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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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Pundits: Election results indicate stability in local government

Pundits: Election results indicate stability in local government

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Traxler 110 - New record pays tribute to one of Czechoslovakia’s interwar swing icons
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War in Ukraine

Foreign minister says Russians fleeing draft won’t be granted humanitarian visas in Czechia
Anniversary of the week

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

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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

Toyen, one of the most important surrealist artists of the 20th century, was born 120 years ago

Toyen, one of the most important surrealist artists of the twentieth century, was born 120 years ago

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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.

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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?

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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

Opening parachute jump at 22nd NATO Days in Ostrava

The NATO Days in Ostrava and Days of the Czech Air Force attracted over 85,000 visitors to Mošnov airfield in the Moravian-Silesian Region at the weekend.

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View from the terrace of the National Theatre in Prague

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
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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