Ian Willoughby

Covid-19 seems to be making another comeback in the Czech Republic. This week has seen over 1,000 new cases a day for the first time since in two months.

Tennis star Petra Kvitová had the perfect preparation for this year’s Wimbledon, winning the traditional warmup in Eastbourne.

After rising to become the third biggest party in the Czech lower house, the Mayors and Independents are now embroiled in a scandal. Can they survive it?

The music festival Metronome Prague kicks off on Thursday for the first time in three years, with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Beck and Underworld among those performing.

Putin’s war on Ukraine also has implications in outer space and this will be one area discussed at a space security conference starting in Prague this Sunday. 

The three-party Together grouping and the Pirates and Mayors alliance were able to form a government last year. But does it make sense for the parties to stay together?

After saying he would say in September whether he will stand in presidential elections, Andrej Babiš now says he would announce “at the last moment”. Why the change?

Martin Klíma, a student leader of Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution, brought role-playing games to the country and has found global success with Warhorse Studios.

The Czech Republic’s six-month presidency of the EU gets underway in exactly one month’s time. In parallel the Czech Centres network will be running a whole host of events.

Two Czech works, The Word and Borders of Love, will be taking part in the main competition at this year's Karlovy Vary IFF.