Open days of the D metro line construction in Prague

The World of Books continues in Prague, Tokarczuková will be the guest of honour

STAN movement to elect new leadership today, Rakušan defends chairmanship

Hypomonitor: Fewer mortgages granted in April

This weekend, Prague opens the doors to 125 rarely accessible buildings as part of the 11th edition of the Open House Prague festival. From historic palaces to modern architectural gems, visitors will have the chance to explore a wide range of space...

With the success of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, there has been a substantial increase in tourists visiting the Czech city of Kutná Hora, located just one hour outside of Prague by train. But which locations stand out? Members of our team visited ...

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President signs into force welfare reform merging state benefits

As the Czech Republic enters the early phase of its election campaign, a new NMS Market Research poll suggests that most voters are sticking with familiar political brands. Andrej Babiš’s ANO continues to lead the field, while the nationalist Fre...

Leo Express under fire for launching free beer campaign

Czech doctors save Irish runner who suffered heart arrest during Prague marathon

Czech PM: Boosting security will require strong economy and energy infrastructure

Czechs win fourth game, top Group B at World Hockey Championship

PM Fiala criticizes EDF for interfering in Czech security interests

Museum Night Festival opens in Luhačovice with focus on 'signals'

Adonxs fails to reach Eurovision final with Kiss Kiss Goodbye

Pavel: Consensus on EU and NATO membership as guarantee of security

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According to a 2025 survey published by GLOBSEC, Czechia is one of the countries in central and eastern Europe where most people would defend their homeland in the event of a foreign attack. But why? I spoke with Director for Policy and Programming ...

More ninth-graders accepted to secondary schools in the first round

This year the Prague Transport Company is celebrating 150 years of public transport in the Czech capital. To mark the occasion, it has prepared a documentary series entitled “The secrets of the Prague tramlines”.

Delays at Dukovany could cost billions, ČEZ warns

Czechia and Ukraine agree to reciprocal free use of embassy land for 49 years

Lipavský: Putin’s absence from Istanbul talks shows cowardice

Parliamentry election campaign officially starts

Navalis water celebrations get underway in Prague

Book World Prague 2025 welcomes Nobel prize winner Olga Tokarczuk

President Pavel hosts party leaders for talks on national and European security

Lipavský to push NATO to name Russia top threat, raise Czech defense spending to 3%

Institutes urge equal punishment for Nazi and communist propaganda

The Foreign Ministry expects tens of thousands of voters abroad to participate in the autumn elections to the Chamber of Deputies. More than 600,000 Czechs are long-term residents abroad. For the first, time this year, they can vote by correspondenc...

Majority of Czech adults identify as optimists

Delay in Dukovany deal shifts project timeline

Eurovision season is upon us, and Czechia is this year represented by Slovakia-born singer Adonxs (Adam Pavlovčin). Performing Kiss Kiss Goodbye , the singer will first appear before an international audience in the second semi-final on May 15th. B...

Brno scientists are developing a system for monitoring pilot fatigue or any kind of health problem.  Based on a camera with artificial intelligence, the device monitors the pilot's condition and, if necessary, responds with an alert or a more insis...

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Four peregrine falcon chicks hatch at Temelín nuclear plant

Montenegro freezes assets of Czech hospital executive in corruption case

E-bike accidents surge in Czechia

Together Coalition launches pre-election tour in Prague

“The memorial is not a war grave”: Czechia responds to Russia's claims

From Cambridge labs to groundbreaking research in Vienna, Eva Přáda is a Czech biophysical chemist using science to address everyday problems. In the latest episode of Science Without Borders, discover how her international journey, powered by top...

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The Prague Spring International Music Festival, one of the highlights of the Czech cultural calendar, kicked off its eightieth edition on May 12th. As per tradition, the opening concert was a performance of Bedřich Smetana's My Country , played by ...

PM Fiala: Czechia ready to negotiate start of Tour de France

A team of Czech speleologists have successfully completed the longest possible cave traverse in the country—a route no one had managed until now. Over nearly two days, the trio navigated a challenging, seven-kilometre journey through the Amatérsk...

Police detain 70 people over fraudulent investment platforms from Ukraine

Chamber of Deputies elections will be held this year on 3 and 4 October

The Battle of Slivice was the last World War II battle fought on Czech territory and one of the last in Europe. The fighting broke out near the demarcation line, which had been agreed upon between the Soviet and American command. Not far from the ba...

Pavel will receive the Chief State Prosecutor and the President of the Judges' Union

Bedřich Smetana's My Country opens Prague Spring music festival

Czech foreign minister to attend prep meeting for NATO summit in June

Czech hockey team beats Denmark, moves to top of group B

President Pavel stresses need for strong and self-sufficient Europe

US diplomat who backed former dissident leader Václav Havel dies at 95

A Museum of Survivors has opened near Brno, in the former factory of Oskar Schindler, the German industrialist credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during World War II. Its official opening, held on May 10th, was planned to coincide with the...

Unemployment rate in April at 4.3 percent

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Record low measured at Kvilda on Sunday night

The 2025 Ice Hockey World Championship is in full swing and, after a good start for the Czechs, hockey fans at home are glued to their sets hoping for another medal.

