Prague and surroundings

More than seven hundred years since his birth, between history and legend, his figure still fascinates us. Endowed with an immense charisma and deep culture, he made use of this acquired knowledge, but also followed the ideas of esotericism When it comes to Prague...

“Hero or coward?” Fifty years after his seizure of power, discussions continue on the figure of the Slovak politician, father of the Prague Spring No, it was not only due to him, the young secretary of the party in Slovakia Alexander Dubček, 47 years...

The often overlooked or even misunderstood role that Italy had in 1918 for Czech-Slovak independence. We talked about it with journalist and historian Sergio Tazzer A nest of interests, hopes, dreams, fears: this is the Europe that came out of the First World War....

The story of Marta Kubišová, singer and symbol of resistance Ovation and silence. Wenceslas Square is crowded, moved and composed, hands in the sky, swollen eyes, flags in the wind. When Marta comes out, on the balcony of the Melantrich building, it is a...

August 21 Plastic People of the Universe The Plastic People of the Universe, the legendary Czechoslovakian underground band, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a concert at the Žižkov Atrium in Prague, on August the 21st. Two hours of performance in which the classic...

100 years of Czechoslovakia On the morning of May 24th, at the Associazione Civita di Roma, the historical conference “100 years from the birth of Czechoslovakia. Czechs and Slovaks in a changing Europe”, will be held, which has been organized by the embassies of...

The tale of a coal city, destroyed and rebuilt, a concrete creature among the silence of the green and the roar of a racetrack, and two special records “You said you are getting off at Most? But why go to Most?” We are on...

Impressions from Teplice, a blue-blooded spa town at the foot of the Ore Mountains. Beneath the apparent immobility, the fervent political and social contradictions Hot mulled wine (known as svařák locally) warms the hands and the spirit. The Christmas market has invaded the square...

Babiš amid populism and high expectations, conflicts of interest and judicial trouble. The fears and expectations of the EU and Visegrad “I’m neither a Berlusconi nor a Trump. Consider me rather the Michael Bloomberg of Czech politics” A new Silvio Berlusconi or Donald Trump...

On the eve of the fifth edition of MittelCinemaFest we meet Giovanni Sciola, director of the Italian Institute of Culture in Prague and main director of the event in the Czech Republic It is at the door of the splendid Baroque complex where the...