Ian Willoughby

Director Jindřich Andrš discusses A New Shift, a captivating new documentary about a laid-off Czech miner who, approaching 50, attempts to retrain as an IT specialist.  

Given the Covid-19 situation, events on November 17 this year are set to look very different – though organisers are offering people novel ways to celebrate.

The government will again ask MPs to extend the current state of emergency. At the same time, some children are going back to school in only a week’s time.

A detailed 3D image by US photographer Jeffrey Martin could provide a great deal of help in the reconstruction of a wooden church that recently burned down in Prague.

Prague restaurant operators say takeaway sales represent only a fraction of their normal turnover, though even that is helping them survive the current crisis.

Jara Dušátko teaches Czech at Stanford University and heads the San Francisco branch of Sokol. She recently received the Czech Foreign Ministry's Gratias Agit award.

From Monday the Czech Republic will classify virtually all other EU states as either medium or high risk on its “traffic light” map.

Tereza Rosalie Kladošová is one of the Czech Republic’s top young fashion designers, known for eye-catching bright colours, bold cuts and creating her own materials.

As Covid-19 numbers continue climbing, the Czech government has introduced a nighttime curfew, the Sunday closure of shops and the increased use of work from home.

The 2020 edition of the Ji.hlava festival of documentary films gets underway on Tuesday. Given the Covid-19 emergency, the 24th Ji.hlava will be purely online.