Thomas McEnchroe

MPs have approved a proposal to compensate victims of state violence against freedom demonstrators in 1969.

The Czech government has approved new rules for its short-time working (kurzarbeit) scheme that seeks to alleviate the impact of the coronavirus crisis on workers. 

‘Where is my home?’ is a documentary exploring the stories of Czechoslovak emigres who moved to Britain during the communist era.

The development of a Czech anti-coronavirus vaccine has passed the first stage of development, four months since the project began. 

A team of scientists from Charles University and the University of Oxford have developed a new computer translation programme called CUBBITT.

The annual NATO Days in the Moravian Silesian Region are among the biggest security shows in Europe.

More than CZK 1 billion worth of state rent subsidies have been approved since the government’s COVID rent programme was launched three months ago.

In a surprise move, the Czech health minister Adam Vojtěch announced his resignation on Monday morning.  He will be replaced by epidemiologist Roman Prymula.

Composer and pianist Jaroslav Uhlíř celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday this week.  Uhlíř has created several  songs that have engraved themselves into popular memory.

The Winternitz Villa in Prague is now housing an exhibition titled “No night so dark”. It documents the history of the Czech-Jewish Wels family.