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An international team of scientists including Czech biologist Milan Řezáč of the Crop Research Institute has just published surprising findings about the ground spider in The Journal of Experimental Biology.

The Czech PM says the European Commission president’s demand for food equality across Europe is “a good signal” and “the result of our endeavours”.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Tuesday paid his first official visit to the Czech Republic since taking office.

Plans to revamp Prague’s Wenceslas Square have received final approval after 12 years of debate.

The Czech Republic is resisting mounting pressure for it to take in more migrants in line with the EU’s redistribution mechanism. In a letter to the EU commissioner for migrants Dimitris Avramopulos, Czech Interior Minister Milan Chovanec said the country was pulling its weight in other ways.

Construction work began on the Czech Republic’s oldest and busiest motorway exactly 50 years ago. But the D1 is still not finished.

The European Union is poposing to extend its list of invasive plants and animals, some of which have been intensively spreading in the Czech Republic in recent years.

The European Court of Justice has dismissed Slovakia and Hungary’s legal challenge to the system of mandatory migrant quotas, devised by the EC as a means of dealing with the migrant crisis. The Czech Republic, which is also one of the countries rejecting the forced distribution of migrants, says the ruling will make no difference to its stand.

A major Prague show by Czech sculptor Krištof Kintera features both large-scale, technically complex pieces and “instant” poster-like works.

Stars from the Metropolitan Opera will open the ninth annual Dvořák Prague international music festival, which gets underway at Prague’s Rudolfinum on Wednesday night. Over the next two weeks, the event will showcase performances by renowned soloists and some of the world’s best orchestras.