Czechia's tourist industry is preparing for the annual influx of foreign visitors. What are the main attractions this year? We hear from CzechTourism head Jan Herget.
While Asian and Indian restaurants continue to pop up in Prague, Carribean food, specifically Jamaican cuisine, is rare. But you can get it, if you know where to go.
Monika Vintrlíková is an Honorary Consul, working to develop bilateral trade, economic and cultural ties – her favourite part, which led her to establish Moravian Glory.
The Czech Republic has been experiencing a sort of mini baby boom for the past six or so years, with one of the first generations of well-educated Czech women deciding to…
Czech students are sought after not just by local universities and colleges, but also by their European counterparts as student numbers dwindle across the continent. But…
The Czech artist and designer Eva Eislerová originally wanted to be an architect. Instead, she became one of the most highly regarded makers of art jewellery in the world…
Today in Mailbox we reveal the name of our July mystery man and ask a new quiz question for the month of August. Listeners/readers quoted: Y. Venkata Ratnam, Mike Shea…
Given the recent developments on the Czech political scene, the country’s churches and religious groups might have to wait longer for the return of their property…
Peter Smith’s guest on One on One this week is Iva Frühlingová – model, singer, actress and author. Born in the town of Litvínov, with a French grandfather Iva dreamed of…
The Czech state-controlled energy giant ČEZ is looking at bids in one of the biggest investment projects in Czech history – the construction of two new blocks at the…
In one of its major decisions since assuming office in July, the Czech government has decided to end support for most renewable sources of energy. The draft legislation…
The leading US guitar player Gary Lucas may be best known for his work with the cult musician and artist Captain Beefheart (real name Don Van Vliet). His biggest…
The European Union’s Eastern Partnerships have been a cornerstone of Czech diplomacy with Ukraine and five other countries from the former Soviet Union. But Ukraine’s…
In this edition of Spotlight,we visit the south-east Moravian town of Zlin, a city famous for its footwear and film industries as well as for its rich heritage of folk…
There is nothing unusual about politicians writing books. Sometimes they outline a political vision, or they might be a gesture to posterity in the hope of putting a…
For many Czechs, Easter goes much further beyond the Christian tradition of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The popular pomlázka, or whipping of women…
In the Late Middle Ages, a group of Czech frontiersmen were charged with guarding the kingdom’s western borders. In today’s Czech History we travel to Domažlice to visit…
Last month saw the Czech Republic’s glitziest annual literary event, the presentation of the Magnesia Litera awards. The awards covered nine different categories…
As Radio Prague’s series on Czechs in Afghanistan winds down, Christian Falvey leaves the Czech humanitarian mission in northern Afghanistan and reports on the feelings…
In the early 1990s, Prague was in the spotlight of international media with scores of foreign correspondents reporting on developments in free Czechoslovakia. Since then…
What do teenagers do in their spare time? Cha-cha, fox-trot and waltz might not be the first things to come to mind, but here in the Czech Republic, lessons in ballroom…
Jan Bubeník was one of the organisers of a student march in Prague on November 17, 1989 to mark the anniversary of a Nazi crackdown on Czech universities 50 years…
Less than six months ago, a disastrous fire reduced an entire wing of Prague’s historic Industrial Exhibition Hall to a pile of twisted metal and masonry, but the building…
The Slovenian thinker Slavoj Žižek has been described as the most dangerous philosopher in the West. He criticizes global capitalism and warns of the dangers it presents…
