Vít Pohanka

A look back in history shows that Czechs have always had a complicated relationship with Russians. 

It may surprise you to know that Ukraine has its own Czech-speaking community. Known as the "Volhynian Czechs", they are now trying to flee war. Vít Pohanka has the story.

 The CIA’s electronic reading room provides a veritable trove of fascinating historical information on what the Americans knew about Czechoslovakia.

The Czech Christmas is inseparably associated with carp, but Czech breeders producing carp and other freshwater fish today do more business abroad than at home.

České Budějovice is the largest and most populous city in Southern Bohemia and home of one of the most popular beer brands in the world.

Until the 1920s Zlín was a small settlement in the eastern part of what is now the Czech Republic. Then the Baťa brothers founded a shoe-making company and changed history.

Vit Pohanka traces the life of Rita Klímová -from staunch communist, to enthusiatic  reformer and leading dissident.

The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia has failed, for the first time since 1989, to get into Parliament. But is it the end for the party or a temporary setback?

Klára Moldová works hard to keep the Czech language alive among the youngest members of the Czech community in Chicago.

We talk to political analyst Petr Just about where the Czech society and its political representation stands at the start of election year 2021.