News; Czech government expands nuclear power tender; Czech start-up gives new life to used tennis balls; Czech artist reveals new mural; 2024 World Biathlon Championships
A Czech start-up is looking at ways to keep used tennis balls out of landfills by giving them a new purpose.
A Czech artist who goes by the name Chemis has recently unveiled a mural in Prague’s Smíchov neighbourhood. I met with him to discuss the mural and the meaning behind it.
Nové Město na Moravě lies in the heart of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands and is a prominent sports resort. Next week the town will host the 2024 IBU World Championships.
At a press briefing in Prague on Wednesday the Czech cabinet announced plans to expand the Dukovany tender to four nuclear reactors instead of one.
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News; radical overhaul of Czech labour market proposed; final design for new Vltava Philharmonic revealed; effects of Czechs’ penchant for beer on the economy
The final design for the new Vltava Philharmonic was recently revealed. I spoke with Monika Habrová, Project Manager of the Vlatava Philharmonic Hall, to learn more.
Englishman Ed Ley on his fascinating social media project recording the stories of the streets of Prague, one by one.
One proposal from the Czech government’s economic council is to give bosses more flexibility in hiring and firing, including redundancies without stated grounds.
Vysočina is an area of peaceful rolling hills, with more UNESCO heritage sites than any other Czech region. Check out its landmarks in our photo gallery!
How well do you know Czechia’s regions? Test your knowledge of the Vysočina Region with our quiz!
News; Czechia facing dire lack of nurses; TI: Czechia lacks political will to fight corruption Czechia’s oldest beech tree discovered in Krušné Hory
Czechia’s score in the Corruption Perceptions Index has hardly improved over the last eight years and it scored well below the EU average in the latest ranking. Why?
The Czech health sector is currently short of around 3,000 registered nurses. Worse still, a third of the country’s nurses are due to retire within the next ten years.
Czech scientists recently discovered what is believed to be the country’s oldest beech tree, estimated to be at least 470 years old.
News; Czechia and US sign huge defence deal; new Prague housing development pays tribute to Czechoslovak hockey heroes; Ed Ley: exploring stories of Prague's streets
Colourful masks, folk dances and pig-killing feasts attract crowds of people to the streets and signal the approach of Czechia’s masopust (Mardi Gras) celebrations.
Palaeontologists have discovered that the jaw of a prehistoric animal found a few years ago belongs to a hitherto unknown species of cat-like animal - the oldest in Europe.
The names of three Czechoslovak ice hockey players will be used to mark the streets in a new housing development in Prague by real estate company Penta.
Czechia has just signed an agreement with the US to buy two dozen F-35 stealth fighter jets. This represents the largest defence contract ever signed by the country.
Ed Ley has won fans on Twitter/X for his research into the streets of the Czech capital and has already explored the stories of all of Pragues 2 and 3 in daily postings.
The head of Mšecké Žehrovice is one of the best known surviving pieces of Celtic art not just in the Czech Republic, but in the whole of Europe.
This edition of Sunday Music Show is dedicated to Eva Olmerová, considered by many as the greatest Czech jazz singer of all time, who was born 90 years ago last Saturday.
Broadcast in English - 01/28/2024
