Covid summer wave continues to slow

Austrian rescuers search for missing Czech tourist

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Two planes from Italy arrive in Czechia to help battle Bohemian Switzerland fire

Forest fire in Bohemian Switzerland close to being contained

Giant illuminated models of the sun, moon, Earth and Mars can currently be seen outside the Brno Observatory and Planetarium on Kraví Hora. The inflatable celestial bodies are exhibited as part of the popular Festival of Planets and will be on disp...

Prague’s capacities for taking in refugees filled quickly following the Russian attack on Ukraine, and in mid-June, the capital’s centre for Ukrainian refugees closed down. Although it re-opened in July, the capacity problems have not gone away....

Extreme heat to end with thunderstorms

Holocaust survivor Felix Kolmer dies aged 100

CRIF: number of company bankruptcies down on previous year

Czech Covid numbers fall week-on-week

Slavia Prague defeat Panathinaikos Athens in Europa league qualifier

The Prague Pride festival begins on Monday and culminates next Saturday with the first Pride Parade through the city since 2019. The annual celebration of sexual minorities also offers many other events, including some with a strong regional focus. ...

New Covid cases down in Czechia for seventh day in row

Czech and British detectives form team linking two highly publicised criminal investigations

The medieval castle, extended in the 16th century to become a Renaissance chateau, is situated on a basalt rock above the River Smědá. It is one of the largest architectural compounds in Czechia.

Police: Gun used in murder-suicide in Rožnov was legally-held private weapon

Conduct of police in question during Babiš's visit to Český Krumlov

Lipavský welcomes President Biden's nomination for ambassador to Czechia

Rent prices in Czechia rising rapidly

The world’s deepest freshwater cave, the Hranice Abyss in Moravia, is even deeper than previously thought. A team of researchers have recently carried out a new survey of the deep limestone cave, using a special underwater robot, reaching a depth ...

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Fuel prices drop by more than a crown from last week

New outbreaks in Bohemian Switzerland forest fire

The 75th edition of the Edinburgh Fringe gets underway in the Scottish capital on Thursday, after a year-long break caused by Covid. Czechia will be represented by two groups of performers, Losers Cirque Company and Cirk La Putyka, who will perform ...

The Central European Jamboree, a traditional 10-day event primarily for scouts from the Visegrad countries, has returned to Prague after eight years. It had its opening ceremony at the Prague Exhibition Grounds by Stromovka park on Tuesday evening.

Cost of fighting North Bohemia fire to reach hundreds of millions

Minister: Govt. cannot afford more than sum earmarked for energy support

Czechia gets hot weather warning for Thursday, Friday

The British are not generally known for their impressive language skills, usually ranking at the bottom of tables comparing countries by foreign language knowledge – and if they know any at all, it is likely to be one of the major European languag...

Satoranský best paid Czech sportsperson for third year running

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UK authorities give preliminary green light to huge Avast deal

State attorney says Zeman sabotage claim unfounded

Svíčková na smetaně, or simply svíčková, is unquestionably one of the most popular Czech meals. The recipe for the beef sirloin in a thick, creamy vegetable sauce was first mentioned in the famous cookery book by Magdalena Dobromila Rettigov�...

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New Petr Václav film to premiere at San Sebastian 

UK studio wins competition for new cable car in Prague

On Roma Holocaust Memorial Day on 2 August, Brno’s Museum of Romani Culture is launching an exhibition at the Vítkov National Memorial, focussing on the Nazi persecution and genocide of Roma on the territory of present-day Czechia. Called The Ro...

Tick activity in Czechia reaches highest level

Water flow in Labe increased due to fire in Bohemian Switzerland

Meteorologists issue heatwave warning

The biggest forest fire seen in the modern history of Czechia is now under control. But the blaze at a national park in the north of the country has drawn fresh attention to the issue of climate change, with a senior officer saying the fire service ...

Fire officers expected to complete work at national park in coming days

Week-on-week fall in new Covid cases again recorded

Czech kayaker Vít Přindiš won the world championship in whitewater slalom in Augsburg this weekend. With three European titles already under his belt, including one in extreme slalom, he is now celebrating his biggest victory.

Sizable rise in electric car sales recorded in Czechia

EU energy ministers made an agreement last week to reduce gas consumption by 15 percent in preparation for a potentially tough winter. However, the agreement has been criticized by some as being too weak, unfair, or inconsistent. Czech Foreign Minis...

Photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková documented her own turbulent life, and minorities such as homosexuals and Romanies, in the final decades of communism in Czechoslovakia. Some of her best known pictures come from an underground gay and lesbian bar...

Czech tennis player Marie Bouzková defeated Russia’s Anastasia Potapova in the finals of the Livesport Prague Open tournament on Sunday, securing the first WTA title of her career. The 24-year-old dropped just three games against the Russian play...

Eurostat: Czechia has EU’s lowest unemployment rate

New Covid cases down in Czechia for fourth day in row

12 more road deaths recorded in July than same month last year

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Another 150 fire officers deployed at North Bohemia blaze

Poll: Babiš would win president election first round but Pavel narrowing gap

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Police detain 44 migrants, mainly from Syria

Bouzková wins first WTA title in Prague

Kocáb to decide late in day whether to run for president

Analysts: National Bank most likely to keep interest rates at current levels

Tourists caught attempting to reach spot in area hit by wildfire

Efforts to douse North Bohemian wildfire continue

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

Jiráskův Hronov amateur theatre festival kicks off for 92nd time

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

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

Dukovany nuclear plant ends scheduled shutdown of unit 4

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

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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Nearly 3,500 new Covid cases recorded Tuesday

Uherské Hradiště film school to start Friday

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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