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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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Liberating Pilsen was a great “honour and a privilege”, recalls 99-year-old US Army veteran

Liberating Pilsen was a great “honour and a privilege”, recalls 99-year-old US Army veteran

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Culture

Prague Spring International Music Festival - online
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History

Ambassador Nick Archer on British servicemen in the Prague Uprising and the ties that bind us
Anniversary of the Week

110 years since first long-distance flight from Pardubice to Prague

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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

Foreign policy

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“I guess they noticed my work”, Věra Jourová banned from visiting Russia

The Russian Federation banned eight EU citizens from visiting the country on Friday, among them is Czech Vice President of the European Commission Věra Jourová.

Society

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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

Travel

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Travel restrictions to ease for Czechs as of mid-May

As of mid-May, travel across the borders will be easier for Czechs who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

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

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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.

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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

Video

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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