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Dvořák Prague is an international classical music festival presenting leading orchestras, soloists and chamber ensembles, with a strong connection to the legacy…
Svatá Helena: why this story is worth your attentionWhen people hear the word “minority,” it can sound abstract—like a category in a report. In Svatá Helena, it…
From the Velvet Revolution to today: a labour market profoundly reshaped The recent history of work in Czechia really begins with the end of the communist regim…
Among ponds, mills, and still waters Vodník is, before anything else, a creature of water. In Czech tradition he lives in rivers, brooks, lakes, and especially …
A Name That Echoes Home: The True Meaning of a “Mother City” When people call Tabor, South Dakota, the “Mother City of Dakota Czechs,” it can sound like a sloga…
Volhynia Is No Distant Land: A Shared European Chapter “Volhynia” (Volyň) can sound like a name from an old atlas, but it’s a real region where one thing kept h…
Deep water: Vodník and Rusalka Among the most recognizable figures in the Czech imagination, Vodník, the water spirit, certainly has a special place. He is ofte…
An Old-World name in an Oklahoma landscape Encountering “Prague” on an Oklahoma map naturally prompts a simple question: why here? The name is not a decorative …
Argentina and the Recurrent Prominence of the Chaco Reviewing the standard historical overviews of Czech and Slovak migration in Latin America, Argentina appear…
Discussion: The Czech Republic and Latin America: new trade opportunities within European agreements
An economic opening through Europe For the Czech Republic, trade agreements between the European Union and Latin America are not merely a diplomatic matter or s…
When a word leaves Prague and never really comes back The most famous Czech word in the world is almost certainly robot. Today it is used in Italian, English, C…
An agreement rooted in a long history The declaration of cooperation signed in Austin in March 2026 by Czech First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industr…
A Name to Anchor Identity: From Mulberry to “Praha” If you look at a Texas map, you’ll encounter a myriad of unique place names. Some describe a tree, a river, …
Why look at the map “with Czech eyes” If you leaf through a map of North America or Eastern Europe with even a little attention, patterns start to surface: Prag…
The word "pivo": simple, familiar, and very old In Czech, beer is called pivo, a short, direct word that feels almost domestic. For a foreign reader it may soun…
A creature of water, but not simply a “Slavic mermaid” Rusalka is often introduced, rather conveniently, as a “Slavic mermaid”, but that description is more use…
From a family koláč to a public celebration The kolache, in its best-known American form, comes from the Czech koláč: a yeasted pastry, often round, filled with…
A simple name for a complex tradition The word dechovka comes from dechová hudba, literally “wind music”. That sounds almost like a technical label, but in Czec…
Beyond “Czech Towns”: Cultural Meeting Points Within Large Metropolises When people hear “Czech emigration”, they often picture a map dotted with place names: a…
A mountain that needed a face The Krkonoše are not simply the highest mountain range in the Czech Republic. They are a border landscape, suspended between Bohem…
