Czech voyeurs who have grown weary of watching their fellow citizens monkey around in the prime-time reality TV shows VyVoleni (The Selected) and Big Brother these past…
The 14th annual Czech Winegrower of the Year competition culminated in a gala ceremony held in Prague’s Žofín on Thursday evening. A jury of international wine experts…
Following a promo campaign in its Holešovice showroom the biggest Czech e-shop Alza.cz has just launched the sale of electric cars. The company says it firmly believes…
The Association of Entrepreneurs has been ringing alarm bells with regard to the depopulation and abandonment of many small villages in rural areas with poor…
According to a report presented to the cabinet by the minister for human rights and equal opportunities, Jiří Dienstbier, Czech public administration is failing in its…
The level of overall trust in the Czech economy has fallen to a five year low according to the results of a monthly industry survey conducted by the Czech Statistical…
"We are not able to define exactly what life is but we know for sure that there must have been water at its origin," - those are the first words of an unusual film…
In less than three weeks now Czechs are due to vote in a national referendum on EU accession. The government's campaign to convince them to go to the polls and vote YES is…
The press office of the power utility CEZ, which built and operates the controversial Temelin nuclear power plant, announced on Thursday that several cubic metres of…
There is nothing now to stop the Czech Republic from launching its second nuclear power station, situated outside the little village of Temelin in South Bohemia. The plant…
The crisis over Czech Television continues. Thousands of people gathered once again outside the news building on Thursday evening, the latest in a series of demonstrations…
With time running out before the controversial Temelin nuclear power plant in South Bohemia is due to go on line, opposition to the plant continues. This time, however…
Parliament has approved a law making it compulsory for genetically modified foods to be labeled. If the Senate approves the law and President Havel signs it, Czechs will…
The Florence-based Innocenti Research Centre of UNICEF has released a report on "child maltreatment and death" in the OECD countries. The study shows that about 3500…
An international cycling relay called Bike+10 which is meant to promote cycling as an alternative to car traffic started in the Moravian city of Brno ten days ago. The…
The Czech Republic is currently experiencing a heat wave. Whilst just a few days ago temperatures reached a maximum of only 23 degrees Celsius, this week has seen them…
Earlier this week the non-governmental organization Transparency International released it's yearly report entitled Global Corruption Report 2003.
Vaclav Klaus made his maiden voyage to Brussels as Czech President on Thursday, for talks with the head of the European Commission Romano Prodi and other senior officials…
The South Bohemian Philharmonic Orchestra has been streaming concerts from an unexpected venue - the deserted departure hall of Planá airport.
It looks as though the outgoing Czech Prime Minister, Vladimir Spidla, could be about to find himself a new job. His successor at the helm of the Social Democrats…
Jaroslav Bžoch is running in the European elections for the ANO party. He is a business executive and has been a member of the Czech Parliament since 2017.
As many as 14% of Czech children experience domestic violence directly or indirectly at some point in their lives and many are left permanently scarred.
New data from the Czech Statistics Office show that one fifth of students on Czech campuses are internationals.
Fights and injuries occurring inside large groups of people could soon be easier to detect, thanks to a new Czech-developed crowd surveillance system.
Brno University of Technology researchers are testing a thermal switch to regulate heat in electronics for deep space probes, satellites and vehicles on Mars and the Moon.