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In the week of the anniversary of Jan Patočka's death, we hear from Ivan Chvatík, the man who has done more than anybody to keep the philosopher's legacy alive

News, Prague mayor under fire for going to work with whooping cough, scientists confirm first human presence in Europe 1.4 million years ago, monument to Roma children who were born and died in WWII camps.

News; State-owned forest company opens first plant for wild game; Thousand-year-old bone skate discovered in Moravian city of Přerov; From Czechia, to Toronto and Japan, the Brady family leaves a legacy

News, Prague joins ICORN network, street named after Alice Masaryk, Karel Čapek's birthplace

News; Enlargement “a good investment”, Clinton tells Prague NATO conference; Prague ranks best European city for nightlife – but is the title welcome?; Heartcore: award-winning graphic novel examines modern-day relationships

News; Clinton in Prague; TV mini-series Volga dominates annual Czech film awards; Expert: NATO membership makes Czechs safer than at any time

Raymi Britto on life in Czechia and his Instagram account

News; Pavel one year in office;  Prague draws red line in growing foreign policy discord with former sister state; Sparta concedes to Liverpool 

News; 2024 One World to also show fiction films on human rights theme;  Forgotten sculpture designed by Jan Kaplický to go on display in Prague;  The Imperial Spa

News; French President Emmanuel Macron discusses new ways to help Ukraine on his visit to Prague; what’s behind the sudden rise of whooping cough in Czechia?; we speak to two of the real ‘Winton children' behind the new biopic One Life

News; European Commission promises to act on Czech objection to German gas transit fee; Brno scientists grow ‘mini brains’ to study Alzheimer’s disease; Project to revive abandoned WWII bunkers

News; Labour minister unveils list of demanding professions which will merit early retirement; Ukrainian tech start-ups to meet Czech investors in Prague; Andy Whiting from the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, shares a fascinating plan

“Things have changed for the better”: Raymi Britto on life in Czechia and his Instagram account

News; Josef Škvorecký’s library to open in his home-town of Náchod; Students create space app simulating life on the ISS; Simon Johnson, head of Czech branch of Crestyl

News; marriage equality campaigner says parliamentary vote shows Czechia still isn’t part of the West; Czech Tennis Federation gets embroiled in massive fraud scandal; as Bedřich Smetana's 200-year anniversary approaches, we take a closer look at one of his most famous operas

News; Czech book resale service aims to be “first choice for Europeans”; New study explores effect of sound on video game players; Czech comic book pays homage to Soviet-era superheroine Octobriana

News; Minister: Czechia wins broad support for shells-for-Ukraine plan in Paris; Banks placing obstacles in way of Czech arms exporters; New production brings communist-era dissident home theatre back to life; Harpsichord maker Jukka Ollika 

Big differences among leaders of V4 countries ahead of Prague summit; new study to detect harmful chemicals in children’s bodies gets underway; how a Czechoslovak émigré established the Bača Cup tradition in Pennsylvania

Episode two of the Faces of Czech Music podcast, in conversation with mezzo-soprano Bella Adamova.

News; Sex helpline upgraded to cover sexual orientation and gender identity concerns;Franz Kafka and German-speaking literature focus of this year’s Book World Prague; Mykola and Mariia: Young Ukrainians in Czechia open up