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A travel into the most traditional carnival of Bohemia Under a pale mid-February sun, masks are gathered, the processions are formed, giving life to a musical band. The cold stings, but the spirits are already buoyed by generous doses of slivovice, even though it...

From 12 February to March 30 The ancient mosaics of Ravenna The Italian Cultural Institute in Prague is hosting the exhibition “The ancient mosaics of Ravenna” that displays the rare mosaic heritage of Ravenna with faithful copies of the originals, derived from the Mausoleum...

We interview Karel Janeček, a genius of creative finance, who decided to fight corruption in the Czech Republic with a revolutionary electoral system. “D21 can be understood as a change from “DOS to Windows”. Once implemented, it will bring a qualitatively better selection of...

From January 29 to February 9 Carneval in Prague The Carnevale Praha festival celebrates its tenth year with concerts, banquets, fashion shows and contests. It has brought folk traditions born in the Middle Ages, which later disappeared, back to the city. The Prague Carnival...

He committed suicide to protest against the Soviet invasion and over the years, the figure of Jan Palach has inspired a number of Italian musicians “When life came to a standstill in the square / the wounded crowd was sweating blood, when the flames,...

From December 16 to March 27 Laurin & Klement The National Technical Museum in Prague celebrates the triple anniversary of Laurin & Klement cars with an exhibition. Their story began 120 years ago, in December 1895, when bookseller Václav Klement and mechanic Václav Laurin...

Drought and climate change have become dramatic in Bohemia and Moravia. The time has come for Prague to rethink its strategy of management of the blue gold The Czech Republic is experiencing one of the worst droughts in the past 500 years, and to...

From December 15 to March 20 Tiziano Vanitas From the 15th of December the Imperial Stables of Prague Castle will host the exhibition Tiziano Vanitas. A prominent artist of the Venetian school of the sixteenth century, Titian painted landscapes, mythological and religious subjects, but...

  January the 1st New Year fireworks The New Year’s fireworks are characterized by the number six. The show begins at six in the evening of January 1, lasts 616 seconds divided into six scenes and remembers six famous characters whose jubilee will arrive...

From the 12th to the 14th of December Swan Lake The Russian Royal Ballet will perform for the first time in the Czech Republic with ballet par excellence, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. The group, which has carried the reputation of Russian ballet school in the...