Czech President: It is unfair for West to pressure Ukraine to liberate all occupied territories, we don't recognize them as Russian

Czech President Petr Pavel believes that Ukraine will not be able to liberate the currently occupied territories in the near future even with maximum support from partner countries and that the economic situation will stimulate residents to move...

Czech president considers Russian occupation of parts of Ukraine acceptable price for its survival

Petr Pavel. Stock photo: Getty Images The temporary Russian occupation of part of Ukrainian territory may be the necessary price for Ukraine's survival as a sovereign state. Source: Czech President Petr Pavel in an interview with the BBC, as...

Czech Prop Firm Fintokei Launches Instant Withdrawals as Payout Volume Surges 118%

Prop trading firm Fintokei has eliminated the waiting period for trader withdrawals, moving to an instant approval system that breaks with industry practice of freezing accounts during payout reviews. The Czech company, which operates under Purple...

Czech news in brief for August 4: Monday's top headlines

O2 customers across the Czech Republic faced widespread mobile outages Monday morning, with data, calls, and SMS disrupted. Reports began around 8:30 a.m., peaking near 10 a.m., affecting Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Olomouc, and other cities. The...

Czech senators challenge separate school enrollment for Ukrainian refugee children

A group of Czech senators has petitioned the Constitutional Court to annul a legal amendment that reintroduced the option of holding separate school enrollment sessions for children of Ukrainian refugees. The lawmakers argue that the provision is...

Czechia's ForMin dismisses Israeli minister’s call for full Gaza occupation

Ben Gvir, a far-right member of Israel’s government, has repeatedly advocated for Israeli control over Gaza, including the most recent statement reported by The Times of Israel, in which he urged Israel to “conquer all of Gaza” and promote the...

Czech winter swimmer Andrea Klementová targets Catalina Channel in Oceans Seven Challenge

Twenty-one-year-old winter swimmer Andrea Klementová, who last year conquered La Manche, is now preparing for another formidable open water challenge — the Catalina Channel off the coast of California. The crossing is part of the prestigious...

Rolls-Royce SMR signs deals with Czech and UK firms for global small modular reactor fleet

Ruth Todd, Rolls-Royce SMR’s operations and supply chain director, said: “This agreement is another important stride towards building and operating our SMRs in the Czech Republic and demonstrates our commitment to providing local opportunities to...

Cloudera Nabs Czech Firm Taikun for Hybrid Cloud Tech

(metamorworks/Shutterstock) Cloudera bolstered its hybrid cloud and multi-cloud chops today with the acquisition of Taikun, a Czech Republic-based developer of software for managing multiple Kubernetes clusters from a single pane of glass....

EU-US tariff deal to slow Czech GDP growth by 0.2 pp this year: ministry

A baseline tariff of 15 percent on European Union (EU) goods agreed by the bloc and the United States could slightly dampen the growth of the Czech economy, the Czech Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday. According to a preliminary estimate by the...

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Lyon completes the signing of Czech Republic midfielder Pavel Šulc from Viktoria Plzeň

By Canadian Press on August 4, 2025. LYON, France (AP) — Czech Republic international Pavel Šulc has completed a move to French club Lyon from Viktoria Plzeň. Both clubs confirmed the transfer for a fee of 10 million euros ($11.6 million) on...

Ukraine, with partners' support, increases ratio with Russia in ammunition from 1:10 to 1:2 in two years – Czech President

Czech President Petr Pavel notes a significant improvement in the situation with the supply of artillery ammunition to Ukraine in the last two years thanks to the so-called "Czech initiative." In an interview with the BBC published on Monday,...

Russia effective in hybrid warfare, its intelligence services more intensive than Soviet ones - Czech President

Czech President Petr Pavel notes that he is concerned about Russia’s hybrid activities in European countries, including the Czech Republic, which, in his opinion, are effective. "We usually call it hybrid warfare. And Russia is quite effective in...

poll: "Czech Trump" opens wide lead for Oct. Czech parliamentary election

In his previous term as prime minister of the Czech Republic, Andrej Babis was nicknamed "the Czech Trump". Now polls for the October parliamentary election give Babis' ANO Party a wide lead, making it almost certain he will be returning to...

Czechia rejects extremist rhetoric in Israeli-Palestinian conflict, sends more aid to Gaza

The Czech Republic firmly rejects extremist rhetoric that undermines prospects for a just and lasting resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said on Sunday in response to a call by Israeli National Security...

EVFTA helps thrive E.U. - Vietnam trade: Czech Minister

Speaking to Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Prague, Vlček said bilateral trade between the E.U. and Vietnam has grown steadily by 12–15% annually, reaching over 60 billion EUR (70 billion USD) in 2024. He attributed this growth to the...

Czech news in brief for August 3: Sunday's top headlines

The Lety Memorial in South Bohemia marked European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day for the first time on Saturday, holding a public event with film screenings, music, and readings. Nearly 2,900 Roma were murdered at Auschwitz on Aug. 2–3, 1944. The...

One-Tenth of Czech Population Are Foreign Nationals

Foreign nationals make up 10.3% of the population of the Czech Republic, according to the Interior Ministry report on migration for the second quarter of the year. A total of 1,091,409 foreign nationals were registered as living in the country at...

Supreme Audit Office: Czech Republic losing billions in grey economy

The Supreme Audit Office says the Czech Republic is losing tens of billions of crowns due to illegal employment practices, where employers fail to pay taxes and mandatory contributions to health and social insurance. An audit which reviewed how...