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01/11/2021Picture of the week
Bird count in Czechia
The annual census of birds on feeders, organized by the Czech Ornithological Society, is underway. Pictured are common goldfinches (Carduelis carduelis).
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01/11/2021
Czech gov’t weighs opening ski resorts, other venues if Covid-19 risk drops to level 4
Over the past week, fresh snowfall led to Czechs to take to the mountains in droves, despite ski resorts and trails being closed due to anti-coronavirus restrictions.
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01/11/2021
Emotions running high in Czech Republic as epidemic worsens
As Czech hospitals fill up with Covid patients, some members of the opposition have called on the government to seek foreign aid in helping to cope with the crisis.
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01/11/2021
David Ondráčka: Politics is a contest – not a cartel
Former director of Transparency International David Ondráčka is now entering politics with the new party People PRO. He tells us why.
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01/10/2021
Asrael symphony - Josef Suk’s emotional tribute to Antonín Dvořák and his wife Otílie
Asrael is a symphony composed by Josef Suk, one of the chief representatives of Czech Modernism in music.
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01/10/2021Anniversary of the Week
50 years since document signaling definitive end of Prague Spring
A document entitled Lessons from the Crisis Situation appeared in the in the Czechoslovak press on 14.1.1971, definitively bringing the events of 1968 to an end.
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01/08/2021
Prague Metro marks 55 years since construction began
This week marks exactly 55 years since the construction of Prague’s Metro began, although at the time, the plan envisaged just building a tunnel for an underground tramway.