Ian Willoughby

Some foreigners who are long-term residents of the Czech Republic are opting to travel to their own countries, at considerable cost, to get coronavirus jabs.

In a new prognosis the Czech Ministry of Finance says it expects growth of 3.1 percent this year and that the budget deficit will reach 8.8 percent of GDP.

The Social Democrats have announced a new nominee to take over the post of Czech foreign minister: hitherto deputy interior minister Jakub Kulhánek, who is 37.

A state of emergency imposed to combat alarming Covid numbers in the Czech Republic has ended after more than six months. So what happens now?

President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk had a very ambitious plan when he founded Czechoslovakia: to create a new, civil religion.

Czechs abroad calling for the introduction of postal voting in their native country have launched a novel campaign.

Illustrator and comics artist Lenka Šimečková has established herself as one of the most exciting names in her field, with work that appears in comics, books and games.

A new project is helping Prague theatres hit by the Covid situation, bringing productions by top companies via "take-away" virtual reality headsets delivered courier.

In Czech New York, Martin Nekola documents the fresh influx of notable post-war émigrés to the Big Apple, including some of the leading names in Czechoslovak culture.

Petr Kellner, a dominant figure in Czech business in the country’s post-1989 period who also enjoyed global success, died in a helicopter crash in Alaska at the weekend.