Czech Republic

Czech Republic

Jiri Drahos: The dark horse in Czech presidential elections

“I’m a fighter," says Drahos—a chemist-turned-politician who may edge out incumbent Milos Zeman in the presidential elections. Drahos sat down with Euronews for an exclusive interview ahead of the elections.

12/01/2018

Earth News

Prague Orloj goes back in time

The medieval astronomical clock has stopped for six months.

11/01/2018

Czech Republic

Robot DJ receives mixed reviews

A club in Prague might be the first in the world to have a Robot picking the tunes

24/12/2017

Czech Republic

European far-right parties seek to unify at Prague conference

Leader of France's National Front Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders of the Dutch Party for Freedom are among party heads present at the conference, which was part of the Europe of Nations and Freedom coalition.

16/12/2017

Czech Republic

Watch: Warehouse workers use forklifts to block thieves’ getaway

The thieves had tried to steal tools from a van without realising someone was inside

11/12/2017

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Czech Republic remembers Battle of Austerlitz

Approximately 1,000 soldiers took part in a reconstruction in South Moravia.

03/12/2017

Musica

Rolando Villazón and Ildar Abdrazakov: a rare duo

Rolando Villazón and Ildar Abdrazakov team up for a rare series of duets in a Europe-wide tour.

30/11/2017

Sport

Tennis champion Jana Novotna dies

The Czech tennis player died at the age of 49, surrounded by her family, in the Czech Republic

20/11/2017

Czech Republic

Czechs mark 28 years since Velvet Revolution

Populist billionaire Andrej Babis, who's set to become the next prime minister, laid flowers at a monument to the Velvet Revolution and the reflected on the aspirations of the Czech people since the 1989 uprising.

17/11/2017

Czech Republic

Babis says Czech coalition government must be stable

The billionaire who ran away with victory in the Czech parliamentary election says there will be no minority government

23/10/2017

Czech Republic

Meet Andrej Babis, the business tycoon set to become Czech Republic's new prime minister

Andrej Babis has been compared to Donald Trump and Silvio Berlusconi

23/10/2017

Czech Republic

Czech President brandishes gun marked 'for journalists'

Incident comes just a few days after the death of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

23/10/2017

Czech Republic

Election victory for Andrej Babis - the 'Czech Donald Trump'

The billionaire businessman with an anti-establishment message won a landslide but still needs coalition partners

22/10/2017

Czech Republic

Big election lead for Czech billionaire Babis - results projection

The anti-establishment leader's ANO party has a 20-point lead - but not enough for a parliamentary majority.

21/10/2017

Cinema

The Karlovy Vary film festival honours Thurman & Affleck

The 52nd. Karlovy Vary film festival has opened with slasher chic and honours for Uma Thurman and Casey Affleck

03/07/2017

Czech Republic

Which countries are out of touch with citizens on gay marriage?

Questions marks over Czech Republic, Ireland, Finland, the UK and France.

30/06/2017

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Cheetah cubs ready to meet their first visitors

The tiny new arrivals are on course to meet their first visitors by the end of the summer.

15/06/2017

Cult

Next stop drunkenness? The bar where beer arrives on a train

15/06/2017

Czech Republic

How sexual assistants are helping disabled Czechs fulfil their ‘right to sex’

“I use touching, hugging and massages to open up my clients’ sexual energy"

07/06/2017

Europe News

As Czechs slam door on migrants, Brussels warns of sanctions

The European Commission warned on Tuesday it could sanction member states that don’t follow EU quota rules for asylum seekers by opening infringement proceedings against them as early as next…

06/06/2017

Czech Republic

Russian hacker to be extradited

30/05/2017

Czech Republic

Inside the Czech Republic's pre-election 'soap opera'

Billionaire media mogul Andrej Babiš has been hanging around politicians since the 1990s.

18/05/2017

Czech Republic

Thousands marched in Prague to protest president and finance minister

Some 10,000 people took to the streets to protest against president Miloš Zeman and finance minister Andrej Babiš.

18/05/2017

Czech Republic

Czech Prime Minister Sobotka reneges on threat to quit over rival

The Czech Prime Minister has made an about turn in his battle to remove his finance minister.

05/05/2017

Czech Republic

President fails to Czech whether PM is really resigning!

Sparks flew at Prague Castle on Thursday as the Czech Republic’s political crisis took a new and almost farcical turn.

05/05/2017

Czech Republic

Czech PM says government to resign in row over finance minister

The Czech prime minister is to submit his government's resignation this week amid a disagreement over his finance minister's business dealings.

02/05/2017