Czech News in English — Prague & Czechia Today

Czech DJ and musician Dominik Turza, known by his stage name DJ Roxtar, has become one of the most talked-about figures on Czech social media in recent months thanks to short music videos in which he takes sharp jabs at Czech politics. He s

Vojtěch Kopp, a former officer with the Czech president's protection service who caused a drunk-driving crash in February last year, has refused to accept his final conviction and has turned to the Supreme Court. This was confirmed by Adam

NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Lieutenant General Mead, told a Polish radio station that the alliance is prepared to switch to a wartime footing very quickly. He said specific details of the plans cannot be disclosed, as they form

AI developer Anthropic has reported that a militant group in northern Yemen used its Claude AI model to help develop missile weapons. While the company does not directly name the group as the Houthis, both the Associated Press and the Finan

Czech MP Lněnička from the Pirate Party shared an infographic on social media claiming to show the effects of introducing 30 km/h speed limits in cities. However, the data presented turned out to be inaccurate and misleading, according to P

One in four fifteen-year-old students in Czechia is unable to understand even a short text of average difficulty. That's according to the international PISA study (Programme for International Student Assessment), which every three years tes

A district court in Znojmo, Czechia, sentenced a man to nine months in prison, suspended for a two-year probationary period, for growing cannabis for personal use. The convicted man disagreed with the verdict and appealed — the case was rev

Czechia is seeing a record surge in hepatitis C cases: according to the National Institute of Public Health, five people have already died from the disease this year, and the number of new infections is on track to break the all-time record

Czech Interior Minister Vít Rakušan — wait, let me correct: Lubomír Metnar — said in an interview that his ministry has no data pointing to a looming mass wave of Ukrainian migration to the Czech Republic once the war ends, despite fears th

Just a quarter of a year after a major reconstruction was completed, the new wooden benches on Jiřího z Poděbrad Square in Prague 3 are already showing signs of wear: their dark paint is peeling, and several slats have cracked or broken off

Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that no new mobilisation is being planned in the country, dismissing the rumours as lies spread by the Ukrainian army allegedly in response to setbacks at the front

Jiří Komárek, a former organised-crime detective who has headed the security department at the Czech Ministry of Transport since March, still hasn't obtained clearance to handle classified information at the "Secret" level — even though thi