Czech morning news in brief: Top headlines for September 10, 2021
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to visit Prague, sports biopic sets Czech pandemic box office record, Czech glassmakers win Venice festival award.
Malaysian Royal Fund buys historic Czech chateau and promises major renovation
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The new owners of Protivín Chateau want to create a hotel while opening part of the house and adjacent gardens to the public through major investments.
Czech Center in New York to mark 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks with audiovisual show
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A book by a Czech-born architect who helped in the aftermath has also been released in English and Czech.
Czech morning news in brief: Top headlines for September 3, 2021
Prague's National Museum celebrates return of the whale, ruling ANO party launches election campaign, more than 700 heritage sites to open in September.
Prague uncovered: Libeň district celebrates 120 years since merging with Prague
The working class neighborhood is remembered for Operation Anthropoid and Bohumil Hrabal.
Czech morning news in brief: Top headlines for August 26, 2021
German President to commemorate Czech paratroopers, ČEZ accelerates decarbonization of Czech energy, Czech man dies during Mont Blanc trail-run.
Forget Czechia vs. Czech Republic, why not Bohemia? Economist suggests a radical name change
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Bohemia is instantly recognizable not only as a place but as a way of life, economist and author Tomáš Sedláček argues.
'Pat & Mat' turn 45: The iconic Czech cartoon duo is gaining fans worldwide
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The clumsy handymen featured in the stop-motion, non-verbal cartoons have broken into the HBO top 10 across nine countries.
Pilgrimage for a Czech princess: Walk from Mělník to Tetín in honor of St. Ludmila
The 921 death of the grandmother of Wenceslas, an early figurehead of Christianity, is also marked by several exhibits in Prague.
Czechoslovak RAF pilots commemorated at Winged Lion memorial event in Prague
The British community expressed its gratitude for the courage of airmen who fought for the freedom of their homeland from abroad.
Prague firefighters will mark the 140th anniversary of the Czech National Theatre blaze
Just two months after the showcase National Theatre opened, a fire started on the roof and destroyed the main hall.
Czech morning news in brief: Top headlines for August 11, 2021
Czech company Avast acquired by American firm, Czech unemployment holds steady, annual pilgrimage to Sněžka attended by thousand people.
A secret Soviet Cold War bunker hidden deep in the Czech forest reopens to the public
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The only one of its kind in the world that's open to the public, only the Soviet military was allowed inside this bunker storing armed nuclear missiles.
Russia blocks access to Czech Radio website over Jan Palach article
Russia's consumer rights office has blacklisted Czech Radio's Russian-language website due to a 2001 article about Jan Palach.
Prague museum to display military decorations worn by Franz Ferdinand the day he was shot
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Exactly 107 years since the assisnation of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, nine orders and decorations will be transported to the Czech capital.
Žižkov street honoring controversial Soviet marshal won't be renamed
Renaming the street would be too complicated say Prague 3 officials, who have placed an explanatory plaque under the street sign.
Prague Uncovered: One of the darkest chapters of the city's history took place 400 years ago today
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On this day in 1621, the execution of 27 supporters of Bohemian independence occurred on Old Town Square.
