Strasbourg, 19.11.2025 – The Czech authorities should amend the national legislation to ensure that people belonging to national minorities can exercise the rights established by the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in a...
Strasbourg, 19.11.2025 – The Czech authorities should amend the national legislation to ensure that people belonging to national minorities can exercise the rights established by the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in a more flexible manner, and to prevent the strict application of population thresholds from hindering the...
6. 11. 2025 19:00 – 20:45 , BRNO, Besední dům 7.11.2025, 19:00 – 20:45, BRNO, Besední dům TIGRAN MANSURIANTagh No. 2 from the cycle Three Taghs for viola and percussionOrhnerg – Navapet Bari (Hymnus – The Good Captain) for baritone, choir and orchestra, commissioned by Filharmonie Brno and the Mendel Festival ARVO...
The opposition ANO party, led by former prime minister Andrej Babiš, won the Czech parliamentary elections with 34.51 percent of the vote – its best result so far. The centre-right Together (Spolu) coalition of the Civic Democrats, Christian Democrats and TOP 09 came second with 23.36 percent, followed by...
Today, on October 1, the official opening ceremony of Hungarian Wizz Air’s base took place at Zvartnots International Airport. The event was attended by Wizz Air Managing Director Roland Tischner, RA Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan, Chair of the Tourism Committee of the Ministry of Economy Lusine Gevorgyan, Director...
Strasbourg, 29.09.2025 – The thirteenth Václav Havel Human Rights Prize – which honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights – has been awarded to Ukrainian journalist and human rights defender Maksym Butkevych. The prize was presented at a special ceremony on the opening day of the...
Prague, May 22, 2025 – The 16th edition of the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ) will be officially announced on 17 June 2025, with the event beginning at 11:00 a.m. CEST. A livestream of the event will be available at www.pq.cz/PQ2027. During the announcement, organizers will...
Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský concluded his working visit to Washington D.C. on Friday. During two days he presented Czech interests to representatives of the new US administration and Congress. The main items on the agenda were a meeting with the Special Representative for Ukraine and Russia, General Keith Kellogg,...
Guy Borg, Music Programmer of PRAGUE SOUNDS international music festival in Prague, answers the questions of the editor-in-chief of ORER magazine, Hakob Asatryan. -When was the PRAGUE SOUNDS music festival founded and for what purpose?-The festival was founded in 1996 under the auspices of then-president Vaclav Havel, who wanted...
Strasbourg, 22.05.2024 – The Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages of the Council of Europe has called on Czechia to design and implement a specific strategy and action plan for protecting and promoting each of the languages covered by the treaty in the country: German,...
The meeting, which took place on 7 and 8 March, is a unique opportunity to discuss the topics to be focused on by the Czech Foreign Service. The meeting was traditionally opened by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavský. “In the coming weeks we will commemorate several anniversaries...
