2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (137+ words) Radio Prague International Controversy surrounding new director of Institute for Totalitarian Studies continues The head of the Civic Democrats’ senators group Tomáš Julínek said on Tuesday that the Czech Senate will discuss the controversy surrounding the new director of the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (223+ words) The role of Czech President is a largely symbolic one, and the head of state enjoys only limited powers to influence the political direction of the country. But the president does play a leading role immediately after the election, as…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (281+ words) Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka is visiting Israel, where he is set to meet his counterpart Gideon Sa'ar, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog. Macinka said the trip aims... Czech FM Macinka visits Israel, to honour Holocaust victims…...

6+ mon, 2+ day ago   (454+ words) “We think that at a time of global tension and at a time when human rights are under attack everybody will expect One World, a human rights film festival, to reflect on that. “Of course we will, but we decided…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (613+ words) Czech government and opposition politicians have backed the strikes against the Iranian regime as “fully justified” and “understandable”. The authorities said their top priority now is ensuring the safety of Czech diplomats and tourists in the region. Prime Minister Andrej…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (192+ words) Several flights from Prague’s Václav Havel Airport have been cancelled, all of them departures to Tel Aviv and Dubai, as airlines respond to the closure of airspace in parts of the Middle East. Flights cancelled at Prague Airport amid Middle…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago   (695+ words) On January 16, Czechs mark 57 years since Jan Palach set himself alight in the centre of Prague. The twenty-year-old student’s shocking act was intended to rouse Czechoslovak society from growing apathy in the wake of the Soviet occupation of August 1968. “Today…...