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The new tunnel complex in Prague, still waiting to be opened also to road vehicles, has become a haven for fans of skateboarding who consider the track the most enjoyable one in Europe Initially, it was to remain a secret for just a few...

The revolution in November 1989 led Czechoslovakia in the delicate territory of the transition to democracy. It came out of it divided, but with a sigh of relief Shadows remain, but considering the range of possible (and unforeseen) options, it was, and it should...

Quentin Tarantino’s muse returns to visit her hometown. A trip down memory lane with the artist who has enchanted audiences around the world Barbara was born only a few months earlier in Reichenberg, currently Liberec, and the few memories are confused, vague recollections of...

As we await the release of the documentary film on Dukla Prague, we tell you the story of the club which was once one of the most successful in European football A sporting passion which has lasted 67 years, which intertwined, in the second...

With the anniversary in November, we look back at the most famous films about the communist era in Czechoslovakia, some successful, other less so Like the masters of the Nová Vlna earlier, young Czech directors use the camera lens to analyze the history of...

A cold wind is blowing from Kiev and Moscow, but compared to the past, the Czech Republic is less afraid of a gas crisis. Slovakia is in a worse state A European solution is sought to address the potential blackouts should Russia close down...

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A world class athlete in crisis. A monument of international football in decline. Petr Čech, the 32 year-old Chelsea goalkeeper, seems to be experiencing a not so simple period on a professional level After developing in the youth team of Viktoria Plzeň, the club...

A memorial dedicated to the Czechoslovak pilots who fought during the Second World War for the British RAF, has just been unveiled in Prague. Their heroic and in many respects, tragic story, was told in Jan Svěrák’s film “Tmavomodrý svět” The scene opens in a...

The Czech language is spoken by only 10 million people around the world, yet it attracts international students each year. Even from Italy A big gathering of foreigners interested in the Czech language takes place every summer at state universities, which offer intensive courses...