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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?

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Foreign policy

Kulhánek supports integrity of Ukraine and Georgia in UN address

Kulhánek supports integrity of Ukraine and Georgia in UN address

Domestic affairs

Pre-election debate on issues, personalities and the chances of forming a stable government
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Travel

Prague voted most beautiful city in the world in Time Out magazine survey
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Foreign policy

British journalist Edward Lucas on Russian spies in Czechia, disinfo, and political polarisation

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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?

Domestic affairs

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Students give ruling ANO party thumbs down in mock vote, support opposition groupings

More than 40,000 Czech students cast their ballots in mock elections held at secondary schools across the country this week.

Business

Foreign policy

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

Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhánek headed to the Middle East this week with a Czech business delegation, looking to boost trade with regional powerhouses.

Society

Anniversary of the Week

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

King Sihamoni studied in Prague from 1962 to 1975, and calls Czechoslovakia his ‘second home’. He is the only living monarch who speaks Czech.

Culture

History

Travel

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Czech town proudly unveils age-old statue of peeing boy with fascinating history

The famous Manneken-Pis has gained world fame as the emblem of Brussels. Very few people know that one Czech town has a statue of a peeing boy as well.

Foreigners and the Czech Republic

On rice, knedliky and pivo

An interracial relationship comes with many learning moments. It’s in the moments of sharing takeaway Asian food that I am reminded of our different life experiences.

Nature

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Ancient “singing linden” voted Tree of the Year

A “singing” linden tree, also known as the Lukas linden, has been voted the Czech Tree of the Year 2021.

Picture of the week

2021 Nato Days takes place

Around 60,000 people attended the 2021 edition of the NATO Days in Ostrava and Czech Air Force Days event, which took place at the Mošnov airfield in Moravia-Silesia.

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History of Radio Prague International

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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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