Danny Bate sat down with Jan Mrkvička from the Czech charity People in Need, to talk about his career and their Christmas scheme that helps people to give a ‘real gift’.
This episode of Czech Music Greats introduces you to the composer Jakub Jan Ryba and the story of his Czech Christmas Mass, still performed across Czechia to this day.
News; thirteen years since the death of Václav Havel; Russian oligarch Zorikov to remain on Czech sanctions list; interview with Veronika Tuckerová on reading Kafka.
Thirteen years after his passing, Václav Havel is remembered as a moral authority.
Russian oligarch Rostislav Zorikov, the former son-in-law of Russian arms dealer Boris Obnosov, will remain on the Czech national sanctions list.
News; UK government agrees to billionaire Křetínský’s acquisition of Royal Mail; School preparing kids to face cyber security threats; Historian Daniela Richterová
Ensuring children’s safety online is a challenge. Some schools, including Smíchov Secondary School of Industry, began to tackle the issue.
The UK government has agreed to the sale of the parent company of Royal Mail to Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský, the centuries-old postal service's first foreign owner.
Watching the Jackals by historian Daniela Richterová draws on intelligence files to reveal how revolutionaries and terrorists spent time in Prague during the communist era.
News; green infrastructure on Prague’s Strossmayer Square; Boží Dar Christmas stamps celebrate 30 years; interview with Arthur Kornienko, creator of 'Just Czech Things'.
