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Two British servicemen who helped Prague Uprising honoured

Two British servicemen who helped Prague Uprising honoured

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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

03:43

Embattled Czech deputy prime minister hits back, saying he’ll sue those who branded him a traitor

The news site Seznam has accused Deputy PM Jan Hamáček of wanting to hush up Russia’s involvement in the 2014 Vrbětice blasts in return for one million Sputnik vaccines.
03:09

EU survey: Czechs at the bottom when it comes to trust in government

A newly released Eurobarometer survey places the Czech Republic at the bottom of the EU ladder when it comes to trust in government.
05:32

Political scientist Jiří Pehe: We are seeing a struggle over who will lead the next government

Why do the centre-right parties want to bring down the government six months ahead of regular elections and can they hope to achieve their goal?

Business

Energo-Pro completes largest Czech investment in hydropower industry

Czech energy group Energo-Pro has completed the construction of the Alpaslan 2 hydropower plant in Turkey, the largest Czech investment in industry since November 1989.

Foreign policy

Society

03:39

Hairdressers, yes. Tattoo parlours, no. Select services open as Covid-19 restrictions are relaxed

As of Monday, life in the Czech Republic is returning to a degree of normalcy with the relaxation anti-coronavirus restrictions.

Anniversary of the Week

Toasting 150 years of Staropramen

The Staropramen brewery, the second largest beer producer in the country, is toasting 150 years since it put out its first batch.

Culture

History

Nature

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When all frogs are princes: Czech hybrids (with no females) resort to ‘sexual parasitism’, cloning

In the Odra River Basin, all Green Jumper frogs are male. Czech scientists have discovered they survive via sexual parasitism, cloning – and having two types of sperm.

Science and technology

10:54

Czech scientist Julie Dobrovolná on measuring stress

Czech scientist Julie Dobrovolná is heading a team at Masaryk University’s RECETOX centre, which is developing a new method of measuring stress.

Picture of the week

Snow leopard at Plzeň Zoo

Visitors of the Plzeň Zoo could catch a rare glimpse of the snow leopard last week. These wildcats have resided in the zoo since 2004, but are usually quite shy.

Photogallery

Vrbětice affair, protest at the Russian Embassy in Prague

Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Protest at the Russian Embassy in Prague|Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Vrbětice affair, protest at the Russian Embassy in Prague|Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Vrbětice affair, protest at the Russian Embassy in Prague|Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Vrbětice affair, protest at the Russian Embassy in Prague|Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Vrbětice affair, protest at the Russian Embassy in Prague|Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Vrbětice affair, protest at the Russian Embassy in Prague|Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Vrbětice affair, protest at the Russian Embassy in Prague|Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Vrbětice affair, protest at the Russian Embassy in Prague|Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Vrbětice affair, protest at the Russian Embassy in Prague|Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International

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CZECH MADE - Velorex

Jiří Havelka | Photo: Tomáš Vodňanský, Czech Radio

Czech Next Wave - EP11: Director Jiří Havelka

Jiří Havelka is one of the country’s most exciting theatre directors – as well as being an actor, playwright and teacher – while his debut film Owners was a massive hit.

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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