News from the Czech Centres
19. 12. News
PF 2025
Thank you for your favor and support in 2024. On behalf of Czech Centers, we wish you a peaceful and joyful Christmas...
3. 12. News
80th Prague Spring International Music Festival
World-class orchestras, the return of renowned artists and ensembles, fresh faces making their Czech and festival...
19. 11. News
An interview with Itamar Shlomo Cohen about Prague Music Week and cross-border collaboration
Itamar Shlomo Cohen is musician, producer and artisic manager. He is part of the creative production team at...
18. 11. News
Open call: CYCLE UP! Sustainable Artist-in-Residence Programme
We believe that artists should play a role in envisioning future(s) to tackle sustainable urban mobility challenges....
25. 9. News
Interview with the General Director of the Ukrainian National Philharmonic
The Czech Centre Kiev is one of the few cultural institutes operating in Ukraine during the war. We are all the more...
10. 9. News
Chief editor of the Japanese magazine MOSTLY CLASSIC Ichiro Fujimori on Czech music
At the invitation of Czech Centres and Czech Tourism, the editor-in-chief of 'MOSTLY CLASSIC' Ichiro Fujimori visited...
4. 9. News
Non-Places of the Cities: Dialogue between Prague and Tbilisi
The upcoming event in Ubani's public program features a lecture by Czech architect Anna Beata Háblová on the concept...
2. 9. News
Live Performance Bazaar: WE, THE LANDSCAPE RESEARCH & RESIDENCY PROJECT OPEN CALL: Soil re-imagined (Egypt)
The Landscape Research & Residency Project is a new Live Performance Bazaar arts project which brings together...
28. 8. News
Czech Heroines at GLOBSEC
Today, at the beginning of the 21st century, women in Czechia are free to choose their status, education, property...
28. 6. News
Bulgarian musicologist Iliya Gramatikoff visited the Prague Spring Festival
With the visit of the first musical guest we started this year's curatorial trips, which are intense this year...
26. 6. News
Czech Jazz at the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival is back for 2024, ready to light up Edinburgh with the sounds of jazz and blues. For...
17. 4. News
Open Call for Artists based in Czechia
In partnership with Kunsthalle Praha, Czech Centre, and the Arts and Theatre Institute, Delfina Foundation welcomes...
20. 2. News
Smetana's bicentenary
On the occasion of the bicentenary of Bedřich Smetana's birth, we approached Lukáš Tomek from the illustrator duo...
3. 1. News
The 2024 Year of Czech Music abroad will be accompanied by the Tititi painted wooden figure by Tereza Talichová
The artwork, created to mark the event and the bicentenary of the birth of the Czech music composer Bedřich Smetana,...
27. 12. News
The Year of Czech Music: Professional Visits and Press Trips
The Czech Centres have been getting ready to celebrate the 2024 Year of Czech Music since 2022 by supporting...
9. 12. News
CLOSED Open Call: Artist-In-Residence
The next residential project is scheduled for 2025.
5. 11. News
Open Calls Concursos Abiertos
Concéntrico 10 opens the calls for entries for its most special edition to be held from 25 April to 1 May 2024.
10. 8. News
Call for Tender
Call for Tender for an External Service Provider on Cultural Indicators.
2. 5. News
ArtCzech – your English-language online guide to the Czech cultural scene
The ArtCzech website is a showcase of Czech culture, art, and artists working abroad or on international projects.
6. 2. News
Newsletter of the Czech Centres – February 2022
Welcome to the latest issue of the Czech Centres’ Newsletter! This time we take a look back at the past six months...
1. 1. News
Czech Republic and Czech Centres Celebrating 30 Years of Existence
The story of the establishment of an independent Czech Republic is also the story of the final dissolution of...
22. 12. News
PF 2023
Czech Centres wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2023 with good luck, good health and many personal and...
5. 12. News
The Story of the Christmas Tree
For the fifth time running, Loučeň Castle – a partner of Czech Centres – is set to spread holiday cheer this year...
3. 9. News
The Dvořák Prague festival: classical music at its best
The fifteenth edition of this international music festival, which aims to celebrate the creative legacy of the...
20. 7. News
The Opera Europa Conference in the Czech Republic
In June, the Czech National Theatre and the Smetanova Litomyšl Festival co-hosted the prestigious Opera Europa...
13. 7. News
Interview with Javier Peña — Ibáñez
Interview with Javier Peña — Ibáñez, Concéntrico Festival Director
1. 7. News
Czech Centres for the Presidency
Czech Centres have prepared a wide range of activities on the occasion of the Czech Presidency of the European Union...
