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Czech Space Week festival launches, showcasing space activities and innovation

The seventh annual Czech Space Week festival begins on Monday at Prague’s main train station, inaugurated by President Petr Pavel and Transport and Environment Ministers…
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Czech Technical University launches Visual Computing and Game Design studies

The computer game industry is big in Czechia and the business has sparked enormous interest in this career path among the young.
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New government media advisor: “Disinformation isn’t covered by freedom of speech”

For the first time ever, the Czech government has a special representative for media and disinformation. His name is Michal Klíma. We asked him what will be his task.
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Holocaust survivor Vera Egermayer : telling children my story helped me understand my own life

Like many child survivors of the Holocaust Vera Egermayer, started a new life in a new environment soon after the war. Her family moved to New Zealand when she was just…
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Havel warns of impending disaster for mankind at opening of 14th Forum 2000 conference

“The world we want to live in” is the theme of this year’s Forum 2000 international conference, which has just got underway in the Czech capital. The annual event, held…
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Elbe-Oder-Danube canal – logistic dream or megalomanic nightmare?

The tug-of-war continues over one of the most ambitious construction projects ever imagined, the building of a canal linking three of Europe’s mightiest rivers – the Elbe…
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Czech expert helps Georgia balance landscape protection and tourism

As an expert on protected landscape management, Michal Hošek is used to working in breathtakingly beautiful environments. However when he was sent to northern Georgia in…
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Film festivals offer something for everybody

Film festivals often bring to mind shiny limousines with film stars at Cannes or fancy banquets in Venice. In the Czech Republic the most famous festival is held every…
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April 6, 2015: Prague Metro expands with new A line stations

On April 6, 2015, Prague’s metro system took a significant step forward with the opening of four new stations on the A line.
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Former Czech FM Tomáš Petříček warns: “Selling Ukraine is an illusion”

Tomáš Petříček discusses Czech democracy, compromise in politics and whether Czechs understand the stakes of Russia’s war in Ukraine on Czechast.
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Proposed new law aims to limit risks of passive smoking

This week has been a good one for Czech anti-smoking campaigners. On Tuesday the High Court in Brno supported a lawsuit taken by one tenant in an apartment building to ban…
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Czech Economy seen through eyes of OECD

The Czech economy - and especially the banking sector - is in much better shape than in previous years. Or at least so says the OECD, in a new study which has just been…
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Krušné hory (Ore Mountains) Protected Landscape Area could be established by 2026

The establishment of the Krušné hory (Ore Mountains) Protected Landscape Area could be finalized by 2026, Environment Minister Petr Hladík informed the ctk news agency…
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Czechia to release two billion crowns for restoration of water infrastructure after floods

The Czech government will allocate two billion crowns for restoring water infrastructure damaged by recent floods. Municipalities and their associations can apply for the…
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Environmentalists release list of biggest polluters in 2023

The environmental watchdogs Arnika, Children of the Earth and Greenpeace on Friday released their annual report of the country’s biggest polluters in 2023. Similarly as in…
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Over CZK 100 million in emergency flood aid distributed by labor offices

Czech labor offices have distributed over CZK 100 million in emergency aid to those affected by the recent floods. This was announced by Minister of Labour and Social…
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Top 5 cafes in Prague (you might not know about)

Spring is right around the corner, which means a lot more of us will be visiting cafes for a quick coffee. So, here are my five favorite cafes in the city.
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Greenpeace protest against Musk and Trump at Tesla store in Czechia

To understand the motivations and goals of Greenpeace's protest in Čestlice on June 11th, we spoke to the head of the ‘Time to Resist’ campaign in Czechia, Miriam Macurová.
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Prague’s vision for managing its growth

Prague’s growth is outpacing development. The Metropolitan Plan aims to address this. We spoke with Jaromír Hainc, Director of the City Development Section, to learn more.
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Student Štěpánka Klečanská on environmental protection: we need more people to do the small things that count

Student Štepánka Klečanská talks about climate change, the attitude of the public to green issues and the small things that count.
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Stalin-style gulag in modern day Poland?

Gdansk Shipyard, the cradle of Solidarity, which toppled communist rule in Poland, has a group of North Korean workers busy on the site. Shipyard officials say that the…
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Team of experts to decide on new National Library building

The ongoing controversy over a planned new National Library building in Prague has come to something of a head; the conflicting sides have agreed that an expert team…
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Czech coalition government faces vote of no confidence

The centre-right Czech government is going through its first major crisis since it took office in July. The coalition cabinet is facing a vote of no confidence over a…
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Stone Age grave none the less queer for lack of ‘Gay Caveman’

The bustling Dejvice district of Prague is not where you would expect major encounters with prehistory. Just a few hundred metres from the transport hub at Vítězné Náměstí…
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Planned university reform seeks to improve cooperation with industry

Czech universities are set for the biggest change in years. After several failed attempts in the past, the Education Ministry is finalizing reform legislation that should…
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