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An entire existence dedicated to the emancipation of women. Her friendship to Karolina Světlá, the first to recognize her great talent, and to Bedřich Smetana, who wanted her as his librettist   If in the eighteenth-century Maria Theresa of Austria introduced compulsory schooling for...

After last year’s success, great expectations are high for the fourth edition of the Global Champions Prague Playoffs, an event that will once again make the Czech capital the centre of world equestrianism in mid-November. Olympic winners and world champions, riding the best horses...

It will be a spectacular musical event and will take place in Prague on 19 December 2022 in the O2 Arena. The concert programme was curated by Maestro Ennio Morricone himself, who began working on the project in 2019, anticipating that in the future...

  In June 1967, shortly after Solženicyn’s open letter on censorship in the USSR, the 4th Congress of the Writers’ Union was held in Czechoslovakia. Opening the proceedings, with a speech of clear and calm audacity, was Milan Kundera, then already a successful author....

NOVEMBER 2022 Wednesday 9 Payment of excise duty for September 2022 (except for wines and spirits) Thursday 24 Payment of excise duty on wines and spirits for September 2022 Friday 25 Excise declaration for October 2022 Declaration and payment of VAT for October 2022...

From its origins to the 1960s: the history of a cultural landmark in the Czech capital   Origins At the end of the First World War, the bond of friendship between Czechoslovakia and Italy was reinforced and, based on this renewed feeling and due...

Interview with Kimberly Bianchini-Scudellari, founder of a non-profit organisation in Prague that helps Ukrainian refugees, mainly women and children, who have fled to the Czech Republic  Kimberly Bianchini-Scudellari with two Ukrainian refugee children “AMITY’s good fortune is to have a team of skilled and...

The festival is considered the largest of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe. This year will be the 26th edition and will include the latest auteur documentaries, thematic retrospectives and examples of experimental cinema. The audience will be able to see the largest...

A project, promoted by the Praguian tour operator Sardinia Travel, to define the future strategies and prospects of the tourism sector. “Because between Covid and winds of war, words like “sustainable”, “authentic” and “safe” have all become the new starting point, to give new...

The General Assembly of the United Nations elected the Czech Republic in the seat of the Human Rights Council that was left vacant in April by Russia, which was suspended. The Czech Foreign Minister, Jan Lipavský (Pirates), declared in welcoming the news: “We deserve...