Brian Kenety

The Czech central bank has raised the key interest rate by 0.75 percentage points – the highest one-off rate huke since 1997. Inflation is now twice its target level.  

World Expos are something like the Olympics Games of business and technology. The Czech national pavilion is already creating a buzz ahead of Friday’s official opening.

ČVUT scientists have an unusual, constantly evolving colleague – a humanoid robot named iCub, equipped with all the key senses – sight, sound and touch. 

PM Andrej Babiš told the ongoing Budapest Demographic Summit EU countries must defend borders, bar “illegal migration” and raise European birth rates 

Czechia has until Wednesday to tell Brussels how it has resolved conflict of interest issues regarding EU subsidies – and Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.

Thousands of Czech farmers known as “kulaks” were forcibly evicted from their land and homesteads under communism. The biggest wave came 70 years ago, in autumn 1951.

Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhánek headed to the Middle East this week with a Czech business delegation, looking to boost trade with regional powerhouses.

Just north of the Vltava River lies one of the Czech Republic’s largest year-round markets. A move is afoot to bring the half-empty (and still rather seedy) site to life.

Saint Ludmila, the first historically documented duchess of Bohemia, was murdered on the 15 September 921. She became a symbol of Czech pride during the National Revival. 

The Czech Centres and National Gallery in Prague have put the finishing touches on a video project showcasing artworks from the early Middle Ages to the present day.