1+ hour, 12+ min ago  (642+ words) An old hospital coal plant might seem an unlikely place for contemporary art. But this summer, the Czech Street Art Festival (SAFE) has transformed a functionalist industrial landmark into a space where street art and psychotherapy collide. One of the…...

1+ day, 31+ min ago  (434+ words) Visitors to this year's Colours of Ostrava festival, due to open next week, will be able to explore a brand-new venue. Alongside the more laid-back Steel Stage, organizers are also introducing a new fan zone called Steel Town. One of…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (163+ words) Radio Prague International Yalin from Turkey: Czechs are reserved at first, but you can find common ground with them "When you meet someone new in the Czech Republic, you first have to overcome a certain reserve, but after that everything…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (111+ words) Radio Prague International 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Karlovy Vary celebrates landmark(s) in style. Anna Schinz on A Happy Family: "We wanted to tell this story without judging anyone" "We're 80 years old" " Karlovy Vary to celebrate landmark(s) in style "Incredible…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (174+ words) Radio Prague International Heavenly encounters: Festival of Planets underway in Brno Between now and July 12 visitors to the Festival of Planets, underway on Brno's Krav" hora, can admire ten-metre-high models of celestial bodies, enjoy projections in the digital planetarium, and…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (117+ words) On Monday the Czech Republic is commemorating a national holiday: the anniversary of the burning at the stake of Master Jan Hus. The story of this medieval priest has long transcended the borders of the Czech lands. Hus has become…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (279+ words) More than six centuries after Jan Hus was burned at the stake in Constance, historians are taking a fresh look at one of Czech history's defining figures. Medievalist Eva Dole'alov" of the Institute of History of the Czech Academy of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (524+ words) The festival opens this Wednesday with Greenlandic artist and writer Jessie Kleemann alongside Czech author J'chym Topol, and will end on July 31 with a special appearance by Togolese writer and explorer T't'-Michel Kpomassie, author of'An African in Greenland, a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (157+ words) On the first day of the month Radio Prague will announce the month's quiz question on this site. At the end of every month we will draw six winners from the correct answers received. Join our contest and win a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (159+ words) Radio Prague International Folk dance champion crowned at Str'nice despite scorching heat Scorching heat failed to deter visitors to this year's International Folklore Festival in Str'nice, South Moravia. One of the highlights was the final of the Slovcko verbu'k, a…...