European Commission asks Czechia to put off signing Dukovany deal

‘Europe as a Task’ conference begins at Prague Castle

Prague Spring music festival to open with Smetana's My Country

Hockey players squeeze out win over Norway, Pastrňák decides

Long before GPS apps were common and smartphones ubiquitous, Pavel Novák was printing maps and decoding clues with his wife and two young children on the streets of Brussels. It was 2008, and what started as a simple weekend activity soon evolved i...

Dvanáct is the number ‘twelve’ in Czech. The dva- bit of the word is the number ‘two’ on its own, while - náct is the part that it shares with the other ‘teen’ numbers: jedenáct (11), třináct (13), čtrnáct (14) and so on. But wher...

Tennis player Kopřiva finished in third round of 2025 Italian Open

PM Fiala: Ukraine is ready for ceasefire, Putin is looking for way to avoid it

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Senate President Vystrčil: It is indifference that opens the door to violence

Czech experts involved in investigation into blackout in Spain and Portugal

FM Lipavský sceptical about efforts towards ceasefire in Ukraine

Kantar CZ: ANO weakened in April, Spolu coalition strengthened

Cave divers successfully undertake two-day route through Amatérská Cave system

One of the main prizes at Anifilm festival won by Czech film ‘Living Large'

Music played a crucial role in boosting the morale of both troops and civilians during World War Two. Songs from both sides of the Atlantic got people on the dance floor and rallied spirits through many  dark days and nights of the war. Here are so...

On May 13th 1935, twins Karel and Jan Saudek were born in Prague. Their life story is like something out of a dramatic film – from their early childhood during the Nazi occupation to their unique artistic careers that made them legends of Czech co...

Museum dedicated to Holocaust survivors officially opens in former Schindler factory

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Hundreds of students set off in procession of floats for Brno Majáles

Škoda Auto welcomes EU changes to CO2 emission standards

Czech diplomacy in Pakistan in contact with several Czechs

Prague 4 proposes different names for future metro D line stations

People gather in Prague to support European Sky Shield for Ukraine plan

Czech team opens world championship with thrilling overtime win over Switzerland

Open mills day lets visitors explore historic Czech watermills and windmills

What was the fighting like during the Prague Uprising 80 years ago? This is what participants at Thursday's Barricade 2025 event in Prague's Nusle got to experience.

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Industry confederation warns Dukovany contract delay harms Czech energy and business

Czechia is mourning star of stage and screen Jiří Bartoška, who passed away on May 8th at 78 years of age. Among his many achievements, the charismatic actor is most fondly remembered for reinvigorating the Karlovy Vary International Film Festiva...

Lipavský honours Ukraine’s fallen soldiers in Lviv during EU ministerial visit

The geopark in Český ráj (Bohemian Paradise) is in danger of losing its UNESCO status. According to auditors, it cooperates with institutions that sell precious stones of unclear origin such as “blood minerals” mined under highly problematic ...

President Pavel congratulates new pope, praises Vatican’s role in promoting dignity and justice

Retail sales in Czechia rose 3.4 percent year-on-year in March

Karlovy Vary mourn honorary citizen and actor Jiří Bartoška with black flag and memorial site

Duka: new pope's knowledge of Czech Church is an advantage

Germany tightens border checks with Czechia, citing migration concerns

Temperatures in Bohemia drop close to minus ten degrees Celsius

Russia launches criminal case over destruction of Red Army statue in Czechia

FM Lipavský: Election of Pope Leo XIV "symbolic" and "represents hope"

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Actor and president of Karlovy Vary Film Festival Jiří Bartoška dies at 78

Six female bison imported from Czechia to help breeding in Spanish reserve

Czech MEP Dostál intends to attend celebrations in Moscow

Germany to tighten border controls, travellers from Czechia to Bavaria may be affected

Czechia celebrates Victory Day, events held across country

Re-enactment of the liberation of the town of Hodonín on April 12, 1945

People won just and lasting peace, PM Fiala says on Victory Day

Felix Kafka was born in Prague almost exactly a century ago and escaped the Holocaust after being placed on one of the "kindertransports" to the UK organised by Nicholas Winton. He talked to Radio Prague International's Alex Rosenzweig from his home...

Moravian winemakers win eight big gold medals at competition in Spain

What do Czechs and Czech historians think about Czech treatment of the Jewish community in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and Czechoslovakia in the 20th century? Jakub Ferenčík spoke to historian Ivan Puš to understand the shifting narr...

Forbes: Kellnerová remains richest Czech

The plan to build two new nuclear units at the Dukovany power plant in the Vysočina Region has now been stalled, as the Regional Court in Brno on Tuesday blocked the signing of the final contract with a preliminary injunction. This was done in resp...

Czech tramping, a unique cultural tradition born over a century ago, is still going strong—even across the Atlantic. Recently, Czech expatriates gathered at the Czech Embassy in Ottawa to sing their favourite tramping songs, including the legendar...

On May 8th millions of people around Czechia rejoiced in the news that Germany had finally surrendered and the war was over. But for many inmates of the Terezín ghetto, the suffering was far from over. Many had nowhere to go and another 1,500 inmat...

Dukovany project firm to appeal court order blocking contract signing

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Chamber of Deputies votes to support ban on sale of pyrotechnics in marketplaces

Babiš and Okamura to attend meeting called by Pavel on security

Moscow sends diplomatic note over removed Soviet marshal statue