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Over 1,000 households still without electricity as strong winds continue to ravage parts of Czechia

Over a 1,000 households are still cut off from their electricity supplier E.ON as a result of high speed winds that have been registered in several places across the Czech…
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Survey: 40 percent of workers in Czechia being forced to change jobs due to COVID-19

Either a change of employment or the search for a new job is currently a necessity for two-fifths of the labour force in the Czech Republic. A further 55 percent of…
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Czechia to receive first COVID-19 vaccine deliveries in January or February, says Health minister

The first deliveries of a coronavirus vaccine should become available in the Czech Republic either in January or February 2021, Health Minister Jan Blatný said in…
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Development minister: Czechia secures CZK 960 billion of funding from future EU budget

The Czech Republic will be able to draw from CZK 960 billion worth of funds in the EU’s upcoming 2021-2027 budget, Regional Development Minister Klára Dostálová said at an…
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Omicron now makes up half of all Covid infections in Czechia, according to testing firm

The average share of the omicron variant detected in specialised laboratories in the Czech Republic has now reached 50 percent of all coronavirus cases, according to Diana…
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Over 3 million people in Czechia have tested positive for Covid since pandemic hit

Over 3 million people in the Czech Republic have tested positive for Covid-19 since the pandemic hit the country in March of 2020; 2.7 million recovered, 37,200 died of…
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Polish PM: Dispute with Czechia over Turów coal mine will “fade away” after elections

Prague’s objections to Poland expanding a coal mine near the shared border will “fade away” after the Czech parliamentary elections in October, Polish Prime Minister…
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Defence Minister: Some Afghan interpreters who were not taken in by Czechia had ties with Taliban

Czech Defence Minister Lubomír Metnar rebuffed criticism that the government had not done enough to evacuate all Afghan interpreters who helped Czech troops in Afghanistan…
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Eurostat: EU’s renewable energy consumption growing, but Czechia far behind member state average

The share of renewables in the European Union’s electricity consumption rose from 34 percent in 2019 to 37 percent in 2020, Eurostat informed on Wednesday. While the…
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European Commission audit requires Czechia pay back CZK 284 million of funding for Agrofert

The European Commission audit, which finds Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš to be in a conflict of interest over EU subsidies paid to the Agrofert holding he founded and…
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Regional Development Minister says no reason why Czechia "should not fight to last breath" over audit

The European Commission audit allegedly stating that Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is in a conflict of interest is not final and there is no reason why the Czech Republic…
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Czech MEP says she has list of child refugees whom Czechia could help

Czech MEP Michaela Šojdrová from the Christian Democratic Party says she has secured a list of child refugees currently housed in Greek refugee camps whom the Czech…
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NATO seeks Czech applicants: Assistant Secretary General on what makes candidates successful

NATO has increased recruitment since 2022. In order to attract more candidates from Czechia, a NATO career workshop was held at the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Trans rights advocate: “Society is getting friendlier towards us”

The Czech Constitutional Court has ruled to abolish forced sterilization for individuals who want to make an official sex change.
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Should mobile phones be banned from classrooms?

While some European countries have totally banned the use of mobile phones in schools, there is still no clear consensus on this issue in Czechia.
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“It can definitely make a difference”: Pavel announces major shells plan for Ukraine

President Petr Pavel made headlinesat the Munich Security Conference by saying Czechia could secure 800,000 artillery shells for Ukraine, if partners provided the funding.
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Schools strike but do protests spell real danger for Czech government?

Most schools in Czechia were closed on Monday, with 7,000-plus taking part in a strike demanding better funding for education. But can this action impact the coalition?
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Czech UN Youth Delegate argues for amplifying voices of youth in decision-making

The Czech UN Youth Delegates Programme connects the youth with the UN. I spoke with Veronika Novotná, one of the Czech UN Youth Delegates, about her mandate.
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Czechast: A Podcast in English about all things Czech

New Radio Prague International podcast about Czech and Moravian culture, history, and economy.
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An end to unlimited egg and sperm donation?

At the moment, there is no limit in Czechia to the amount of times somebody can donate their egg and sperm cells for assisted reproduction. But a new law may change that.
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Salvation Army sees increase in demand for services as temperatures fall

As the cold creeps in, the Salvation Army is seeing a demand for their services, as director of social services Jitka Klánová explained to me.
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Expert on ban of heated tobacco products: “I hope less young people will start”

A ban on the sale of flavoured heated tobacco products came into force in Czechia this week, bringing it in line with an EU directive issued last year.
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Expert: NATO membership makes Czechs safer than at any time

Czechia joined NATO exactly 25 years ago, on March 12, 1999. How has Czech membership of the alliance actually gone over the last quarter century?
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Biochemist Jan Konvalinka: I hate us being called a “very good East European institute”

Well-known scientist Jan Konvalinka heads Prague's Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, which this year opened a lab in Boston.
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Give a real gift this Christmas: Jan Mrkvička on global work of People in Need and annual Skutečný Dárek scheme

Danny Bate sat down with Jan Mrkvička from the Czech charity People in Need, to talk about his career and their Christmas scheme that helps people to give a ‘real gift’.
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