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The Czech Books You Must Read

Kafka, Čapek, Kundera and Havel, these are all world renowned names, but what about all the others? How well are Czech authors actually known abroad?

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Society

Fresh measures: Night curfew, Sunday shop closures and work from home

Fresh measures: Night curfew, Sunday shop closures and work from home

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Culture

Bianca Bellová’s The Lake: childhood memories harnessed in archetypal story
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Culture

Czech Centres to stream Dvořák's New World Symphony on Czechoslovak Independence Day
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Czechs abroad

Major online celebration honouring Czech-Canadian friendship in WWII planned for this October 28

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The Best of Czech classical music

Czech classical music is not only a part of the national culture and history, but also of its very soul.

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Wonders of Czechia

Průhonice Park

Průhonice Park, located on the south edge of Prague, is a listed UNESCO World Heritage Site and Czech National Heritage Landmark.

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The heart of Moravia – through the eyes of musician Jiří Pavlica

The Czech state has its origins in Great Moravia, an early Christian empire that developed in the ninth century. We visit it with musician Jiří Pavlica.

Sport

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Czech football hit by major corruption scandal

The Czech Football Association is currently being rocked by what could turn out to be the biggest scandal in the modern history of Czech football.

Travel

Libušín – a jewel of folk Art Nouveau in the Beskids

One of the symbols of the Beskid Mountains – a legendary cottage – reopened to the public this year, six years after a fire.

Nature

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U Lidmanů apple tree, a prized source of strudel, named Czech ‚Tree of the Year‘

For the first time ever, the coveted Czech ‘Tree of the Year’ title has gone to one bearing fruit: an apple tree in a village inn courtyard near the Polish border.

Science and technology

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Covid-19: Czech scientists develop reusable biosensor for rapid testing

Czech scientists have developed a reusable biosensor to detect Covid-19 that delivers test results in just minutes. It also determines how much of the virus is present.

Picture of the week

Praguers get to cross new Troja footbridge for first time

A new footbridge joining the Troja district and the island Císařský ostrov in Prague has just been opened, replacing one that collapsed in December 2017.

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Pumpkin Autumn in Prague Botanic Garden

Photo: Klára Stejskalová
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Photo: Klára Stejskalová
Photo: Klára Stejskalová
Photo: Klára Stejskalová
Photo: Klára Stejskalová
Photo: Klára Stejskalová
Photo: Klára Stejskalová

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Too Loud a Solitude: Hrabal’s masterpiece with autobiographical elements

Czech Next Wave

Czech Next Wave, a regular podcast produced jointly by the Czech Centres network and Radio Prague Int., introduces talented young Czechs in various areas of the arts.

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