Ian Willoughby

Thousands of people around the Czech Republic have begun receiving text messages informing them that they are in line for a third jab against the coronavirus.

A new exhibition of work by the famous children’s author and illustrator Peter Sís opened this week at the Czech Center in New York.

Soaring energy prices are one reason the Czech Republic is currently experiencing the highest rate of inflation seen since 2008, the website iHned.cz reported.

Covid tests at the Czech Republic’s schools at the start of the new term did not produce particularly concerning results and such blanket testing will no longer be used.

The Czech Republic needs to do more if it wants to meet the European Union’s energy and climate goals by the year 2030, according to the International Energy Agency.

The Czech Republic’s volleyball players achieved a sensational victory on Monday evening, overcoming recent Olympic champions France in the sport’s European Championships.

Journalist and film critic Hynek Pallas grew up in a notable Czech household in Sweden, where his dissident family settled after being forced out of Czechoslovakia.

Next week a concert and requiem mass are being held in Prague for Ivan Král, who performed and wrote with such rock greats as Patti Smith Group and Iggy Pop.

Czech children returned to schools on Wednesday for the start of an academic year that will be marked by Covid-19. But the government doesn't envisage more school closures.

Salaries in the Czech Republic probably increased by between 7.5 percent and 13 percent in the second quarter of this year, according to economists.