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What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the words “Czech Republic”?

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Czech Next Wave

EP10: Illustrator Lenka Šimečková

EP10: Illustrator Lenka Šimečková

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Culture

Tracing the many Czech Easter traditions
Czech Food Classics

Traditional Czech Easter Foods: recipes for each day
05:29

Science and technology

Czech Technical University students design robot that plays Beethoven’s Für Elise

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Jiří Trnka: Zahrada, photo: Barbora Němcová

Masters of Czech animated film

The Czech Republic has a long history of animation, dating back to cinema’s silent era.

Domestic affairs

03:32

Czech health minister: Extending interval between Covid vaccines will save lives

The Czech health authorities want to extend the recommended interval between the first and second dose of Covid vaccines in order to save lives.

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Society

Anniversary of the Week

Restitution law came into force 30 years ago. Property disputes continue to this day

Property restitution became one of the cornerstones of the transformation of the Czech economy after the fall of communism in 1989.

Culture

History

Travel

03:34

Brno buildings stripped of protective status under Communism at risk

Due to registration errors before the Velvet Revolution, buildings that were or should be designated as cultural monuments lost their protected status.

Czechs abroad

11:42

Czech New York pt. 2: “Many émigrés were accused of being Communist spies”

In Czech New York, Martin Nekola documents the fresh influx of notable post-war émigrés to the Big Apple, including some of the leading names in Czechoslovak culture.

Nature

Picture of the week

Ferries on Vltava River back after winter break

Prague’s public ferry service is back in operation after the winter break. The seven ferry lines on the Vltava River are accessible with public transport tickets.

Photogallery

Bohemian Paradise was created on March 1955 as the first nature reserve in Czechia

Photo: Jan Chalupa
Photo: Jan Chalupa
Photo: Jan Chalupa
Photo: Jan Chalupa
Photo: Jan Chalupa
Photo: Jan Chalupa
Photo: Jan Chalupa
Photo: Jaroslav Hoření, ČRo
Photo: Jaroslav Hoření, ČRo
Photo: Jan Chalupa
Photo: Jan Chalupa
Photo: Jan Chalupa
Photo: Radan Hurdálek, ČRo
Photo: Štěpánka Budková
Photo: Jan Chalupa
Photo: Jaroslav Hoření, ČRo
Photo: Jan Chalupa
Photo: Jan Chalupa
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Photo: Jaroslav Hoření, ČRo
Photo: Magdalena Kašubová
Photo: Magdalena Kašubová
Photo: Radio Prague Int.
Photo: Jan Chalupa

Video

Czech Made: The Remoska mini-oven

Jakub Hrůša, photo: archive of Jakub Hrůša

Czech Next Wave - EP9: Conductor Jakub Hrůša

At 39 conductor Jakub Hrůša is a major name in classical music, serving as chief conductor of the Bamberg Symphony and principal guest conductor at the Czech Philharmonic.

Ida and Rudolf Wels in Vienna around 1917, photo: archive of Wels family

No Night So Dark: Part Five

Rudolf Wels has qualified as an architect in Vienna and has been working in the office of the legendary Adolf Loos. But in 1914 war breaks out.

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