Whooping cough is on the rise in the Czech Republic is no exception. In the first week of January, say the Czech authorities, there were 28 registered cases of whooping…
PRAGUE, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Lawmakers in the Czech Republic's upper house Senate narrowly voted against ratifying a decade-old international treaty aimed at preventing and combating violence against women. The…
PRAGUE, (Reuters) - The Czech government extended temporary controls on the country's border with Slovakia until Feb. 2, Interior Minister Vit Rakusan said, maintaining the measures set up to fight…
By Jan Lopatka PRAGUE, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Czech police tightened security around schools and other public buildings across the country and Prague's Charles University cancelled all lectures and events…
By Jan Lopatka and Jason Hovet A 24-year-old Czech student shot dead his father, then killed 14 people and wounded 25 others at his Prague university on Thursday before possibly…
Participants, wearing historical attire, ride on high-wheels before the traditional 'Prague Mile' race in Prague, Czech Republic, on Saturday. The Czech high-wheel bicycles club was founded in 1880, and its…
By Michael Kahn, Robert Muller and Karol Badohal PRAGUE/WARSAW (Reuters) - From building apartments for new employees to offering retired workers free canteen meals to share their expertise, Central Europe's…
PRAGUE, (Reuters) - Russians living in Western countries should come under tighter scutiny from security services as Russia wages war in Ukraine, Czech President Petr Pavel told Radio Free Europe/Radio…
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic could give Ukraine some of its L-159 fighter jets to support its planned counter-offensive, Czech President Petr Pavel was quoted as saying. Prague has…
PRAGUE, May 4 (Reuters) - Eight people who were most likely homeless were killed after a fire broke out on Wednesday night in construction containers in the Czech city of…
PRAGUE, April 26 (Reuters) - The Czech government has made the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, the first person on its national sanctions list due to his…
PRAGUE, March 30 (Reuters) - The Czech economy will stagnate this year due to shocks from Russia's war in Ukraine that have boosted inflation, and tight monetary policy needs to…
Czech Republic's President elect Petr Pavel arrives at the Prague Castle for his inauguration ceremony in Prague, Czech Republic, 09 March 2023. New president replaces outgoing president Milos Zeman after…
PRAGUE, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The Czech unemployment rate rose to 3.9% of the workforce in January, the highest since May 2021 but below a Reuters poll forecast of 4.0%,…
Czech president-elect Petr Pavel has told the BBC Ukraine should be allowed to join Nato "as soon as the war is over". Mr Pavel, a retired Nato general, said Ukraine…
Pavel wins in runaway vote over ex-PM Babis Pavel gives clear support backing Ukraine, West Pledges to end divisions brought by Babis, incumbent Zeman Voter turnout record high in presidential…
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech presidential frontrunner Petr Pavel urged his rival, ex-premier Andrej Babis, to stop fanning war fears while Babis said he would halt rallies due to threats against…
PRAGUE, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Retired general and former NATO official Petr Pavel led billionaire ex-prime minister Andrej Babis by a nearly 18-point margin ahead of a Czech presidential election…
Two people carry a Ukrainian flag as people form a symbolic human chain across the Charles Bridge to mark the Day of Unity of Ukraine, in Prague, Czech Republic, 22…
PRAGUE, (Reuters) - Retired general Petr Pavel held a 15 percentage point lead over billionaire ex-premier Andrej Babis heading into a Jan. 27-28 presidential run-off vote, a Czech Television poll…
PRAGUE, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The Czech government survived an opposition attempt to overthrow it in a no-confidence vote, a widely expected outcome of the motion which the cabinet had…
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Billioniare ex-premier Andrej Babis held a narrowing lead in the first round of the Czech presidential election on Saturday ahead of retired general Petr Pavel, putting the…
General Petr Pavel, ex-PM Andrej Babis lead polls Pavel seen favourite in second round Czech presidents not executive but hold significant powers All candidates more pro-western than incumbent Milos Zeman…
The Czech Republic's presidential election this weekend pits a retired general, a billionaire ex-prime minister and an economics professor in a battle to replace Milos Zeman, the retiring heavyweight of…
PRAGUE, Jan 9 (Reuters) - A Czech court acquitted former prime minister Andrej Babis on Monday of alleged fraud, improving the billionaire's prospects in a presidential election this week in…
PRAGUE, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Czech authorities will destroy all 750,000 hens on a poultry farm at the centre of its worst outbreak of bird flu so far as the…
PRAGUE, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Czech billionaire and former Prime Minister Andrej Babis returned to court to fight fraud accusations over a 2 million euro subsidy on Wednesday, days before…
Czech authorities are preparing to destroy up to 220,000 hens on a poultry farm in the west of the country after bird flu was discovered there last week, in the…
PRAGUE, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Czech lower house lawmakers have approved a 60% windfall tax on energy firms and large banks, backing government plans to take firms' excess profits to…
