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Czech Presidency of the EU Council: July 1 – December 31, 2022

Czechia currently holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union. Follow us for all the main news between now and the end of the year.

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Famous actress Rosamund Pike stars in Czech mobile phone game

Famous actress Rosamund Pike stars in Czech mobile phone game

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In a new series, Radio Prague International, will introduce the Czech inventions that changed the world.

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Anniversary of the Week

60 years since iconic Tatra T3 tram began roaming streets

On November 21, 1962, the Tatra T3 tram was put into regular service in Prague. It was a very modern tram for its time and would become a successful export product.

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History

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Recordings from trial with “chief symbol” of Nazi occupation K. H. Frank being restored

Archivists at Czech Radio have discovered discs of recordings from the 1946 trial with Karl Hermann Frank, making it possible to play the sounds for first time in decades.

Travel

Prague’s gas lamp lighter returns for Advent

One sign that Advent is upon us in Prague is the reappearance of the man who lights gas lamps at some of the city’s most romantic locations.

Nature

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Czech scientists explore possibility of plastic-eating cyanobacteria tackling ocean waste

Scientists at Mendel University in Brno are exploring the possibility of using cyanobacteria to clean up plastic waste in the oceans.

Science and technology

Picture of the week

Prague’s Christmas fleet hits the tracks

Many of Prague’s trams and busses, including the historic Ringhoffer and Irisbus Citelis 12 M are decked out for Christmas adding to the festive mood in the Czech capital.

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Czech Christmas Markets

Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Photo: Kateřina Ayzpurvit, Radio Prague International
Christmas markets at Prague Castle|Photo: Klára Stejskalová, Radio Prague International
Christmas markets at Prague Castle|Photo: Klára Stejskalová, Radio Prague International
Christmas markets at Prague Castle|Photo: Klára Stejskalová, Radio Prague International
Christmas markets at Prague Castle|Photo: Klára Stejskalová, Radio Prague International
Photo: Anton Kajmakov, Radio Prague International
Photo: Barbora Navrátilová, Radio Prague International
Photo: Barbora Navrátilová, Radio Prague International
Photo: Barbora Navrátilová, Radio Prague International
Photo: Barbora Navrátilová, Radio Prague International
Photo: Barbora Navrátilová, Radio Prague International
Photo: Barbora Navrátilová, Radio Prague International
Photo: Barbora Navrátilová, Radio Prague International

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CZECH MADE: Kofola

Olga Szántová | Photo: archive of Eva Nováková

A Stitch in Time: Part 3 – Exile and Return

Fourteen-year-old Eva Nováková chose the format of a short radio play to draw us into the world of her great-grandmother, broadcasting legend, Olga Szántová.

Šimon Holý | Photo: Ian Willoughby, Radio Prague International

My Prague – Šimon Holý

Young film director Šimon Holý takes us to some of his favourite spots in Prague: the Vinohrady district, the school that strongly shaped him and an intimate literary café.

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