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Government planning to ease border travel restrictions next week

Government planning to ease border travel restrictions next week

Czech Radio celebrates its 97th birthday

Czech Radio is on Monday marking the 97th anniversary of the station’s launch, as Czechoslovak Radio, on 18 March 1923. Usually the station hold…

State mulls Smartwings purchase but firm’s importance questioned

The state could buy the Czech airline Smartwings, the minister of industry and trade revealed at the weekend. However, the suggestion has raised…

Government wants to prolong state of emergency until May 11

Government wants to prolong state of emergency until May 11

Coronavirus: Czech hospitals soon to get free ventilators thanks to crowdsourced IT project ‘Covid19CZ’

The Czech civic initiative Covid19CZ was formed just a few weeks ago to try to harness technological, medical and engineering know-how to help s…

EC vice president Jourová: Poland and Hungary are fragile democracies

EC vice president Jourová: Poland and Hungary are fragile democracies

Prague square to be renamed after slain Russian opposition leader

Prague square to be renamed after slain Russian opposition leader

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Pekarová Adamová elected leader of TOP 09 Markéta Pekarová Adamová has been elected leader of the right-wing opposition party TOP 09. The MP rec…

Bishops file criminal complaint over possible sex abuse in church

Bishops file criminal complaint over possible sex abuse in church

Criticism after pro-Russian activists invited to Zeman event

Criticism after pro-Russian activists invited to Zeman event

Social Democrat ministers criticise Foldyna’s attendance at “anti-Pride” event

Social Democrat ministers criticise Foldyna’s attendance at “anti-Pride” event

Joint Forces for Prague call for meeting over Mayor Hřib’s ‘communications style’

Joint Forces for Prague call for meeting over Mayor Hřib’s ‘communications style’

EC criticizes Czechia over lengthy EIA procedures

EC criticizes Czechia over lengthy EIA procedures

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Martin Neudörfl on codifying Sark Norman, saving Šumava Bavarian, and reviving Český Krumlov’s Schwarzenberg guard

Linguist and budding historian Martin Neudörfl is on a mission to codify and save two languages from extinction: Sercquiais, a Norman dialect fr…

Monoxylon III expedition returns to Czech Republic

Monoxylon III expedition returns to Czech Republic

Babiš’s ANO party would win general elections

Babiš’s ANO party would win general elections

Opposition parties want vote of no-confidence in Babiš government

Opposition parties want vote of no-confidence in Babiš government