Ian Willoughby

After over a decade of preparation, the Prague Council last week approved a new zoning plan for the city. What will it do to fix Prague’s shortage of new apartments? 

The 12 contenders for the Crystal Globe at the 60th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival have just been revealed. 

Earlier this year, Jan Zikmund launched Zikmund Literary, an agency that aims to help Czech authors find readers around the world. But how does he plan to achieve this? 

The Czech Senate celebrated 30 years of existence in a ceremony on Tuesday evening. But what has the upper house of Parliament actually achieved in the last three decades? 

Richard Falbr, a former head of the main Czech trade unions umbrella body and MEP, has died at the age of 85. 

The line-up of the 2026 Prague Sounds multi-genre music festival has just been announced. We speak to its programmer and a Czech artist overseeing the "Choice" night. 

This week saw the launch of Jsem Tu Novej (I’m New Here), a book by the UK ambassador to Prague, Matt Field. Proceeds go a charity helping children with cancer.

New plaques at Prague’s Old Jewish Cemetery pay tribute to staff at the city’s Jewish Museum who saved countless valuable artefacts during the Holocaust. 

The annual GLOBSEC Forum is set to bring over 2,000 guests – including presidents, ministers and business and civil society leaders – to Prague later this week. 

Fragile Security: The Future of Ukraine and the European Continent is the title of a conference being held by Czech Radio’s Plus station in Prague next Wednesday.