Czech News in English — Prague & Czechia Today

Prague Castle hosted the traditional ceremony marking the opening of the Crown Chamber above St. Wenceslas Chapel, where the Czech coronation jewels are kept. As tradition dictates, seven keyholders turned their keys simultaneously — among

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to stop striking each other's energy infrastructure. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, however, denied that any such agreement existed almost immediately afte

The European Commission has officially confirmed that it has suspended part of the EU fund payments to companies within the Agrofert holding, previously owned by Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. The reason cited is a persisting potential

On Monday, a solemn ceremony took place at St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague Castle to remove the Czech coronation jewels from the Crown Chamber. Opening the vault required all seven keys, each held by a different high-ranking official.The cere

A chemically contaminated site in the Šumava National Park, where Environment Minister Igor Červený says 200 barrels of hazardous substances and roughly a thousand tonnes of contaminated soil have been found, will be cleaned up by the Czech

The Czech government has drawn up a set of "criminal policy priorities" and instructed Justice Minister Pavel Blažek... Wait, let me redo this properly with correct name (Tejc). The Czech government has drawn up a set of "criminal policy pr

Czechia is set to face a shortage of nearly 500,000 workers by 2045, according to projections from the consulting group Moore Czech Republic. The cause lies in the collision of two demographic waves: the small generations born after 2000 ar

The search continues in Czechia for Jana Šerženiková, a mother of two who went missing on the morning of Thursday, September 3. She left home but never showed up for work in Ostrava. She has not been in contact with her family since, and ac

Former adult film star Rosenberg has decided to try his hand at politics — he is running for a seat on Prague's City Council with the Free Citizens' Party (Svobodní), taking 25th place on the citywide list. He himself is standing as a non-a

On Saturday evening in Ostrava, a Polish citizen named Jakub Chajsig was assaulted after his attackers mistook his yellow-and-blue hat — the colors of Upper Silesia — for Ukrainian symbolism, shouting that he was "a Ukrainian and a Banderit

Discounted public transport fares for students and pensioners in Czechia will not increase next year and will remain at 50%, even though Andrej Babiš's government had promised to restore them to the previous 75%. This was announced by the C

Ukraine's Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko left the country overnight, using an official car and citing a work trip to Lithuania as a pretext. This was reported by the Ukrainska Pravda portal, citing sources within law enforcement agenc