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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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Culture

Czech high schooler masters Italian button accordion to win global contest

Czech high schooler masters Italian button accordion to win global contest

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The best of Czech classical music

Czech classical music is not only a part of the national culture and history, but also of its very soul.

Domestic affairs

03:37

Lower house approves mandatory quotas on local food in supermarkets despite EU warning

The lower house of Parliament on Wednesday passed a bill that would impose a mandatory quota on local food sold in retail stores larger than 400 square metres.
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Government asks for extension of state of emergency as “British mutation” detected in Czechia

Apart from the reopening of children’s clothing shops and stationeries, the government is not planning any loosening of measures.
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2021 in Czech Politics

We talk to political analyst Petr Just about where the Czech society and its political representation stands at the start of election year 2021.

Business

Foreign policy

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Czech army to join France-led mission in Sahel

Czech foreign troops are deployed in Mali as part of the EU mission in the country. Czech army also plans to send 60 troops to the France-led mission in the Sahel.

Society

Anniversary of the Week

Anniversary of the Week

January 29 marks 130 years since the death of Ignác Šustala, Czech entrepreneur and the founder of a carriage company in Kopřivnice, which later became Tatra.

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Travel

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Heritage sites in Pardubice Region begin hiring guides for upcoming tourist season

Although there is little clarity on what the upcoming tourist season in the Czechia will look like, several monuments in the Pardubice region are searching for guides.

Science and technology

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Czech anthropologist in Svalbard: “It will be quite painful to leave”

For nearly two years, Czech anthropologist Zdenka Sokolíčková has lived in Svalbard with her family, studying how local people perceive the effects of climate change.

Picture of the week

Closed storefronts alive with culture

Cirk La Putyka has enlivened closed storefronts via the #kulturunezastavis initiative (Culture can't be stopped). Actors, acrobats and musicians performed in Prague.

Photogallery

Winter in Jeseníky

Photo: Ondřej Tomšů
Photo: Ondřej Tomšů
Photo: Ondřej Tomšů
Photo: Ondřej Tomšů
Photo: Ondřej Tomšů
Photo: Ondřej Tomšů
Photo: Ondřej Tomšů
Photo: Ondřej Tomšů

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CZECH MADE - The Sugar Cube

Marie Tomanová, photo: Ondřej Trhoň

Czech Next Wave - EP6: Marie Tomanová

New York-based Marie Tomanová is one of the most successful young Czech photographers, perhaps best known for the portrait series Young American.

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