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Senate and municipal elections 2026

On October 9 and 10 the Czech Republic will hold municipal elections as well as elections for one-third of the members of the Senate.

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Elections 2026

What Czechia’s local election results mean for Andrej Babiš’s government

What Czechia’s local election results mean for Andrej Babiš’s government

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Václav Havel remembered

Czech democracy leader Václav Havel was born 90 years ago this October. We speak to several people who were close to the dissident playwright-turned-president.

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Foreign policy

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Anniversary of the Week

October 2006: Czech WWII hero František Fajtl dies

Lieutenant General František Fajtl, a WWII hero who commanded an RAF squadron and later got hard labour in communist Czechoslovakia, died on October 4, 2006.

Culture

Franz Kafka | Photo: Atelier Jacobi, Wikimedia Commons, public domain

In Kafka's Footsteps

Franz Kafka was born in Prague, but where specifically did the world-famous writer grow up? Where did he draw inspiration, or even go on holiday?

History

Travel

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Discovering Czechia through books: A Belgian reader on the country’s literary voice

Czechast meets Belgian reader Bart van Besien, who has been discovering the country through its literature.

Science and technology

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Some 3D printing materials may cause skin irritation, Czech study finds

Experts from Charles University tested commonly used 3D printing materials and found that some of them can negatively affect human cells when used over a long period.

Picture of the week

Judoka Krpálek back among the world’s elite, takes bronze in Baku

Two-time Olympic champion Lukáš Krpálek won a bronze medal at the World Judo Championships in Baku.

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QSL 2026

Source: Kristýna Marková, Radio Prague International
Source: Kristýna Marková, Radio Prague International
Source: Kristýna Marková, Radio Prague International
Source: Kristýna Marková, Radio Prague International
Source: Kristýna Marková, Radio Prague International
Source: Kristýna Marková, Radio Prague International
Source: Kristýna Marková, Radio Prague International
Source: Kristýna Marková, Radio Prague International
Source: Kristýna Marková, Radio Prague International
Source: Kristýna Marková, Radio Prague International

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Video of The National Library in the Clementinum

The National Library in the Clementinum

Julia Bailey | Photo: Ian Willoughby, Radio Prague International

Julia Bailey on honouring Galerie Rudolfinum’s legacy while delivering a fresh approach

British art historian, curator and writer Julia Bailey has been the head of Prague’s Galerie Rudolfinum for two and a half years.

The Landscape of the Vysočina Region | Photo: Daniel Zach, Czech Radio

Czech local elections highlight the country’s thousands of small municipalities

This special episode of Czechast explores why a country of fewer than 11 million people has over 6,200 munipalities and elects nearly 62,000 local councillors.

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