Firefighters in Czechia responded to 72 fires on Christmas Eve, the highest number recorded on the holiday in the past five years. No one was killed, but 12 people were injured. Several incidents were ...

More Czechs are spending Christmas and especially New Year’s Eve in exotic destinations abroad. According to estimates by the Association of Czech Travel Agencies, up to 170,000 people from Czechia ...

An exhibition celebrating Czech nativity scenes, known as "betlémy", is under way at Břevnov Monastery in Prague. Running until January 4, the show presents a diverse selection of nativity scenes from ...

Czechs are celebrating Christmas Day, the most important day of the Christmas season, along with believers across the Christian world. The holiday, known locally as Boží hod vánoční, commemorates the ...

People in Prague can use dozens of sports facilities free of charge from Thursday, December 25, until Wednesday, December 31, as the city launches the 17th edition of its Week of Free Sport. Residents ...

Chocolate and asparagus may seem an unlikely pairing, but Prague chocolatiers Steiner & Kovařík made it work. I spoke with ...

Nothing captures the Czech Christmas spirit like the Rybovka, says the Jan Neruda Grammar School choir. Composed in the 18th ...

The remarkable journey of a young moose nicknamed Emil, Czech nativity scenes mirror everyday life, The lamplighters of Prague's Charles Bridge ...

Foreign Minister Petr Macinka (Motorists) has awarded the Medal for Merits in Diplomacy to former ambassador to Syria Eva Filipi, recognising her lifelong service to Czech diplomacy.

The Czech-Slovak public fundraiser Oksana50, aimed at raising money to purchase 50 evacuation vehicles for Ukraine, has already collected EUR 1 million. The Slovak Open Society Foundation, which ...

Young moose Emil captured Czech hearts this year, wandering across borders, drawing crowds, and turning a wildlife migration ...

Nativity scenes celebrating the birth of the baby Jesus have a long tradition in the Czech lands, dating back to 1560.