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Czech Parliamentary Elections 2021

How does the Czech Republic's electoral system work? And who are the main contenders in October's elections?

Anniversary of the Week

15 years ago, Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni became an honorary Prague citizen

15 years ago, Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni became an honorary Prague citizen

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Foreign policy

Czech top diplomat aims to boost business with diversifying oil-rich Saudi kingdom
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Culture

Antonín Dvořák among friends and family
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Culture

“It’s not typical of Peter Sís”: New exhibition opens at New York Czech Center

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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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Anniversary of the Week

Libeň has been part of Prague for 120 years

Libeň was annexed to Prague as the last suburb before the establishment of Czechoslovakia. The largest district of Prague 8 has witnessed many historical events.

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Sport

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Czechs score volleyball sensation with win over Olympic champions France

The Czech Republic’s volleyball players achieved a sensational victory on Monday evening, overcoming recent Olympic champions France in the sport’s European Championships.

Travel

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Prague to revitalise trendy Holešovice market, a victim of the “wild 1990s"

Just north of the Vltava River lies one of the Czech Republic’s largest year-round markets. A move is afoot to bring the half-empty (and still rather seedy) site to life.

Czechs abroad

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Keeping Czech alive in Chicago

Klára Moldová works hard to keep the Czech language alive among the youngest members of the Czech community in Chicago.

Foreigners and the Czech Republic

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Coronavirus leads Indian expat to finally realise his dream and open bar in Prague

For one Indian IT businessman, COVID-19 served as a signal to finally realise his dream and he has now opened a new cocktail bar in the heart of Prague’s Old Town.

Picture of the week

Wenceslas IV visits Pálava wine festival

The wine, gastronomy and culture festival known as Pálavské vinobraní opened up in the South Moravian town of Mikulov on Friday.

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Radio Prague International is celebrating its 85th birthday

Štěpán Hulík | Photo: Martin Melichar, Czech Radio

EP15: Štěpán Hulík

Štěpán Hulík shot to attention almost a decade ago when, still in his 20s, he wrote Burning Bush, a big-budget mini-series helmed by the great director Agnieszka Holland.

Photo: archive of Wels family

No Night So Dark: Part Seven

Ida, Rudolf and Martin Wels are deported to the Terezín ghetto. Nearly eighty years later, Colin Wels reads through their last correspondence.

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