Petr Muk: “His soul was tormented, but his music had the power to heal” Petr Muk was a Czech pop singer and composer who grew up in communist Czechoslovakia but was influenced by Western bands like the English synth-pop duo Erasure.

Match fixing remains a big problem in Czech football, national broadcaster Czech Television reported. According to figures obtained by its reporters, close to 300 complaints were made in the last six years about suspicious matches, which indicates one fixed match a week on average.

At the heart of the album are three major works: Suk’s monumental symphonic poem Praga, inspired by the Hussite chant “Ktož jsú Boží bojovníci”; Smetana’s Vyšehrad, from his famous Má vlast (My Country) cycle; and a lesser-known gem, The Tale of Šemík, an almost forgotten symphonic poem by nineteen-year-old Otakar Ostrčil, which also takes place in Vyšehrad.

Vítězslava Kaprálová: 100 years since the birth of a genius . For today's Sunday Music Show, we will be playing you some music by the Czech composer Vítězslava Kaprálová to mark her birth 100 years ago on January 24, 1915.

“This is what I did. But let’s say it’s a balance between being respectful and being courageous.” One thing that also makes me think that it’s a kind of national film is that there was a special screening for members of the Czech cabinet and the president [in the garden of the PM’s official residence in Prague, on the August 21 anniversary of the invasion] – so no pressure!

New law aims for more liberal policy on psychoactive substances – but there’s a hitch . The government has moved to introduce a regulated sale of kratom and other psychoactive drugs considered low-risk.

Nov 27, 2024 · The chief-of-staff of the Czech Armed Forces, Karel Řehka, has been warning for months that the country must prepare for a potential military conflict, but at Tuesday’s meeting of military commanders he was brutally frank about the need to bolster the armed forces and be prepared to pay much more for the country’s security.

Oct 15, 2024 · Yes, I think that Konečná has a chance to bring the communists back to the lower house of the Czech Parliament, but of course the question is whether it will be the Communist Party or whether it will be some new brand such as this coalition called Enough in Czech “Stačilo”, because she obviously doesn't want to go into the elections as the leader of the Communist Party per se, but as ...

Jan 1, 2025 · The president pointed out that even the desire to live in peace had been abused by populists and now threatened to divide the nation. He said that, as a soldier, he was very aware of the value of peace and its price and urged people to look beyond the simple solutions offered and think about the consequences.

Nov 12, 2024 · Czechia approaches the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution and end of Communism in 1989. To commemotrate the historic milestone, Freedom Week kicks off in Prague.