In the Czech Republic, hemp products like marijuana, hashish and cannabis oil have been available in pharmacies for years. Prague is now planning full legalization for 2023 and wants to…
PRAGUE, (Reuters) - The Czech Republic will turn away Russian tourists holding Schengen-zone visas issued by any country from Oct. 25, the foreign minister said, as it joined other European…
PRAGUE, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Leaders of the European Union and neighbours from Britain to Turkey met on Thursday to discuss security and energy emergencies plaguing them all since Russia's…
PRAGUE, Oct 5 (Reuters) - The Czech government extended its checks on the border with European Union neighbour Slovakia by another 20 days, seeking to control a spike in the…
PRAGUE, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis's opposition ANO party won most of the country's major cities in municipal elections seen as a test for the ruling coalition's…
PRAGUE, (Reuters) - The Czech Republic will not issue humanitarian visas to Russian citizens fleeing mobilisation orders, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said. Many Russians are trying to leave their country…
PRAGUE, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Former Czech prime minister Andrej Babis stood trial on Monday over fraud accusations connected to a 2 million euro ($2 million) European Union subsidy that…
A view of the newly completed world's longest suspension bridge, the 'Sky Bridge 721,' in Dolni Morava, Czech Republic. The structure connecting the ridges of two mountain peaks is 721…
BRUSSELS, Sept 7 (Reuters) - The European Commission will propose a price cap on Russian gas, alongside measures including a mandatory EU cut in electricity use and a cap on…
PRAGUE (Reuters) - An estimated 70,000 people protested in Prague against the Czech government on Saturday, calling on the ruling coalition to do more to control soaring energy prices and…
PRAGUE, (Reuters) - Czech nationals have been sending exactly 1,968 crowns ($80) to Ukraine to help it defend itself against Russia and to commemorate the 1968 invasion of then Czechoslovakia…
PRAGUE, Aug 19 (Reuters) - The Czech government will decide in three weeks whether to impose a windfall tax on large energy companies and banks and may include one more sector if it goes…
PRAGUE, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Czech President Milos Zeman was released from the Central Military Hospital in Prague on Friday after a one-day stay, news agency CTK said. Zeman, 77,…
Scouts take part in opening of the Central European Jamboree in Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday evening. Over 1200 scouts from many countries around the world, mainly the Czech Republic,…
Prague (dpa) - Germany and the Czech Republic continued to fight forest fires on Sunday, with the situation tense on both sides of the border on Sunday. The fire burning…
PRAGUE, July 27 (Reuters) - The Czech government has backed allowing its fighter jets to protect neighbouring Slovakia's air space from September, the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday. Slovakia has…
An actor dressed as King Charles IV (C-R) walks as history enthusiasts take part in the celebrations of the 665th anniversary of the foundation of the medieval Charles Bridge, at…
The Czech Republic will send fighter jets to protect Slovakia’s airspace starting in September, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Sunday. “We will help Slovakia until it has new…
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala (L) welcomes European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (R) prior to College of the European Commission visit on the very first day of the…
PRAGUE, June 15 (Reuters) - Prague Airport said it had postponed all departing flights on Wednesday due to a glitch in its air traffic control system. "The Top Sky air traffic control…
BRUSSELS, June 3 (Reuters) - EU competition regulators on Friday expressed concerns about 18 million euros ($19.3 million) in Czech state aid for three digital terrestrial TV operators and launched an investigation…
The Czech Republic has delivered tanks, multiple rocket launchers, howitzers and infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine among military shipments that have reached hundreds of millions of dollars and will continue,…
The Czech Republic has sent T-72 tanks and BVP-1 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine, a Czech defence source told Reuters, confirming a local media report. Public broadcaster Czech Television initially…
PRAGUE, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The Czech government on Sunday increased military aid to Ukraine as it battles Russian troops, backing an additional package worth 400 million crowns ($18.23 million), while Slovakia…
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic will ask European Union partners to only allow entry into the border control-free Schengen area to Russians who hold biometric passports, Czech Interior Minister…
PRAGUE, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The Czech Republic will stop requiring COVID passes for entry to restaurants and other service or entertainment venues starting next week, opening them up to…
PRAGUE, Feb 2 (Reuters) - The Czech Republic reported 57,195 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, its highest daily tally since the coronavirus pandemic started, amid the spread of the Omicron…
The Czech Republic reported 28,469 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, the highest daily tally since the pandemic reached the country of 10.7 million in March 2020. The number reported…
PRAGUE, Jan 5 (Reuters) - The Czech government shortened the quarantine period for COVID-19 positive people from seven days to five as it prepares for Omicron, which experts estimate will…