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Czech Presidency of the EU Council: July 1 – December 31, 2022

Czechia currently holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union. Follow us for all the main news between now and the end of the year.

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History

Mark Cornwall: Treason is a very sexy subject – it’s like murder

Mark Cornwall: Treason is a very sexy subject – it’s like murder

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Society

“A reset will be necessary” – survey looks into why Czechs are unwilling to learn new job skills
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Domestic affairs

Pundit: Czech voters are giving the government a second chance
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Culture

“It's truly an award-winning programme”: 21st Prague Fringe starts

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Survey indicates “big movement” on Czech labour market undetected by unemployment statistics

HR firm ManpowerGroup’s latest survey, which looked into the situation on the Czech labour market going into the final quarter of 2022, shows a marked decrease in optimism.

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Anniversary of the Week

135 years ago: The first football match in the Czech lands

The first ever football match in the Czech lands is believed to have taken place 135 years ago.

Culture

History

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Daughter of “British Schindler” dies aged 68

Barbara Winton devoted much of her life to sharing the story of how her father helped save 669 Czechoslovak children from almost certain death in the Holocaust.

Sport

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Spreading joy, embracing pain – how Emil Zátopek became an all-time running legend

The great Czech multiple Olympic champion Emil Zátopek was born exactly a century ago, on September 19, 1922. But what made him one of the all-time running greats?

Travel

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The Prague Semmering: Scenic rail route still going 150 years later

Exactly 150 years ago, on September 16, 1872, the first passenger train was launched on the so-called Prague Semmering, the most picturesque railway line in the capital.

Picture of the week

Olympics winner Jaroslav Kulhavý calls time on cycling career

The 2012 Olympic champion in cross-country cycling, Jaroslav Kulhavý, has called time on a great career.

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View from the terrace of the National Theatre in Prague

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Photo: Lenka Žižková, Radio Prague International
Photo: Lenka Žižková, Radio Prague International
Photo: Lenka Žižková, Radio Prague International
Photo: Lenka Žižková, Radio Prague International
Photo: Lenka Žižková, Radio Prague International
Photo: Lenka Žižková, Radio Prague International
Photo: Lenka Žižková, Radio Prague International
Photo: Lenka Žižková, Radio Prague International
Photo: Lenka Žižková, Radio Prague International
Photo: Lenka Žižková, Radio Prague International
Photo: Lenka Žižková, Radio Prague International
Blick von der Terrasse des Nationaltheaters|Photo: Lenka Žižková, Radio Prague International
Photo: Lenka Žižková, Radio Prague International
Photo: Lenka Žižková, Radio Prague International

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The Dancing House

Jakub Kaifosz at Výstaviště | Photo: Ian Willoughby, Radio Prague International

My Prague – Jakub Kaifosz

Musician Jakub Kaifosz performs under the name Lazer Viking. He has a close attachment to Letná, where our tour of “his Prague” begins at arthouse cinema Bio Oko.

Tomáš Bojar | Photo: Ondřej Tomšů, Radio Prague International

EP62: Tomáš Bojar

Documenary maker Tomáš Bojar discusses his new film Good Old Czechs, which follows the intriguing stories of brave airmen who constantly risked their lives in WWII.

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