Czech News in English — Prague & Czechia Today

The United Nations has passed a resolution calling for an end to the use of the traditional Mercator map projection in favour of a more accurate depiction of continental sizes. The measure was backed by 164 countries, including Czechia and

Leaders of the Czech Motorists party (Petr Macinka) and SPD (Tomio Okamura) unexpectedly and sharply criticized the draft state budget for next year, presented on Monday by Finance Minister Alena Schillerová of the ANO movement. According t

Around 50,000 people took to the streets of Madrid to protest against the way Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's government is handling the migration crisis in the Ceuta enclave, where roughly eight thousand migrants remain, refusing to leave t

Pavel Hajný, regional prosecutor for Pilsen, has filed charges against a man who recorded and posted on social media a video reviewing a used car at a local dealership. According to the prosecution, the video contained knowingly false infor

German police are investigating a series of attacks on electricity infrastructure. According to a Cologne police spokesperson, investigators have received a letter in which an unknown individual claimed responsibility for one of the inciden

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček has said that the 2027 state budget deficit of 389 billion crowns is not "a road to bankruptcy" but the most groundbreaking budget since the 1989 revolution. The opposi

On September 4–5, 2026, the Czech town of Nový Jičín will host its traditional Town Festival (Slavnosti města). Organisers promise a packed programme across several venues: concerts by well-known Czech and Slovak artists, a market fair, a c

Coal mining company Sev.en Group is drawing up donation agreements for municipalities in the Most region that have been affected by brown coal extraction at the ČSA quarry. According to available information, the sum under discussion is CZK

In the town of Dobrovice, not far from Mladá Boleslav in the Central Bohemian Region, stands the largest, oldest — and at the same time most modern — sugar factory in Czechia. Attached to it is a museum unique in the country, dedicated to s

The Lidice Memorial has unveiled an updated multimedia exhibition dedicated to the life and tragic fate of the residents of the Czech village of the same name, which was destroyed by the Nazis. Analog display technology has been replaced wi

Polish Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has announced that Poland is strengthening the defence of its airspace amid what he described as increasingly frequent Russian provocations. He made the announcement on social media platform

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that President Donald Trump's American negotiating team will visit both Moscow and Kyiv in the coming days. He shared the news on his Telegram channel following a meeting with the team ha