Brian Kenety

The Veverkas invented a revolutionary plough in 1827 that cut, lifted and turned the soil in one go. Why aren’t they better known? Find out in this edition of Czech Made! 

Czech researchers are developing a system to track Covid-19 patients that alerts nurses to sudden changes, helps doctors plan treatment without donning protective gear. 

International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Soviet forces in 1945.

The vaccination of vulnerable groups against Covid-19 is dragging. Some are calling on the government to buy from companies not party to the EU collective agreement. 

The accordion has played a central role in Czech folk music for centuries. Among those carrying on the tradition is 14-year-old Lucie Pudilová, who won CMA gold.  

Bankrupt entrepreneurs may be able to draw a so-called compensation bonus of 500 crowns per day, retroactively, if their businesses were impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Bernard Papánek, who immigrated to Israel from Brno in the 1960s but lived out his final days in Slovakia, died of Covid-19 days after his birthday.

Researchers from Palacký University have conducted an extensive study of how misinformation, disinformation and fake news about Covid-19 have spread throughout the country.

Lubomír Kaválek, won Czechoslovak and US national championships once ranked no. 10 in the world, penned a Washington Post chess column for a over quarter century. 

The Czech Republic is the last EU country where children under the age of three are routinely placed in institutional care rather than with foster parents.