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New app to help prevent tram and train accidents being tested in Prague and Brno

New app to help prevent tram and train accidents being tested in Prague and Brno

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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

Media: Negative coronavirus test will open many doors in upgraded counter-epidemic system

Details are emerging of the upgraded counter-epidemic system that is to serve as a guideline for restrictions once the state of emergency ends on April 11.
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Czech health minister fired after getting country on road to recovery

Health Minister Jan Blatný was dismissed from his post on Wednesday, in what is the third change-of-guard in the post since the start of the pandemic a year ago.

Business

Society

Anniversary of the Week

90 years since Antonín Čermák became mayor of Chicago

The life of the brave mayor, who saved Roosvelt and was not afraid of Al Capone, is the story of the American dream

Culture

History

13:30

Czech Made: The Jawa motorcycle

Few Czechoslovak products have been as internationally successful as the Jawa motorcycle.

Czechs abroad

03:26

Czechs abroad “running” campaign for postal voting rights

Czechs abroad calling for the introduction of postal voting in their native country have launched a novel campaign.

Science and technology

05:29

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

Two students from the Czech Technical University in Prague have designed a robot made out of Lego pieces that can play Beethoven’s Für Elise piano composition.

Picture of the week

New lookout pavilion opens in Bohemian Switzerland

A new pavilion has opened to the public at Mary’s Viewpoint in Jetřichovice, offering stunning views of the Bohemian Switzerland National Park.

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

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Czech Made: The Remoska mini-oven

Lenka Šimečková, photo: archive of Lenka Šimečková

Czech Next Wave - EP10: Illustrator Lenka Šimečková

Illustrator and comics artist Lenka Šimečková has established herself as one of the most exciting names in her field, with work that appears in comics, books and games.

Martin Wels' calendar, photo: archive of Wels family

No Night So Dark: Part Six

International politics is casting a long shadow over the Wels family. They find themselves trapped in occupied Prague, and only Tomáš manages to get out.

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