Czechia’s arms industry has seen record exports in the last two years. But still international banks are making life hard for arms makers, says the defence minister.
The Paris summit on Ukraine appears to have kicked into action a Czech plan to purchase badly needed ammunition for Ukraine outside of the EU.
Big differences among V4 leaders ahead of Prague summit; study to detect harmful chemicals in children’s bodies; how a Czechoslovak émigré established Bača Cup in US
A new study monitoring the burden of toxic chemicals on the population recently got underway in Czechia.
A meeting of the Visegrad Four leaders in Prague on Tuesday comes against a backdrop of calls to cancel it after Slovakia PM Fico made a speech widely seen as pro-Russian.
Large flocks of ravens, jackdows and crows swirl in the skies over Brno every evening.
When Jiří Václav Parma fled from communist Czechoslovakia to Pennsylvania in the US in 1962, he hung his “Bača” hat on a stand and established a ski race that survived him.
Czech composer Jan Voříšek's famous Symphony in D major combines his natural inclination to romanticism with a surprising flair for drama.
On February 25,1969, Jan Zajíc, an 18-year-old student from Šumperk set himself on fire to protest against growing public apathy to the Soviet led-invasion in 1968.
Broadcast in English - 02/25/2024
Czechs are marking two years since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine with commemorative events taking place all around the country on Saturday.
Episode two of the Faces of Czech Music podcast, in conversation with mezzo-soprano Bella Adamova.
In the second episode of the Faces of Czech Music, we meet Mezzo-soprano, improviser and lover of Dvořák, Bella Adamova.
News; Sex helpline to cover sexual orientation and gender identity; Book World Prague to honor Franz Kafka; Mykola and Mariia: Young Ukrainians in Czechia open up
This year's international book fair and literary festival Book World Prague will honour the centenary of Franz Kafka. We discuss the event with its director, Radovan Auer.
A sex help line which initially focused on sexual behavior and dysfunctions, now also covers sexual orientation and gender identity issues. Adam Schreier explains:
Russia's full invasion of Ukraine started two years ago. And to find out something about young Ukrainian refugees' lives in Czechia we invited two into our studios.
Anna Hájková is the author of the critically acclaimed book "The Last Ghetto: An Everyday History of Theresienstadt", published in English by Oxford University Press.
News; Majority of Ukrainian refugees employed below their skill level; Lost and found 1935 passion play music score; Pilot flies vintage Aero 145 from Australia to Czechia
Although the majority of Ukrainian refugees in Czechia have found employment, over 60 percent are working in often precarious jobs well below their qualification level.
The town of Hořice has a long tradition of passion plays maintained by the local inhabitants. One such family helped save and preserve a valuable music score from 1935.
The second part of our video series on Czech Music Greats looks at a lesser-known name in Czech classical music - Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek.
News; how did the Pirates beat the Civic Democrats in the latest poll?; bill proposes minimum one-third women on boards of large companies; Automatic Mills in Pardubice
A new bill aims to see a minimum of one-third women in upper management positions in large companies in Czechia, bringing it more in line with other EU countries.
A Median poll published Tuesday suggests the Czech Pirate Party, one of the smaller parties in the coalition, are now ahead of government leaders the Civic Democrats. Why?
