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There are currently no conditions or reasons to renew Czech-Slovak intergovernmental consultations, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala stated on Sunday on the discussion programme Václav Moravec’s Questions. The reason for the recent cooling in Czech-Slovak relations is the current foreign-policy activities of the Slovak government led by …

2 天之前 · The Czech Republic is nearing the peak of a flu epidemic, according to the State Health Institute (SZU). More than 2,200 people per 100,000 inhabitants were diagnosed with flu last week, with the number of cases rising by 16 percent in a week. While in the previous weeks the increase in sickness was mainly in children, last week it …

1 天前 · Petr Brod grew up in a German-speaking Jewish family in communist Prague, soon learning it was wiser to converse in Czech in public. Brod fulfilled his ambition of becoming a journalist following a move to West Germany in his late teens, and found considerable success; after a stint at the BBC that saw him work on some of its top political shows, he joined Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty ...

Ludvík Klema, director of Prague City Police (MPP), plans to improve the mental health of serving officers by putting in place a system that would combine regular training with individual consultations. According to Mr. Klema, poor law enforcement on the streets is demotivating, and some officers are leaving the service because they cannot withstand the extreme psychological pressure that the ...

The Czech proposal to limit the movement of Russian diplomats within the Schengen area is gaining traction and could be included in the EU’s 16th sanctions package against Russia, according to Jitka Látal Znamenáčková, Czechia’s Permanent Representative to the EU's Political and Security Committee (COPS). The plan would restrict Russian diplomats to their host country and mandate the ...

4 天之前 · Broadcast in English - 02/02/2025

Czech Radio Director General René Zavoral has rejected opposition leader Andrej Babiš’s (ANO Party) claims about the broadcaster during a parliamentary debate on raising radio and TV license fees. In an open letter, Zavoral invited Babiš to visit Czech Radio (ČRo) and dismissed his statements as misleading or disparaging. Babiš argues that merging Czech Radio and Czech Television would ...

Live relays in English, German, Russian, French and Spanish can be found in the app https://www.mujrozhlas.cz/zive/radio-prague-int Radio Prague International’s ...

2025年1月27日 · International Holocaust Remembrance Day offers Czechia a chance to reflect on the horrors of the Holocaust, and to consider what work still needs to be done.