The Czech national team's World Cup campaign ended with an early group-stage exit, leaving supporters frustrated and demanding answers. Karel Häring, chief football commentator of Canal + Sport,  believes the disappointing performances cannot be blamed on the head coach or the players alone. Instead, he says the tournament exposed long-standing structural weaknesses in Czech football.

Four hundred years ago, the elephant Hansken was a European attraction that also visited the town of Mladá Boleslav. Today, in the same place, a metal sculpture of her has been created as part of the 13th edition of the Metal Symposium, which once again brought several international artists to the city.

St. Vitus Cathedral, the dominant feature of Prague Castle, is known as the site of coronations, state funerals and major religious ceremonies. For nearly a century, however, it has also attracted filmmakers.

The clash between the Czech head of state and the cabinet over who should attend the upcoming NATO summit in Ankara has now reached the highest court in the land. On Tuesday President Pavel  challenged the government’s decision to exclude him from the official delegation, on the grounds that it violated his constitutional rights.

The 60th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which begins next Friday, is set to welcome absolute Hollywood royalty, in the form of Dustin Hoffman. Other names just revealed by the organisers include actors Juliette Binoche, Jeffrey Wright, Kevin Bacon and – making his third visit – Harvey Keitel. I spoke to Karlovy Vary’s artistic director, Karel Och, after Tuesday morning’s announcement.

Markéta Vondroušová, the Czech tennis star who won Wimbledon in 2023, has been handed a four-year ban by the International Tennis Integrity Agency. The ruling comes despite the former champion's insistence that she has never doped and has never tested positive.

Czech Television and Czech Radio employees held a warning strike on Monday over government plans to replace license fees with state budget funding, over fears that the planned reform would jeopardize their independence. The strike was reflected in broadcasts throughout the day across all channels except children's programming.

Czech archaeologists have announced a remarkable discovery in south-eastern Moravia: an almost perfectly preserved Roman jug found in a 1,500-year-old grave. The vessel is thought to be several centuries older than the burial itself and survived even though the grave was robbed long ago.

From its earliest days, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOČR) has been more than just a performer – it has been a source of inspiration. Dozens of works were written specifically for its musicians and for the possibilities offered by radio broadcasting.

On a former Soviet military base in Central Bohemia, drones now replace tanks as Ukrainian veterans help test and develop the next generation of unmanned aircraft. Their battlefield experience has become one of the Czech defence industry's greatest assets, helping shape products now supplied not only to Ukraine but increasingly to NATO countries.