Current Affairs

President Zeman is known to frequently use the term denigratory way. What do the Prague cafes represent, and why is the Castle so hostile to them? To the discovery of a stratagem of presidential political marketing In the 1880s, the young writer Alois Jirásek...

Through marketing and cultural promotion: the city of Prague wants to set up an artistic residence for writers (possibly famous) under the shadow of the astronomical clock A literary invitation. In the city of Kafka, Kundera, Ripellino, ancient and modern storytellers who have written,...

The long-ignored noble gesture of Antonín Kalina, a Czechoslovak communist who was interned at Buchenwald. But the hundreds of Jewish children he saved have never forgotten Antonín Kalina’s noble-achievement is the story of an ordinary hero, a Czechoslovak communist named Righteous among the nations...

On one hand the paternalism of Western Europe, on the other the populist thrusts of Visegrád Group: Prague looking for its own balance Thus, even the Czechs have changed sides. After four years of building up the image of the attractive side of the...

From the traditional koledy, passed on for centuries, to some modern authors’ songs that became classics: the finest tunes for the end of year Joyful or melancholic, rhythmic or emotional, performed by artists or choirs, Christmas songs contribute to creating the magic of the...

December 14th Sweet duel. Cecilia & Sol On the 14th of December, in Dvořák hall of the Praguian Rudolfinum, takes place the concert “Sweet duel” featuring the mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli and the cellist Sol Gabetta. Guest in “World opera stars in 2017”, Bartoli performed...

In January 1977, we saw the movement in defense of human rights in communist Czechoslovakia take off. Today the dream of policies dedicated to civil ethics seems to have been lost “I didn’t sign it, but only because no one came to ask me”....

The EU and personal data protection: from next spring stricter rules, in Czech Republic too By enacting the new General Regulation on Personal Data Protection (“Gdpr”), which will enter into force on May 25th 2018, the European Union aims to tighten the rules on...

Inspired by a tradition created at the time of the First Republic, Big Thursday aims to bring people back into the bookshops and promote sales Twice a year, in spring and autumn, the Velký knižní čtvrtek, or Big Book Thursday, is held in the...

From 12th to 15th of October Festival Signal Back for the fifth year on the row, the Signal Festival is one of the biggest events in Czech Republic that attracted over one million visitors to the capital for the last four editions. In a...