Czechs to tighten coronavirus measures as infections soar: PM
The Czech government will tighten coronavirus measures from Wednesday to curb soaring infections and hospitalisations but will seek to avoid the kind of blanket lockdown...
Czech PM Babis taps epidemiologist as minister to fight COVID-19 surge
Image: Reuters The Czech Republic’s spike in cases has been the second fastest in Europe on a rolling two-week basis after Spain when adjusted for...
Czech Republic sees record rise in virus cases for third day
The Czech Republic reported its biggest one-day increase in new coronavirus infections for a third straight day on Sunday, recording 1,541 cases as the country...
Czech PM vetoes V4 meeting with Belarus opposition leader
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis vetoed on Thursday a Polish proposal to invite Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to Friday’s summit of central European heads...
Czech government seeks to keep economy running as COVID-19 cases rise
FILE PHOTO: Passengers wearing protective masks walk through the train transfer tunnel at Prague's main railway station, after the Czech government banned all passengers without...
Czech PM Babis: new Kurzarbeit law should take effect from November
FILE PHOTO: Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis arrives for the first face-to-face EU summit since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium July...
Oscar-winning Czech director Jiri Menzel dies at 82
Czech director Jiri Menzel and his wife Olga Menzelova arrive at the Berlinale International Film Festival in February 2007 JOHN MACDOUGALL AFP/File Oscar-winning Czech film...
Czech president tries to tamp down China anger after speaker’s Taiwan trip
President Milos Zeman sought on Sunday to defuse a row with China over a visit by the head of the Czech Senate to Taiwan, calling...
‘I am Taiwanese’ Czech speaker tells parliament, likely to rile China
Czech senate president Milos Vystrcil delivers a speech at the main chamber of the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, Taiwan September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang TAIPEI...
China says Czech senate speaker will pay ‘heavy price’ for Taiwan visit
Czech Senate speaker Milos Vystrcil will “pay a heavy price” for making an official trip to Taiwan, the Chinese government’s top diplomat said on Monday,...
Czech coronavirus cases rise just as holidays start
FILE PHOTO: People ride pedal boats on the Vltava river following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Prague, Czech Republic, June 22, 2020. REUTERS/David W...