Over the course of 2024, four people have died after consuming ‘óčko’, a crude drug made from poppies stolen from the country’s poppy fields.
To mark the 600th anniversary of the death of Czech warrior Jan Žižka of Trocnov, an international scientific team created a digital model of his face.
A new STEM analysis reveals that nearly half of Czechs view the current democratic regime as better than the pre-1989 communist system.
News; senate approves restrictions of kratom and HHC; land exchange in flood-risk areas; songbook marks Velvet Revolution; Veronika Novotna, Czech UN Youth Delegate.
A unique songbook marking the upcoming anniversary of the Velvet Revolution has just been released in Czechia.
The Czech Senate has passed new limits on the sale of weaker psychomodulatory substances, including kratom and hexahydrocannabinol (HHC).
The Regional Court in Hradec Králové has rehabilitated parish priest Josef Toufar who was arrested and tortured to death by the communist police in 1950.
A quarter of Czech psychiatrists are set to retire in five years. Experts are calling for more students.
The government has offered people in the high-risk flood zones in Jeseník an exchange of land on higher ground.
German plans to build wind turbines near the Czech border have sparked a backlash, as local communities claim they were ignored and environmental concerns were overlooked.
News, Signal Festival in Prague, Czech scientists develop atomic antibiotics, portrait of Vaclav Havel "in his own words".
The International Engineering Fair has got underway this week in Brno, running from Tuesday 8th to Friday 11th, and enjoyed a visit by President Petr Pavel.
Signal Festival, the annual festival of pioneering lightshows across Prague, begins its four-day programme on October 10th.
In an interview with Czech Radio, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský, reflects on relations with Russia following the infamous Vrbětice case.
The Bellarie Summer House, a Rococo jewel in Český Krumlov reopened to the public in October after undergoing extensive renovation.
Czech scientists have developed a new generation of antibiotics that are highly effective against a broad range of bacteria.
Czechia has given the world many notable figures. However, no Czech has garnered as much respect worldwide in recent history as Prague-born Václav Havel.
Press Play Prague is uniting journalists and enthusiasts to highlight the impact of storytelling in shaping our understanding of the world from 8-12 October 2024.
After twenty-two years of closure, the distinct round theatre by Prague’s Výstaviště has reopened under the new name of Nová Spirála.
News; Czechia struggling with pensions reform; St. Wenceslas Vineyard on the slopes of Prague Castle; Disinformation in Czechia continues to threaten democracy
Disinformation in Czechia has shifted significantly over the last few years. So, what is being done to combat it?
People have reported about a thousand cases of flood-damaged cars to insurance companies and experts are warning that some of them could surface in used car sales.
The Czech government is about to raise the retirement age to 67 despite the opposition parties' obstruction tactics in the lower house.
Most of the Czech Republic's vineyards are located in Moravia-Silesia, but the oldest and most famous vineyard lies in Prague on the sothern slopes of Prague Castle.
Prachi Bari shares her personal story, from being a journalist in India to a master's student here in Czechia.
