Czech news in brief for March 18: Wednesday's top afternoon headlines
Czechia supports Schengen entry restrictions for Russian soldiers, Broken Voices film faces legal challenge, and more: here's your afternoon wrap-up.
Free, English-friendly film comes to Prague in support of the LGBTQ community
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Edison is set to screen ‘Five Films for Freedom,’ a selection of short films from the BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival.
This week's guide to English-friendly Czech cinema and streaming
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Mamoru Oshii’s masterpiece Angel’s Egg returns to Prague cinemas while Czech Lion-winning documentary Better Go Mad in the Wild premieres on HBO Max.
Czech news in brief for March 15: Sunday's top morning headlines
Caravan named best film at Czech Lion Awards, police chase wild boar through Prague, and more weekend headlines.
Prague marks anniversary of the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia
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The city will hold a memorial ceremony on Sunday at the statue of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk to honor victims of Nazi occupation and resistance fighters.
Brno unveils giant E. coli model to celebrate its microscope heritage
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An inflatable E. coli model, 3-million-times its actual size, highlights Brno’s role in electron microscopy and science outreach.
Irish expats in Prague grew a small St. Patrick’s parade into a festival drawing thousands
Prague's annual St. Patrick's festival kicks off today with craic carrying over to this weekend's parade and beyond.
What to do this weekend in Prague: Best events for March 13–15
A legendary actor joins the Comic-Con line-up, eye-opening documentaries screen across Prague cinemas, and St. Patrick's Day weekend kicks off.
INTERVIEW: Irish actor Barry Ward on playing the English-speaking father of Czech kids
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The Bad Sisters' actor talked with us about learning Czech for Olmo Omerzu’s 'Ungrateful Beings,' a film about a bilingual family on holiday.
Three newly opened Prague exhibits Orwell would have bought a ticket to
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These timely exhibits, ranging from photography to painting and mixed media, comment on who controls the story and seem essential viewing for today.
Czech news in brief for March 11: Wednesday's top afternoon headlines
Art students take to the streets, Czechs annoyed by insufficient parking spaces, and more money for parents: all the latest news.
Prague National Theatre premieres one of drama's most iconic female characters
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A new production of Hedda Gabler, a must-see of female empowerment and psychological complexity, premiered last week at the Estates Theatre.
Ancient Czech winter ritual reimagined as political protest on Charles Bridge
As tourists looked on, protester marched through Prague this weekend with a ‘Motorana’ effigy to protest recent government funding cuts to the arts.
This week's guide to English-friendly Czech cinema and streaming
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Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa’s Two Prosecutors, a stark parable with contemporary relevance, is now playing in Prague cinemas with English subtitles.
QUIZ: These Czech women changed the world—do you know them?
Test your knowledge of Czech women who changed the world in this International Women’s Day quiz. How many do you recognize?
Irish theater hits Prague with a Traveller wake, a wily housekeeper, and a glossary
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Martin Beanz Warde performs his acclaimed one-man show The Dead House, while John B. Keane's Moll brings 20th century Ireland to Prague via Bratislava.
What to do this weekend in Prague: Best events for March 6–8
Rev up for a weekend of sonic travelogues, grotesque cabaret, Paralympic celebrations, and thoughtful lectures on feminism and identity.
