Ian Willoughby

Photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková documented her own turbulent life, and minorities such as homosexuals and Romanies, in the final decades of communism in Czechoslovakia.

Czech MPs have submitted a bill that would enshrine marriage in law as solely  between a man and a woman. A marriage equality group have come out strongly against this.

The second edition of the alternative music festival Pop Messe gets underway in Brno on Friday. We speak to the founder of the two-day event.

Melanie Pfändler says her grandfather was behind a photo of Emil Zátopek kissing Dana Zátopková after winning Olympic gold in his first ever marathon, on July 27, 1952. 

After a Covid-imposed break, one of Czechia’s biggest music festivals, Colours of Ostrava, is back, with acts such as The Killers – and the Melting Pot forum.

Czech filmmakers had a Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to remember, winning the Best Director and Best Actor prizes as well as the Proxima competition.

The top prizes at this year’s Karlovy Vary film festival will be announced at a glitzy ceremony on Saturday evening. Twelve works are in the running for Best Film. 

Producers say the Czech government’s failure to earmark funds for tax rebates for international film and TV companies will ultimately cost the state a great deal of money.

The leaders of the newly established Czechoslovakia could and should have done far more to ensure its stability, says historian Professor Igor Lukeš.

The biggest name on the opening weekend of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Liev Schreiber, used his appearance to draw attention to the plight of Ukraine.