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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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Society

Role of Czech “lay judges” may be limited to criminal cases under Justice Ministry proposal

Role of Czech “lay judges” may be limited to criminal cases under Justice Ministry proposal

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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.

Business

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Middle classes will soon be most at risk from debt collection, bailiff says

President of the Chamber of Executors Jan Mlynarčík believes the middle classes could be particularly at risk from enforced debt collection in the coming years.
Covid-19 fuels popularity of car sharing in Czechia

A growing number of Czechs are using car sharing services. One of the factors behind the trend is the coronavirus pandemic.
Opposition party proposes new rules for remote work

Due to the record numbers of new Covid-19 cases in the Czech Republic, the government has called on companies to allow their employees to work from home where possible.

Foreign policy

Society

Anniversary of the Week

Václav Brožík – Painter of Czech History

Václav Brožík was a leading Czech representative of the style of historicism and the most famous Czech artist in Europe towards the end of the 19th century.

Culture

History

Foreigners and the Czech Republic

09:45

Mental pressure, stoicism and dating apps - Foreigners on life in Czechia during Covid pandemic

Foreigners living in Czechia say its hard to visit their families, but many also say that they have gotten used to living under lockdown.

Science and technology

09:54

Czech Made: The soft contact lens

Hundreds of millions of people around the world wear contacts every day, but they may not be aware that the invention of the modern soft lens came from this country.

Picture of the week

Czech apple tree nominated in international poll

The Czech Republic’s candidate for the international Tree of the Year competition is an apple tree in the garden of the pub U Lidmanů in Machov, South Bohemia.

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
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Cech Made

Kateřina Tučková, photo: Vojtěch Vlk

Czech Next Wave – EP8: Kateřina Tučková

Kateřina Tučková is a leading young Czech novelist. Her novel Gerta, focused on the post-war mistreatment of ethnic Germans, has just been published in English.

Martin Ida Tom on the terrace of their flat, photo: archive of David Vaughan

No Night So Dark: Part 2

In the first episode we met Martin Wels and his parents in Prague in 1939. In Part 2 we are drawn still further into the past, as one family story uncovers another.

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