Holocaust Commemoration Day to be Celebrated Across the Country
This year’s International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust will be commemorated in…
The Traditional Pig Slaughter in the Czech Republic
If you visit the Czech countryside at the start of the year you are likely to receive an…
Grand Cafe Orient: The Only Cubist Style Café in the World
There is no exaggeration that Prague has the only one café in the world built in the cubist…
The Czech Play That Gave Us the Word ‘Robot’
By the time his play “R.U.R.” (which stands for “Rossum’s Universal Robots”) premiered in Prague in 1921, Karel…
Prague to Hold Largest European Education Festival
On 17 January, the Czech capital revealed that it will host the 12th edition of the largest European…
SCANDI Festival Presents Highlights of Scandinavian Cinema
Displaying the best that current Scandinavian production has to offer, SCANDI – Nordic Film Lesson, presents a cross-section of…
Movie Director Agnieszka Holland to Present Movie on Kafka’s Life
The great director Agnieszka Holland is working on a film entitled Kafka and will be presented at the Berlinale next month.
The Czech Man Who Became Mayor of Chicago
The life of the brave mayor, who saved Roosvelt and was not afraid of Al Capone, is the story of the American dream.
Jan Palach’s Self-Immolation: 53 Years Ago
January 16 marks exactly 51 years since Czech student Jan Palach’s self-immolation at the top of Wenceslas Square that would lead to his death in hospital three days later.
‘Palach Week’ – The Beginning of the End for Czechoslovak Communism
The 20th anniversary of Jan Palach’s self-immolation brought many thousands onto the streets for protests that had no…