Czech Republic News

Prague/Wellington, May 21 - Czech-born artist Mirek Smisek, who participated in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, died in New Zealand on Sunday aged 88 years, former Czech ambassador to Australia Juraj Chmiel told CTK yesterday.

Food samples are tested for any possible traces of horse meat at a veterinary laboratory in Prague, Czech Republic, in this Feb.

The Rebel Alliance made an appearance in Times Square today when Lego unveiled a life-sized replica of an X-Wing Fighter.

President Milos Zeman's refusal to appoint literary historian Martin C. Putna a professor is his another attempt at extending his powers and many view it as Zeman's declaration of war to the democratic principles in the Czech Republic, the German daily Tageszeitung writes yesterday.

The United States says it has completed a transfer of 75 kilograms of salt coolant material to the Czech Republic as part of cooperation between the two countries in developing new nuclear reactors.

Czech police are searching for an American man suspected of killing four people and say they believe he is on the run and armed.

Czech Economic Chamber president Petr Kuzel is facing criminal charges filed by the Anticorruption Endowment Fund on Tuesday, Linda Majerova of the fund told CTK yesterday.

Officials in Prague are working on creating separate cars for singles on the subway in a way to guarantee people look for the one, as well as a seat.

On Friday, 10 May 2013 , the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Mr.

"We spent 15% of home energy on gadgets in 2009, and we're buying more gadgets all the time," says Peter Fischer of the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory .

From the mud baths of Turkey to the mineral springs in the Czech Republic, we recommend some offbeat destinations for healing the mind, body and soul.

Check out the roster of 24 players selected to compete for spots on the U.S. U19 national team that will represent their country at their age group world championships in Prague, Czech Republic in July.

A poster advertising an upcoming Marilyn Monroe exhibition is seen on a tram in, Prague, Czech Republic, May 22.

Two male juvenile Komodo dragons, direct from Prague, are now calling Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay home, joining the attraction's diverse family of reptiles.

The collapse of the ruling coalition of the Civic Democrats and TOP 09 at the Prague City Hall is not surprising in view of its poor performance, and the only question is who is to blame and why has TOP 09 sunk the coalition, Ivana Faryova writes in Mlada fronta Dnes today.

The Prague metro company, apparently hoping to boost service on its trains, has announced a plan that seems bound to exacerbate those drawbacks.

The City of Prague Gallery was given custodianship of the Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace in Prague's Old Town a few years ago.

One of the Czech Republic's best known soccer clubs has just escaped bankruptcy and expulsion from the first division.

The long awaited trial of Czech Tatra lorry maker's director general Ronald Adams suspected of corruption will open at the Brno Municipal Court on June 6, the court's spokeswoman Gabriela Stockova told CTK Friday.

Power producer CEZ continues talks with US-Japanese company Westinghouse and Czech-Russian grouping Konsorcium MIR.1200 on the extension of nuclear power plant Temelin, and has set eight categories of topics for further talks, CEZ spokesman Ladislav Kriz told CTK Friday.