Thousands of people arrived on Monday afternoon at a demonstration organized by the Milion Chvilek association against the formation of an ANO‑SPD‑Motorists government at Prague’s Old Town Square, ...

On November 17, Czechia remembers the Velvet Revolution of 1989 and the Nazi persecution of students 50 years before that. Ceremonies were held throughout the day.

At the Černín Palace on Monday, outgoing Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský (independent, elected for Spolu) awarded the Medal of Merit for Diplomacy to the outgoing government envoy for Ukraine’s ...

Andrej Babiš, the head of ANO, arrived at Prague’s Národní třída today around 8:00 a.m., and together with the movement’s vice-chairs Alena Schillerová and Karel Havlíe ...

Members of the Motorists movement, led by their chairman Petr Macinka, arrived shortly before noon today at the 17 November memorial on Národní Street to a turbulent atmosphere. Boos and shouts of ...

People can visit the Liechtenstein Palace on Kampa in Prague on Monday on the occasion of the national holiday; the government uses the palace, among other ways, for representative purposes. At the ...

On Monday’s memorial gathering at the Hlávka Dormitory in Prague, speakers emphasized the importance of education. They pointed out that educated people do not succumb to disinformation and are ...

To commemorate the events of November 17, 1989, President Pavel also arrived today on Prague’s Národní třída just before 9:30. People applauded as he arrived, chanting “Thank you” and “Long live Pavel ...

We speak with Brenda Flanagan and Hana Waisserová about their book, which explores how women in pre-1989 Czechoslovakia used art to resistppression.

Czechia has a cold week ahead. The highest temperatures will mostly be around five degrees Celsius. It will freeze at night, and meteorologists therefore warn of the formation of ice. It will snow in ...

The traditional Concert for Freedom and Democracy performed by the Czech Philharmonic this year offered listeners Resurrection, a symphony by Gustav Mahler, on the eve of the November 17 celebrations.

Shops, however, will remain open on Monday. The ban on sales in stores over 200 square meters does not apply to this public holiday. Stores will next be closed only on Christmas Eve in the afternoon.