Czech top-flight football season gets under way

Defence minister: Pay is not the main reason people join the army

Minister fined over conflict of interest disclosure

Number of exchange offices continues to decline in Czechia

Canoeist Kneblová wins world slalom gold

President Pavel honours Czech Wimbledon stars at Prague Castle

China adds Czech Tatra trucks to export sanctions list

Czech researchers are developing a custom-made, 3D-printed implant with a porous structure that can be infused with drugs and release them gradually over time. To support the project, the Prague team has acquired a state-of-the-art 3D metal printer....

The 2026/2027 season in Czech football kicks off after the summer break on Saturday. Slavia Prague look like the team to beat, as they go for three championship titles in a row, while their city rivals Sparta will be out to end a two-year trophy dro...

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Proposal to allow single women access to IVF faces strong opposition

Chinese espionage suspect remains in detention after prosecutor’s appeal

Finance minister not ruling out partial privatization of Prague Airport in future

 A miniature Celtic bronze figurine of a duck more than 2,000 years old has been discovered in a field near the village of Tučín (Olomouc Region) by an amateur archeologist. The figurine was unearthed along the route of the Amber Road, the ancien...

Court clears pro-Russian militia group of terrorism charges

Škoda Auto grows profit despite Volkswagen slowdown

Czech foreign minister promotes nuclear cooperation in Croatia

Czech and Slovak Black Hawks to help battle French wildfires

Czech kayaker Krejčí wins world slalom title

Soldier killed in Czech military helicopter crash

Babiš (ANO) hopes Serbia will buy Czech-made Skyfox aircraft

One killed in Czech military helicopter crash

Czech foreign minister honours victims of Croatia boating tragedy

Fuel prices jump after end of Czech price cap

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Czechia rises to seventh in EU household financial health ranking

Czech President Petr Pavel has vetoed a controversial amendment to the country's budget rules that would allow the government to exceed the approved state spending framework by up to CZK 200 billion. The ruling coalition is determined to override th...

Graphic designer Pavel Fuksa has worked with some of the world’s top brands, including Nike, Lego and Google. Now Fuksa has turned his skills to a different field, designing the 2026–2027 strip collection for reigning Czech football champions Sl...

MPs to decide on president's budget veto in August

Czech Republic confirms new ambassadors to US, UN and OECD

Czech Radio: Quiet shake-up at Defence Ministry as key unit is moved

Czech and Saxon groups launch cross-border nature network

Czech Railways cancels tender for high-speed train carriages

Police reviewing Filip Turek's 2021 video for reckless driving

The 22-year-old Miss Czech Republic, Sophia Osako, will represent the country at Miss Universe in Puerto Rico this November. Born to a Moravian mother and a Japanese father, and raised speaking mostly English, she spoke to me about how the competiti...

Czech foreign minister urges Russia to end war with Ukraine

President Pavel vetoes public finance reform bill, ruling coalition planning to override veto

The monument to Field Marshal Josef Václav Radetzky is set to return to Prague's Malá Strana after more than a century. While the decision has broad political backing, some history minded members of the public still question whether the location i...

Police charge six people after Prague City Hall raid

Czech road tolls top CZK 10 billion in first half of year

Foreign Minister Macinka to visit Croatia

Prague court rehabilitates 19 former dissidents persecuted under communism

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Czech lower house speaker Tomio Okamura has headed to Beijing for the last part of a visit to China. His trip comes against the backdrop of the arrest of a Czech citizen in China – and amid suggestions China could seek to exchange him for a Chines...

Škoda Group to rebrand ahead of expiry of Škoda trademark licence

Tram disruptions in central Prague due to track repairs

Czech Army Operations Command holds ceremonial change of guard

DJ Nana Addae is fascinated by Czech culture. If they weren’t so closed up, they’d be celebrating success worldwide, she says.  

Czech Republic signs deal on small modular reactor sites

President Pavel warns against undermining trust in courts

Police detain two people during raid at Prague City Hall

The Czech government has approved a proposal to ban the use of mobile phones in schools. Starting in 2027, the ban would apply to children in nursery, primary schools, grammar schools and conservatories. The opposition and the Children's Ombudsman o...

Czech woman struck by lightning on Croatian beach

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The future of the Václav Havel Library has become uncertain amid disputes over its leadership, governance and the use of Václav Havel's name. Former director Milan Babík, who led the institution for less than a year, says many of today's problems...

