News: Czech House public hub at Paris Olympics; climber Adam Ondra hopes to make up for Tokyo disappointment in Paris; UK man Ed Ley documents stories of Prague streets.
Professional rock climber Adam Ondra, who arrived in Paris on Thursday, is set to compete in his second Olympic Games. How will Paris compare to his performance in Tokyo?
The Czech House in Paris was officially inaugurated on Friday afternoon Just before the opening ceremony, I spoke with the centre’s communications manager Daniela Jurion.
On this day, Czech mountaineer Radek Jaroš climbed the world's second-highest mountain, K2, and thus completed the ascent of all 14 of the globe’s “eight-thousanders”.
News; government to nominate Síkela as EU Commissioner; mini Eiffel Tower made of recycled ocean waste erected at Lake Most; Veronika Tuckerová, author of new book on Kafka
The Czech government has decided that the country's candidate for the next European Commission will be the current minister of industry and trade, Jozef Síkela.
A mini Eiffel Tower made out of recycled ocean waste has been erected near Lake Most in north Bohemia as one of the centrepieces of the Olympic Festival taking place there.
Veronika Tuckerová is currently preparing a book exploring changing perceptions of Franz Kafka writer in the communist period, when his works were for the most part banned.
News: canoeist Jiří Prskavec to defend his Olympic title; three Czech films set to screen at the Venice film festival; interview with Yale historian Timothy Snyder
Three Czech films are set to screen at the Venice film festival at the end of this summer – including a mixed-reality immersive film set in a Ukrainian living room.