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Waves triumphs at this year’s Czech Lion awards

Mar 10 2025 3 mins  
Vlny (Waves) was the big winner at this year’s Czech Lion national film awards, taking home six prizes, including Best Film and Best Director for Jiří Mádl. The ceremony took place at Prague’s Rudolfinum, where Mádl’s historical drama dominated the competition.

80 years ago: The Moravia–Ostrava offensive, the bloodiest battles on Czech soil

Mar 10 2025 12 mins  
Led by the Soviet Union’s Red Army, the Moravia–Ostrava offensive was the largest combat operation on the territory of modern-day Czechia. It lasted almost two months, from March 10th to May 6h 1945, and approximately 400,000 soldiers were deployed. In our anniversary series '80 years ago: How did WWII end in the Czech lands?', we look at the events and the significance of this

Czechia lands spot in Michelin Guide

Mar 07 2025 5 mins  
The world-famous Michelin Guide will feature Czechia as one of the top culinary destinations. The Czech state agency CzechTourism has signed a three-year contract with the French company Michelin worth 1.3 million euros. Radio Prague International asked the head of CzechTourism, František Reismüller, why he thinks this is a good investment.

Scientists now able to detect winds travelling between galaxies, experts from Brno contributed

Mar 07 2025 2 mins  
Between galaxies in the universe, winds blow, made up of a stream of intergalactic gas particles. These have been described in detail for the first time by an international team of scientists, including astrophysicists from Masaryk University in Brno. The study has been published in the latest issue of the prestigious scientific journal, Nature.

Climate change increases both heart attacks and hailstorms: Why Czech insurance is about to change

Mar 06 2025 3 mins  
Property damage due to extreme weather events in Czechia has been increasing for a long time. According to the Czech Association of Insurance Companies, last year was another confirmation of this trend. Due to the autumn floods, as well as other intense storms and precipitation, covered damages reached more than CZK 36 billion. But this is not a Czech specialty—insurance companie

Meet the flint stones: Olomouc scientists track prehistoric hunters through flint samples

Mar 06 2025 2 mins  
Prehistoric mammoth hunters who moved across the Czech lands roughly 30,000 years ago are being tracked today by Olomouc scientists. By mapping ancient deposits of worked flint, they have found that the hunters could move over distances of one hundred kilometres or more.

Social scholarships for university studies look set to expand and support more students

Mar 05 2025 3 mins  
Social scholarships, which provide financial aid for studying at university, are a vital source of income for academically aspirational students from low-income families. Only five hundred students currently receive them in Czechia, but this now looks set to change.

Krkonoše National Park launches project to revive rare silver fir tree

Mar 05 2025 3 mins  
The administration of the Krkonoše National Park have launched a project to bring back the rare silver fir to the local forests. For the first time ever, they’ve begun collecting grafts from these majestic trees to protect them and preserve their genetic diversity for the future.

Medicine, motherhood, and tap dancing: the many roles of Jarmila Heissigerová

Mar 05 2025 8 mins  
Today, seeing female specialists perform life-saving surgeries or lead ground-breaking medical research feels entirely natural. However, not long ago, women faced significant obstacles in entering the field. It was only in 1902 that the first woman, Anna Honzáková, received a medical degree from Prague’s Charles University. More than a century later, Jarmila Heissigerová is am

President Trump’s comments anger Czechs, who have since sent record amounts of aid to Ukraine

Mar 04 2025 2 mins  
The heated meeting that took place last week on Friday in the Oval Office between US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky led to increased interest in Czechia in financial aid to Ukraine.