Czechia’s latest news
- Czech temperatures plunge below minus 14 as overnight frost breaks records
- Czechia is at risk of migration pressure, according to new EU assessment
- Brno’s Špilberk Castle opens wine exhibition with up to 50 wines to taste
- Kratom overdoses send 515 people for treatment as Czechia plans tighter rules
- Czech and Cambridge scientists discover memory effect in a superconductor
5 Czech phrases to save you an awkward moment at the company party
Phrases, pours and customs worth knowing before an evening with your Czech colleagues, with help from the team at the Pilsner Urquell Experience.
Back inside: Prague cultural hub Kasárna Karlín reopens its indoor spaces
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The café, club and study room return after 2.5 years of restrictions, bringing year-round life back to one of Prague’s favorite cultural hubs.
Prague’s English papers folded decades ago. These students are betting on print again
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Decades after Prognosis and The Prague Post, a student newspaper is putting English news back on paper and asking whether anyone still wants to read it.
This week's news: Here's what you had to say
Every weekday we ask our readers about Czechia's hottest topics. Here's what this week's polls revealed.
Public donations power Prague’s Korzo Národní after ministry funding snub
Donors raised CZK 9.5 million for Korzo Národní. Here’s what to see on Nov. 17, from a new theatrical centerpiece to English-friendly events.
The museum where people live: Inside Kladno’s 1950s tower blocks
A museum inside an occupied Kladno high-rise preserves an idealized vision of 1950s life, from its furnished apartment to nuclear shelter.
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EXPLAINED: The two sides of Czechia’s bitter public media row
Amid protests and strikes, we look at the arguments on each side of an increasingly bitter dispute over public media funding.
What to do this weekend in Prague: Best events for November 6–8
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Queer cinema, a Czech painter’s unique retrospective and a whiskey bonanza head to Prague over the weekend.
St. Martin’s Day 2026: Where to find goose, wine and Czech traditions
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Why Czechia celebrates Nov. 11 with roast goose and young wine, and where to join this year’s festivals, tastings and lantern processions.
One in four Prague residents is foreign: Here's how they're changing the city
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An IPR study maps Prague’s international population, revealing how foreign residents shape its neighborhoods, workforce and future needs.
Table for one? Prague ranks among the world's best cities for solo dates
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From gallery hopping to dancing until sunrise, here's how to embrace solo adventures and fall a little more in love with life in Prague.
Prague is becoming a Netflix thriller, and these landmarks are closing for filming
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Mariánské náměstí and the Petřín funicular face filming closures as Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon thriller puts Prague in the spotlight.
EXPLAINED: How the Czech National Bank‘s rate change could affect you
How a coming rate hike influences the economy and your wallet, and why it’s happening.
Next stop, game night: Prague trams get an Uno-inspired card game
A Prague tram card game turns stops, transfers and ticket inspections into a tabletop contest, with a new edition now available in the DPP fanshop.
This week in Czech history: Prague vandalism, Winter Kings and White Mountains
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This week in Czech history, bloody executions, political drama and First Republic hooliganism unfolded on and around Prague’s Old Town Square.
How the US midterms could affect Czech jobs, security and your money
Americans vote Nov. 3, but the consequences reach Czechia through trade, Ukraine and financial markets. Here’s what Congress could change.
Czech lives in limbo: Trump’s immigration crackdown reaches expats in US
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A deported friend, families missing Czech school and fears of separation: Czech residents describe life under Trump’s immigration crackdown.
18 things to do in Prague this week – from Day of the Dead to Arsenal football
Champions League football, Mexican street food, free science events and illuminated gardens bring plenty of excitement to Prague this November.
REVEALED: The worrying link between migration and poverty in Czechia
Czechia’s migrant population is growing, but foreigners are more at risk of struggling to make ends meet.
Czech cinema spotlight: Czech folklore gets a modern twist at BOO film fest
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Prague's festival of short films presents Student Oscar-winning Czech short Volklore, and Mezipatra brings queer cinema to Prague screens this week.
Sweet gifts from Czechia: Six chocolate makers to know this Christmas
From pralines inspired by Czech Christmas cookies to chocolate tasting sets, these six local makers offer gifts for the festive season.
