Ruth Fraňková

A new book called Stifled City aims to bring fresh attention to amatuer photographer Karel Bucháček who captured everyday life in Prague in the final decades of communism. 

Andriy Yermak, Ukrainian’s president’s chief of staff recently accompanied President Zelensky to Prague. On the occasion, he gave an interview to Czech Radio.

This year marks 90 years since the publishing of Karel Čapek’s children’s book Dashenka, which chronicles the life of a fox terrier puppy growing up in the his household. 

One of the most valuable medieval monuments at Prague Castle, the glass mosaic of the Last Judgement at Saint Vitus Cathedral, is undergoing a close inspection. 

Marine biologist Petra Nevečeřalová, who hails from the north-Bohemian town of Ústí nad Labem, has been obsessed with whales since early childhood. 

Czechs are marking 73 years since the death of Milada Horáková, a democratic opposition leader who was sentenced and executed in a communist show trial on June 27, 1950. 

Czech singer songwriter Marek Ztracený is currently at the height of his career. Earlier this month, he sold out Prague's Eden stadium three times in a row.

Czechia has slipped down the World Economic Forum's rankings for gender equality. It is currently ranked 101st out of 146 countries, 25 places lower than it was last year. 

An international conference on Ukraine organised by Czech Radio on the occasion of its 100th anniversary took place in Prague on Thursday. 

Pavlína Adam, a biologist and adventurer, recently became the first Czech woman to complete the Great Himalaya Trail, one of the world’s most difficult treks.