The newly renovated Automatic Mills designed by the pioneering Czechoslovak architect Josef Gočár, have recently been turned into a multifunctional public space.
News; Army chief says military service may need to return; scientists prepare for a nuclear waste repository; and František Bělský, a successful Czech sculptor in the UK.
Scientists at a university in Liberec are investigating the possible impact of microorganisms on the safety of an underground radioactive waste repository.
Czechia ended compulsory military service two decades ago. Now, however, the head of the country’s army, Karel Řehka, says it may be necessary to bring it back.
The Bronze Age on the territory of the modern day Czech Republic saw extensive trade relations with other parts of Europe as well as cannibalism and the brewing of beer.
Broadcast in English - 02/19/2024
Chants echoed the Pittsburgh Penguins’ home arena on Sunday for the jersey retirement of the legendary Czech ice hockey player Jaromír Jágr.
President Petr Pavel made headlinesat the Munich Security Conference by saying Czechia could secure 800,000 artillery shells for Ukraine, if partners provided the funding.
Record temperatures in many places in Czechia suggest that spring is just around the corner. In parks and gardens, crocuses, snowdrops and winter aconites are blooming.
The roots of punk rock music in Czechoslovakia are said to stretch back 45 years, to a concert by the alternative band Extempore.
František Vláčil’s films Marketa Lazarová and The Valley of the Bees are considered masterpieces of Czech cinema.
Broadcast in English - 02/18/2024
Interview with Jan Sokol, the noted Czech philosopher and one-time politician who died three years ago this week.
News; Official: “In-depth public discussion” on firearms critical in wake of December shooting; Impact of wolves on Šumava; First Czech female rabbi Kamila Kopřivová
Academic Peter Zusi discusses teaching Czech literature, his new book on the Czech avant-garde and Karel Teige and his teenage rock band with a future movie star.
Can the growing numbers of wolves in Šumava have a positive impact on local forests? New project by Czech University of Life Sciences will try to asnwer that question.
A Prague screening of the film Utøya, about the mass shooting in Norway provided an opportunity to discuss the aftermath of December’s shooting at Charles University.
Kamila Kopřivová is Czechia’s first ever female rabbi. She was ordained in September last year and has since served as a rabbi at the Westminster Synagogue in London.
He’s a scholar, a critic, a translator of dozens of significant titles, and an educator shaping the future of English studies in the Czech Republic.
News; Disinformation in Czechia; Centenary of musician Jiří Šlitr
It’s estimated that one-third of Czechs are vulnerable to disinformation and misinformation, says Veronika Víchová, an analyst at NGO the Centre for an Informed Society.
February 15 marks the centenary of the birth of the multi-talented Jiří Šlitr. With stage partner Jiri Suchý, Šlitr was a driving force in Prague’s Semafor theatre.
News: Petition responds to Catholic Church sex abuse cases; Prague 10 latest city district to rebrand itself; and Emil Holub, Czech explorer of Africa.
Prague 10 has just unveiled a new visual identity that works with various takes on the logo X, the Roman numeral for 10. But what is the value of such branding?
Emil Holub, perhaps the best-known Czech explorer, was born in the Pardubice Region in 1847.His birthplace of Holice boasts the only museum in Czechia dedicated to Holub.
