Why the Czech Republic Is About to Extend Its Gripen Fighter Jet Contract

The Czech Air Force will continue to operate the Swedish-made Saab JAS 39C/D Gripen multirole fighters for another decade. Prague approved a deal on Thursday that extends the lease on the aircraft until 2035. At that point, the Central European...

Mendel University Experts Are Expanding Their Research On Food Waste To Other Czech Cities

Researchers from Mendel University’s Faculty of Business (PEF MENDELU) have been studying the topic of food waste from various perspectives for more than seven years. Their goal is to find ways to influence households and individuals to reduce the...

Peru's skater Angelo Caro wins gold medal at Mystic Sk8 Cup in Czech Republic

The Olympic diploma recipient at Tokyo 2020 placed first, ahead of Tijmen Overbeek (the Netherlands) and Richard Tury of Slovakia, an Olympic athlete for Paris 2024. This is how the outstanding skater is training intensively in major international...

Czech news in brief for July 1: Tuesday's top headlines

Czech tennis player Barbora Krejčíková begins her Wimbledon title defense Tuesday against Alexandra Eala of the Philippines, despite a recent thigh injury. Six Czech players, including Karolína Muchová, Kateřina Siniaková, Tomáš Macháč and Jakub...

Czech startup TopK raises €4.6 million to build an AI-native search engine for enterprises

Prague-based TopK, a query-engine helping developers and AI agents search data, announced today they have secured €4.6 million in Seed funding to expand the team and build out TopK’s enterprise offering to support web-scale search use cases. The...

Czech-developed mechanism part of EU’s 18th package of sanctions against Russia

The European Union’s 18th sanctions package against Russia includes a mechanism crafted by the Czech authorities, Veronika Stromšíková from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Czech Radio. The system, developed over more than ten months, is...

Police charge man who repeatedly threatened Czech top officials

Prague police have filed charges against a 70-year-old man who repeatedly sent threats to top Czech officials, including President Petr Pavel, Defence Minister Jana Černochová and Senator Miroslava Němcová. According to earlier information...

Good joke? New ranking names Czechia 'world's funniest nation'

The index, commissioned by payments platform Remitly, surveyed over 6,000 adults across 30 countries using the Humour Styles Questionnaire (HSQ), a psychological tool that evaluates four distinct humor types: affiliative, self-enhancing,...

Jakub Hrůša appointed Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Czech Philharmonic

Internationally acclaimed Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša has been appointed Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Czech Philharmonic, beginning in September 2028. Hrůša, currently Principal Guest Conductor with the orchestra and newly appointed...

Czech Philharmonic Names New Music Director

Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša has been named the Czech Philharmonic’s Chief Conductor and Music Director. He will begin his tenure in September 2028, and his initial contract will be for five years, with both parties seeing the appointment as the...

Four Czechs advance to second round at Wimbledon

Four Czech players are through to the second round at Wimbledon. Jiří Lehečka beat Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien in four sets, while 2022 champion Markéta Vondroušová saw off American McCartney Kessler in straight sets. Linda Nosková defeated Bernarda...

Czech news in brief for June 30: Monday's top headlines

Jakub Hrůša will become chief conductor and music director of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in fall 2028, succeeding Semjon Byčkov, who is retiring after ten seasons. Hrůša, 43, currently principal guest conductor of the orchestra, will serve a...

Polish Orlen no longer supplies Russian oil to Czech Republic — radio

MOSCOW, June 30. /TASS/. Poland’s oil and gas concern Orlen has stopped supplying Russian oil to the oil refinery in the Czech town of Litvinov, RMF24 radio reported, citing chief executive officer of the concern Ireneusz Fafara. "The last...

Czechia and Sterilisations

The Czech President Petr Pavel has signed a law extending the deadline for submitting compensation claims for forced sterilisations to January 2027. Many Romnja who had been forced-sterilised had tried to get their claims registered, but the...

Czech Philharmonic says Jakub Hrůša will become chief conductor in 2028

PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) — The Czech Philharmonic announced Monday that Jakub Hrůša has been selected to become its new chief conductor and music director and will assume full duties in 2028 for an initial five year-term. He will replace Semyon...

Czech Philharmonic says Jakub Hrůša will become chief conductor in 2028

Czech president reveals how Trump was urged in The Hague to increase pressure on Russia

Czech President Petr Pavel has said that at a closed-door dinner during the NATO summit in The Hague, leaders tried to persuade White House chief Donald Trump to increase pressure on Russia, but he remained indecisive. As reported by Euractiv,...

Czech mime legend Ctibor Turba dies at 80

Czech mime legend Ctibor Turba has died at the age of 80. A pioneering figure in non-verbal theatre, he helped redefine the genre alongside Boris Hybner in the late 1960s. He also taught for years at Prague’s Academy of Performing Arts and JAMU in...

STRABAG wins contracts to modernise Czech railway infrastructure

STRABAG Rail has secured contracts worth around €360m ($421.7m), co-financed by the EU, to modernise select Czech railway infrastructure. The first awarded project involves upgrading a 10km section between Nezamyslice and Kojetín on the...

Czechia’s Biggest Film Festival Returns: What to Expect at KVIFF 2025

Karlovy Vary is preparing for nine days of cinema, conversation, and culture as the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) returns from July 4 to 12, 2025. This year’s edition promises a packed schedule with over 200 films,...