Czech government to expand anti-drone powers to protect critical infrastructure

Black puma sighting reported again in South Bohemia

Rain improves topsoil moisture, but deep soil drought remains a problem

National security adviser Hynek Kmoníček to step down

Prague Airport unions declare strike alert over new chairman appointment

Prague Council to replace collapsed Barrandov Bridge sculpture

Opposition slams government Constitutional Court move

Bar Association against abolition of statute of limitations for murder

Czech govt backs ban on mobile phones in schools from Sept 2027

Sparta to face Lyon in Champions League qualifier

Government approves higher pensions for over 80s

The Colours of Ostrava festival has become an integral part of the Czech summer music scene. With a line-up spanning a wide range of genres, there's something for fans of virtually every musical taste.  

First half of week to be overcast, relatively cool

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Krejčíková climbs to 26th in rankings after first title in two years

A monumental concrete sculpture that stood beside Prague's Barrandov Bridge for more than three decades collapsed late last week, sending tons of debris onto a nearby road and cycle path. No one was injured, but the incident has sparked  debate ove...

Czech President Petr Pavel has defended his stance in the dispute over the NATO summit in Ankara, warned against "war fatigue" over Ukraine and called for more political dialogue. In an exclusive, hour-long interview for Czech Radio recorded at the ...

Clean-up efforts underway in wake of heavy storms

Fuel prices expected to rise as government regulation ends

It's one of Czechia's best-kept secrets: a narrow-gauge railway that snakes through a fairy-tale landscape in the country's far northeast. We took a ride on the Osoblažka to find out what makes it so special.

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Around 1,000 motorcyclists join in Prague Night Ride

Fuel prices rise on final day of Czech price cap

Rare giant water lily Victoria Cruziana blooms in Olomouc

Czech weather service issues high-level storm warning

Speaker Okamura says China visit was coordinated with intelligence services

New Iron Curtain Trail project to open along Czech-Austrian border

Colours of Ostrava to remain in Ostrava, festival director says

President Pavel to announce re-election decision next year

Czech psychedelic pop band Bert & Friends is celebrating a decade on the music scene. Led by frontman Albert Romanutti, the group has built a distinctive world with surreal lyrics, colourful visuals and a mix of genres.

Prague is known as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. To preserve its unique character for future generations, its historic city centre was designated the Prague Heritage Reservation 55 years ago, on July 21, 1971. It covers a vast area of ...

Railway Inspectorate blames Transport Ministry failings and human error for 2024 Pardubice train crash

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Czech government to discuss pension boost for working retirees, delays indexation reform

ANO and SPD to field rival senate candidates despite earlier cooperation talks

Forty-seven injured in head-on bus crash near Brno

Seznam Zpravy: SPD omitted from Interior Ministry's extremism report

Czech government set to back school mobile phone ban

Healthcare, housing top Czech voters’ priorities, survey finds

Storm interrupts Colours of Ostrava festival, two concerts cancelled

In the latest episode of Czechast, Marie Kinsky looks back on more than twenty-five years spent in Czechia after moving from her native France. She discusses how the historic Kinsky estate at Žďár nad Sázavou has evolved into a centre for cultur...

Babiš hails EU emissions proposal as government success

Drought begins affecting older Czech vineyards

Government fuel price caps end as maximum prices rise

EU report criticises Czech conflict-of-interest rules

Opposition Civic Democrats move to block controversial Prague candidate

The Czech foreign minister says the detention of a Czech citizen in China is unconnected to the case of a Chinese man being held in Prague on spying charges. But opposition voices say that if Beijing does aim to stage a prisoner swap, any Czech visi...

Czechia records EU's second-lowest inflation rate

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Czech car production rises in first half of the year

Producer prices show mixed trends in June

Swimming banned at Prague's Džbán reservoir over toxic algae

Ancient Celtic bronze duck discovered in Moravia

Czech climber dies during Karakoram expedition in Pakistan

MP Turek fined over two buildings without planning permission

Mortgage lending eases in June despite strong annual growth

A new tourist landmark is taking shape near Boží Dar in the Ore Mountains. The “stone heart” monument built to celebrate the international hiking festival EURORANDO 2026, is intended to symbolize the unity of European countries.

Diana Ross to perform in Czechia for first time this month

President signs bill under which employment offices will help homeless

Brussels approves Czech system for construction of new power generation sources

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Skyscraper with David Černý “shipwreck” design gets planning permission

Turek no longer attending ministry meetings as crash investigated

Miloslav "Čurby" Urbanec has a private football pitch in his garden, a statue of Maradona stands outside his house, and the façade of the family home is painted in the colours of Argentina. If Czechia were ever to face Argentina at the World Cup, ...

Czech arrested in China over “endangering state security”