohemia blaze

Tennis: Nosková advances to Prague Open semi-finals

The 48th edition of the Summer Film School festival is kicking off this Friday in Uherské Hradiště in the south-east of Czechia. The festival will run until August 4 and will feature around 180 films including shorts. I caught up with programme d...

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Czechia’s net benefits from EU reached CZK 23.5 billion in first half of 2022

Czechia to receive nearly CZK 900 million to fight crime

Poll: ANO would win parliamentary elections with 29 percent of vote

Jiráskův Hronov amateur theatre festival kicks off for 92nd time

A cross-party group of 54 MPs this week submitted a bill that would enshrine marriage in Czech law as solely being a union between a man and a woman. The marriage equality group We Are Fair have come out strongly against the move, asking on social m...

Rate of increase in new covid cases beginning to slow

Swedish firefighting planes to help battle Bohemian Switzerland fire

Two Czechs found dead in French Alps

Four new cases of monkeypox recorded in one day

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Workers hope to finish clearing out dead fish from Dyje river by end of Thursday

The leading Czech artist Kateřina Šedá has recently launched an online database where anyone can submit bad habits. The symbol of the National Collection of Bad Habits is a two-tailed Czech lion holding a mobile phone in its paw. As of this week,...

Man in Zlín shoots ex-girlfriend then attempts suicide

A team of historians and scientists led by Sean Coughlin from the Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences are working to rediscover the art and science of perfume-making of Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece. The project, called Alchemies o...

Dukovany nuclear plant ends scheduled shutdown of unit 4

The second edition of the alternative music festival Pop Messe gets underway in Brno on Friday. The two-day event features international names such as Skepta, Ride and Kae Tempest, as well as a host of acts from this part of the world. I discussed t...

Czech car manufacturer Škoda Auto’s profits fall by 30.6 percent

Czech Covid numbers continue to rise week-on-week

Officials: Wildfire contained to area of 1,000 hectares

Czech government passes higher budget deficit for this year

Popular tourist destinations not destroyed by North Bohemia fire

After four days, firefighters in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park are still struggling to get a large-scale forest fire under control. Now the felling of trees has begun with the aim of stopping the spread of the flames.

Government backs deployment of troops to NATO’s eastern border

The fire raging in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park is the worst in the country’s modern history. Over 1,000 hectares of forestland have been destroyed by the blaze, which is still not under control. How much damage has been done to the biot...

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Uherské Hradiště film school to start Friday

Nearly 3,500 new Covid cases recorded Tuesday

Malešice tent city for refugees no longer in operation

Nationwide tests of physical fitness among schoolchildren being prepared

Fire in Bohemian Switzerland National Park still not under control

Hundreds of firefighters continue to battle an extensive forest fire in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park. The blaze, which broke out in hard to access terrain on Sunday morning, was fanned by a strong wind and has now ravaged some 30 hectares...

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A photo of Emil Zátopek kissing wife Dana Zátopková after winning Olympic gold in his first ever marathon – on July 27, 1952 – is a key image in athletics history. It also means a great deal to Swiss journalist Melanie Pfändler, who says tha...

German foreign minister in Prague:Central European network of firefighters needed

Summer wave of Covid gathering strength in Czechia

PM: Gas storage facilities filled to 80 percent capacity

Czechia issues temporary protection visas to 400,000 Ukrainians

State budget deficit to grow due to inflation and energy crisis

Forest fire ravages Bohemian Switzerland National Park

Czech foreign minister expresses deep shock over execution of dissidents in Myanmar

For the first time, two unique documents about the events surrounding the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in May 1942 can be seen at the National Museum in Prague. They have been on display since Thursday as part of the special exhibition ‘We W...

Players from NHL clubs that win the league’s Stanley Cup have the privilege of taking the trophy to their home countries. This year the Czech goaltender Pavel Francouz, who lifted the title with Colorado Avalanches, was able to bring the Stanley C...

More dead fish found in Dyje River

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Covid cases rising steeply

Sales of electric appliances skyrocket as Czechs brace for gas shortage

Confidence in Czech economy hits all-time-low

Ukrainians lose right to automatic health insurance after 150 days

One of the world’s rarest collections of moldavites – precious, bottle-green gemstones, found almost exclusively on the territory of Czechia – is due to be auctioned in Prague this week. The collection contains over 34,300 pieces and its valu...

Czech pentathletes take bronze at World Championship in Egypt

Fire ravaging parts of Bohemian Switzerland national park

Czech triathlete Petra Kuříková wins World Cup event in Spain

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Czech violinist Daniel Matejča wins Eurovision Young Musicians contest

Fire fighters battling forest fire in Bohemian Switzerland national park

Covid cases continue to rise in Czechia

More temperature records broken in Czechia

Javelin thrower Jakub Vadlejch takes bronze at World Championship

I Killed This Song at Karaoke Last Night is a joint album released by Gustav Brom Czech Radio Big Band and singer Dan Bárta. It contains cover versions of eight famous songs, from the hit Human by indie-rockers The Killers to a new version of the l...

The story of Emil and Dana Zátopek never ceases to be fascinating. Both were born on the same day and they both became Olympic champions on the same day as well – July 24, 1952, in Helsinki. He in the 5,000 metres, she in javelin throwing.

Tennis: Kvitová pulls out of Prague Open due to injury

Old Masters paintings on display Prague Castle Imperial Stables

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Annual Prague Pride march to take place on August 13

Vít Rakušan re-elected chair of Mayors and Independents

Annual pilgrimage commemorates victims of 1945 Brno death march

Covid-19 hospitalizations highest since late April

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