News: Prague Pride Festival which has just begun; Czechias first Olympic medals; Veronika Tuckerov Reading Kafka in Prague: The Reception of Franz Kafka in Czechoslovakia

Ben Donenberg is a theater producer at the Shakespeare Center in Los Angeles. He visited Czechia to start work on a unique project with the vanda Theater in Prague.

News, surfing on the Vltava River, Vinohrady Water Tower to be transformed into water education centre,Via Czechia pilgrimage trails

Vltava in Prague safe for swimming, says expert; Ji Bubenek's ballet masterclasses in esk Krumlov attract young dancers from around the world;Red tape: Rosamund Johnston digs into Czechoslovak Radio under communism

News, study looks into the roots of poverty across generations, trees as a barrier against noise pollution and a trip to the picturesque town of Mikulov in Moravia.

News;Prague 1 reintroduces a nighttime ban on vehicles in defiance of City Hall; a special map for Czech mushroom pickers predicts mushroom growth in different areas; CzechPlease, anonymous Prague food blogger who has built up a large online following

News, majority of Czechs dissatisfied with Czech politics, should Czech children start learning English at a younger age? Interview with pilot Richard Santus.

In-depth interview with Bijan Sabet, American ambassador to Prague. Topics range from his training in the art of diplomacy to his family background in the US.

News: Czech House public hub at Paris Olympics; climber Adam Ondra hopes to make up for Tokyo disappointment in Paris; UK man Ed Ley documents stories of Prague streets.

News;government agrees to nominate Jozef Skela as new Czech EU Commissioner; mini Eiffel towermade out of recycled ocean waste erected at Olympic Festival on shores of Lake Most; Veronika Tuckerov, author of new book on how Kafka was perceived in Czec