Ruth Fraňková

Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša is Artist of the Year 2026 at the International Classical Music Awards, honouring his outstanding international career with top orchestras.

Women in Lednice have launched an online collection of over 100 traditional vlňáky, woollen shawls once worn as winter folk costume in South Moravia.

A rare sight appeared at South Bohemia’s Lipno Reservoir: the ice turned green, caused by cyanobacteria trapped beneath the frozen surface.

At the end of January, Czechia’s last coal mine will close, ending nearly 250 years of mining. OKD will lay off 900 workers as it stops mining operations.

Jiří Viktor Daneš was Czechoslovakia’s first consul to Australia. His restored photos are now in a new book.  We spoke with one of its authors, historian Tomáš Pavlíček.

An exhibition devoted to activist art is currently underway at Prague’s Municipal Library. 

Chocolate and asparagus may seem an unlikely pairing, but Prague chocolatiers Steiner & Kovařík made it work. I spoke with them about their journey and success.

Young moose Emil captured Czech hearts this year, wandering across borders, drawing crowds, and turning a wildlife migration into a Central European sensation.

We speak with Milan Řezáč about a new spider found on Prague’s Petřín Hill that reproduces without males—the first parthenogenetic spider species known in Europe.

France has handed over to Czechia three wooden statues stolen in the early 1990s.  The statues were officially returned this week at the Czech Embassy in Paris.