Czech free-diver David Vencl swam nearly 81 metres (265.75 ft) beneath the ice on Tuesday, breaking the world record after braving the freezing water wearing only a swimsuit.

Former Czech President Vaclav Havel, one of the leading anti-Communist dissidents of the 1970s and 1980s, has died at the age of 75, Czech Television announces.

European football governing body UEFA has denied that it banned fans from bringing in rainbow flags for the Euro 2020 game between the Netherlands and Czech Republic in Budapest on Sunday.

PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala battled calls on Tuesday to quit after the opposition said it would call a vote of no-confidence in the government following the justice minister ...

Nicolas Sarkozy has sparked a diplomatic row by attacking the 'wounding and outrageous' refusal of the Czech president to fly a European Union flag from Prague Castle.

Czech President Petr Pavel was at a commemorative event in Prague when he was passed a large flag and struck the hat off a soldier in a hilarious blunder.

PRAGUE — If voter Mikolas Moravec has his way the next mayor of the Czech capital city of Prague will be a pirate. Like a lot of young Czechs, Moravec, a 30-year-old aspiring soccer scout, has ...

Czech leader in shock after EU assault. A bizarre confrontation in Hradcany Castle confirms the inablilty of the Euro-elite to accept anyone else's opinions, writes Christopher Booker.

In the Czech town of Nymburk, two young men grew tired of the relentless pollution in Europe and across the world. Marine litter especially, like floating garbage, plague our oceans and seas. So ...

Czech art activists scale Prague Castle walls to replace the President's flag with a huge pair of pants. Art group Ztohoven intended the stunt as a protest against President Milos Zeman ...

News; World news; Euro 2004; SPECIAL: FULHAM CZECH OUT SMICER FULHAM boss Chris Coleman is ready to make a shock £2million swoop for Liverpool's Czech Republic star Vladimir Smicer.

European football governing body UEFA has denied that it banned fans from bringing in rainbow flags for the Euro 2020 game between the Netherlands and Czech Republic in Budapest on Sunday.