The electronic dance music festival Beats for Love in Ostrava set a new attendance record this year, drawing 164,000 people over four days—surpassing last year’s total of 162,000. On both Friday and ...

The opposition ANO Party would win the upcoming parliamentary elections with 30.9% of the vote, according to the latest STEM poll for CNN Prima News—down one percentage point from last week. The ...

Police in Czechia investigated fewer cybercrime cases last year, recording 18,500 incidents—1,000 fewer than in 2023. This marks the first year-on-year decline since the COVID-19 pandemic, according ...

On the anniversary of Jan Hus’s death, the Office of the Czech Government opened the historic Hrzánský Palace in Prague’s Loretánská Street to the public. Usually used for official and representative ...

Prague’s Staroměstská metro station remains closed after a late-night fire broke out on one of its escalators. Trains on line A are bypassing the station, and investigators are working to determine ...

The album features George Mraz on double bass, Iva Bittová on vocals and violin, Emil Viklický on piano, and Laco Tropp on drums. Most of the songs were arranged by Emil Viklický, and his arrangements ...

American actor and producer Michael Douglas landed in Karlovy Vary and presented the newly restored version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the first film he ever produced. He greeted fans on the ...

Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský will not appoint a new special envoy for energy security after Václav Bartuška steps down from the role at the end of July. Bartuška is set to become the Czech ambassador ...

A new gallery devoted to children’s book illustration opens to the public in Český Krumlov on July 1st. The so-called Palace of Illustration features nearly 800 original works from top European ...

Seven Czech tennis players will take to the courts on Monday, the opening day of Wimbledon. Among them is 2023 champion Markéta Vondroušová, facing 32nd seed McCartney Kessler of the US. Jiří Lehečka, ...

Jakub Hrůša will become the new Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Czech Philharmonic in autumn 2028, the orchestra’s General Director, David Mareček., announced on Monday.

Adam Plachetka is one of Czechia’s leading opera singers. We caught up with him to talk about his recent roles in New York, ...