Winter Flies by Olmo Omerzu swept this year’s Czech Lion national film awards at the weekend. The road movie picked up no fewer than six prizes, including the coveted Best Film and Best Director. The other big success was The Hastrman by Ondřej Havelka.
The classic Czech sci-fi film Ikarie XB1 looks set to find fresh audiences with a new Blu-ray release next week. A…
Prague’s biggest movie event, Febiofest, kicks off on Thursday. Now in its 26th year, the festival gives many movies…
Japanese professor of architecture Yoshio Sakurai has over the past twelve years visited every building ever realised…
The Leipzig Book Fair, one of the most important literary events in the world, gets underway in the East German city…
The legendary pianist Alfred Brendel will come to Prague this weekend to take part in a three-day festival organised in…
It was supposed to be the week when she started her comeback tour. Instead, it ended with her death on a hospital bed…
Behind the scenes, a ‘subsidy war’ is raging in Central Europe among national film commissions, which have been…
An exhibition mapping the famous foreign productions of The Bartered Bride, perhaps the most popular Czech opera, gets…
Twin sisters Jitka and Květa Válová, named “Dames of Czech Culture” in memorandum this week, were once described by a…
After a break of nearly 50 years, the Czech Republic will be participating in the Milan Triennial, a prestigious…
Winter Flies by Olmo Omerzu swept this year’s Czech Lion national film awards at the weekend. The road...
The classic Czech sci-fi film Ikarie XB1 looks set to find fresh audiences with a new Blu-ray release...
Prague’s biggest movie event, Febiofest, kicks off on Thursday. Now in its 26th year, the festival gives...
Japanese professor of architecture Yoshio Sakurai has over the past twelve years visited every building...
What happened in the realm of fine art at the very beginning of the Czech…
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country located in moderate geographical…
During the last decade, Czech science has made many revolutionary discoveries…
The Czech language belongs to the group of West Slavic languages. From another…
Czech industrial production has a long tradition, and many products are known…
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