Ian Willoughby

Czechia’s European commissioner says she sensed Russia was buying European politicians – and says those on its payroll must be weeded out of the European Parliament.

Hundreds of Czech artists, led by singer-songwriter Tomáš Klus, have signed an open letter to the country’s leaders, urging them to push for a ceasefire in Gaza.

A new work by David Černý – a five-tonne kinetic metal head of iconic movie director David Lynch – was recently unveiled at an apartment complex in Santa Monica, LA.

The Czech secret service has scored a major success, uncovering a Russian network attempting to influence elections, and paying off politicians, in various EU states.

On March 28, 1969 a Czechoslovak ice hockey win over the USSR – less than a year after the Soviet invasion – sparked celebrations that became riots in Prague and elsewhere.

Over 400,000 Czechs have availed of the opportunity to take part in Erasmus, the EU’s academic exchange programme since Czechia signed up in the late 1990s.

Red Tape: Radio and Politics in Czechoslovakia, 1945-1969 looks at broadcasting in, and to, the country between the end of the war and the aftermath of the 1968 invasion.

The current Czech president and his Slovak counterpart were in the audience for a special screening of a new film about Václav Havel at Prague Castle on Monday night.

Prague Mayor Bohuslav Svoboda is in hot water after admitting to not staying home despite having whooping cough and faces a criminal complaint over the matter.

A monument has been unveiled in Liberec named To Children Who Didn’t Get to Know the World. The memorial is specifically to Roma children born, and killed, in WWII camps.