Czech News in English — Prague & Czechia Today

The Škoda Peaq electric car has driven 936 kilometres without a single recharge — from Mladá Boleslav in Czechia to the Dutch seaside resort of Zandvoort. The record run took place on Tuesday, 25 August, and resulted in an official Czech re

Prague City Hall has officially begun work on a fifth metro line — the purple Line E, designed to connect the city's districts while bypassing the centre. According to preliminary plans, the new line would intersect with the existing networ

The Czech Ministry of Justice will not be returning the bitcoins previously donated to it by Jiří Jiříkovský, who is accused of running an illegal darknet trading operation. Justice Minister Theron Teiz (ANO movement) made the statement on

The incident took place on 29 August on Myslíkova Street in central Prague. According to Prague police, what began as a routine traffic dispute around 3 p.m. ended in two separate offences — property damage and disorderly conduct.A driver w

Prague Castle will host a multi-genre festival dedicated to former Czech President Václav Havel, with the program kicking off on October 4 and running through January of next year. Many of the events will be free of charge, and an online ex

The Czech economy is facing a serious labor shortage: by 2040, the country could be short as many as 400,000 workers, with the number of unfilled vacancies already expected to reach 190,000 by 2030. This is according to a study by consultin

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, has threatened to strike Berlin after Germany officially accused Russia of attempting to sabotage the Leipzig/Halle airport. Medvedev dismissed the accusations as baseless and b

Czech Foreign Minister Ondřej Macinka has described the findings of the German investigation into the drone incident at Leipzig Airport as "alarming," saying he intends to discuss the situation with Czech intelligence services. He made the

Around 20% of people in Czechia — across all age groups, from young adults to pensioners — are currently not in a relationship and don't even live with anyone, according to sociologist Martin Kreidl, coordinator of the "Modern Czech Family"

Andrej Babiš's government has submitted a bill to the Chamber of Deputies that would reduce unemployment benefits. According to the Ministry of Labour, payments during the first two months would drop from the current 80% to 65% of a person'

At the Lány cemetery outside Prague, police have carried out an exhumation of the remains of Jan Masaryk — son of Czechoslovakia's first president, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, and himself the country's foreign minister, who died under mysteriou

The Czech Ministry of Agriculture is considering several options for regulating the sale of farmland, including introducing a right of first refusal for farmers who currently work a given plot. This was confirmed by ministry spokesman Marek