Society
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Miroslav Janek - home again after years of working in film in the US
The long and varied career of the Czech film director and editor Miroslav Janek began in Czechoslovakia and continued in the USA, where he emigrated in 1980, at the age of…
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Anonymous translator releases pirate version of Kundera book
Czech-born writer Milan Kundera is easily one of the most recognisable and more respected names in contemporary European literature, whose work has been translated into…
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Czech landlords celebrate Strasbourg verdict on Polish rent control
Czech landlords are celebrating Monday's verdict at the European Court of Human Rights, which ruled that Poland's system of rent control violated the rights of Polish…
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Czech jazz music loses its First Lady
On Saturday the sad news was announced that "the First Lady of Czech jazz", Vlasta Pruchova, had died in Prague after a long illness. Until a few years ago she appeared…
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Stories of elderly abuse read and discussed in public forum
Thursday was World Elder Abuse Day, drawing attention to the rarely discussed issue of the mistreatment of senior citizens. The day was marked in the Czech Republic by a…
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Jack Stack - an American at the helm of one of the Czech Republic's biggest banks
As chairman and CEO of Ceska Sporitelna bank, Jack Stack is one of the best known foreign businessmen in the Czech Republic. As well as being personally popular, he is…
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Non-smokers breathing cleaner air, but for how long?
The Czech Republic is dominated by smokers. This is a line that you've surely heard me repeat time and again in the seven years that I've been here at Radio Prague. But an…
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Mailbox
In this week's edition: Radio Prague's "One on One" jingle, "The Beer Barrel Polka", the Czech Republic's performance at the World Cup. Listeners quoted: Shirley Allan…
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Czech by Numbers - Eleven
Welcome to Czech by Numbers, Radio Prague's own Czech learning programme. Today we will be looking at the number 11 -jedenáct.
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Magazine
How tall is the tallest Czech? An ostrich collides with a car and comes out the winner! And, a police dummy called Krystof helps the inhabitants of Uhersky Brod. Find out…
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Jan Langos, former dissident and post-1989 Czechoslovak Interior Minister,dies in an automobile…
On Thursday morning, sad news reached the Czech Republic from neighboring Slovakia: Jan Langos, whom Czechs remember as the first post-communist Interior Minister, was…
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Olomoucke tvaruzky - Genuine Olomouc cheese brand - boasts a 130 year history
If you are a cheese lover who has ever visited the Czech Republic you will probably already have heard of Olomoucke syrecky - famous semi-soft cheese cakes produced in the…
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