News from the Czech Republic | Radio Prague International

Skip to main content

CS
DE
EN
ES
FR
РУ

Czechia helping abroad

We will bring you human interest stories from six priority countries for Czech development cooperation.

Sport

Jaromír Jágr scores his 1,099th pro goal, surpassing Gretzky

Jaromír Jágr scores his 1,099th pro goal, surpassing Gretzky

12:00

Society

Being Czech-Vietnamese: Looking into the dual identity
03:04

Society

Interior Ministry warns of rising threat of extremism to democracy in Czechia
03:02

Culture

Large-scale tapestries inspired by Josef Čapek on display at Prague Castle

News

Follow us

Presidential elections 2023

Retired army general, Petr Pavel, has been elected the next president of Czechia. He will be sworn in on March 9.

Domestic affairs

Foreign policy

Society

Anniversary of the Week

Václav Chochola born 100 years ago

Václav Chochola is often associated with snapshots of city suburbs. But he also photographed famous Czech and world personalities such as Jan Werich and Salvador Dali.

Culture

Travel

03:28

Striking photograph of medieval castle at sunrise wins postcard competition

A captivating picture of Bezděz castle won the 2023 competition for the most beautiful Czech postcard. The photographer told Czech Radio how he managed to capture the shot.

Nature

02:56

Prague Zoo announces birth of first ever baby pangolin in Europe

Last year, Prague zoo received a pair of critically-endangered pangolins from Taipei. Now it announced the birth of a baby pangolin, the first ever to be born in Europe.

Science and technology

02:51

Czech start-up develops new insect-identifying technology

A new technology, developed by a Czech start-up, can classify over six thousand insects using Artificial Intelligence.

Picture of the week

Czech “Mardi Gras” celebrations kick off

Czech “Mardi Gras” celebrations have kicked off around the country.

Photogallery

QSL 2023 - 100 years of Czech Radio: Our listeners

Jiříček Liška from Nový Hradce|Photo: archive of Czech Radio
Army aviators|Photo: archive of Czech Radio
Agricultural workers in Štefaltov|Photo: archive of Czech Radio
Patients from Nový Smokovec|Photo: archive of Czech Radio
Woman by the stove|Photo: archive of Czech Radio
Blind listener Eliška Hořejší|Photo: archive of Czech Radio
The youngest listener is Vlastička Porubská|Photo: archive of Czech Radio
Jana Pakostová from Prague|Photo: archive of Czech Radio

Video

The 10 most famous Czech painters

Author of the painting for graphics: Johana Trejtnar

A Stitch in Time

I was approached by Leah Gaffen from Class Acts, an initiative that works with bilingual children in Czechia, with a particular focus on drama and writing.

Jiří Přibáň, photo: Ondřej Tomšů

EP68: Jiří Přibáň

Jiří Přibáň discusses the "gloves off" approach adopted by candidate Andrej Babiš ahead of round two of the presidential election and what he feels a Babiš win would mean.

Featured

Twitter

English Service Staff