1. 7. News
Foreword by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
Foreword by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
8. 6. News
Czech Centers Partner - Loučeň Castle
Loučeň Castle is a romantic, baroque monument featuring original interiors. It is surrounded by a vast park with a...
8. 4. News
The Czech Centres’ Rebranding!
After more than 13 years, the dynamic times and need for up-to-date communication on new platforms required a...
24. 2. News
Statement on the situation in Ukraine
Czech Centres together with the whole network of Czech Centres around the world strongly condemns the Russian...
24. 12. News
Merry Christmas
We wish you a wonderful and peaceful Christmas holidays spent in good health with your loved ones. Merry Christmas...
30. 6. News
INTERVIEW: (Not just) about Visions for Europe
Tomáš was Director of Czech Centre Berlin and carried out a number of fascinating projects in Germany. A few years...
14. 12. News
Czech Christmas: traditions and recipes
For the second year in a row, we reached out to blogger The Olive, who this time prepared a recipe for a traditional...
21. 10. News
Newsletter of the Czech Centres - October 2021
Another edition of our Newsletter is out!
19. 8. News
Interview with Mirek Konvalina: Czech Dance Films Under the New York Sky
On Thursday, 26 August, a selection of Czech dance films will be screened on the rooftop of the Bohemian National...
18. 6. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Ester Ledecká
Snowboarder who also competes in alpine skiing. She won the gold medal in both disciplines at the 2018 Winter...
11. 6. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Marta Kubišová
A successful singer who then signed and became a spokesperson for Charter 77, a civic initiative that criticized the...
7. 6. News
Charles Games' Attentat 1942 Nominated for Apple Design Award in Category “Social Impact”
Attentat 1942, produced by Charles Games s.r.o., is one of the finalists for the Apple Design Awards in the category...
4. 6. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Lata Brandis
Noblewoman and horse rider, she was the first woman to participate in the famed Great Pardubice Steeplechase in 1927,...
1. 6. News
EUNIC London: Strategic Partnership to promote EUROPEAN CULTURE AND COLLABORATION in the UK
On 7 May 2021 the EUNIC London Presidency, represented among others also the director of the Czech Centre London Mr...
1. 6. News
Main Prize for Czech Centre Stockholm for Slow fashion show
Last year's Slow fashion show: performance shows & panel discussion, organised by the Czech Centre Stockholm, was one...
28. 5. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Božena Hauserová
A spy and member of the United States Army. During Operation Sauerkraut in 1944, she tried to infiltrate Hitler's...
21. 5. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Magdalena Kožená
A mezzo-soprano who has established herself on the world's leading stages. She has won a number of prestigious...
14. 5. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Dagmar Skálová
A scout leader who joined the anti-totalitarian resistance after the Communist Party took power in 1948. During...
11. 5. News
Walking against Stress: a Joint Step Challenge of Czech Centres' Employees
For more than a year now, many of us have spent most of our time at home, often at our computers, with walking being...
7. 5. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Maria Jeritza
World-renowned soprano who, after her engagement in Vienna, performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York from...
30. 4. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová
Writer and prominent figure in the Czech National Revival. She was primarily known for her cookbooks and home...
26. 4. News
“Centipede” Successful in Israeli Media
The Czech House Jerusalem saw success in the Israeli media with its exhibition of children's drawings “Centipede: To...
23. 4. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Dagmar Šimková
A political prisoner who was convicted of denigrating communist leaders and hiding military deserters. Later she...
16. 4. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Anna Náprstková
Businesswoman, philanthropist and patron, who managed the family brewery and distillery. She supported the many...
9. 4. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Hana Podolská
Fashion designer and owner of a renowned clothing salon in Prague, which became a model for all similar Czech...
2. 4. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Gabriela Preissová
Writer and playwright, author of theater plays set in the Slovácko region of Moravia which present a mirror for the...
1. 4. News
Exhibition in the Czech House Jerusalem: The Second Life of Vendulka V.
An exhibition of photographs by Jan Lukas and texts by Ondřej Kundra capturing the life of a Jewish girl Vendulka V....
1. 4. News
Czech Easter: traditions and recipes
After the success with the publication of Christmas recipes, the Czech Centres once again approached the blogger The...
26. 3. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Barbora Špotáková
Javelin thrower who won the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. She twice won the title of European Champion and in...
19. 3. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Dana Zátopková
Javelin thrower who won the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. She twice won the title of European Champion and in...
11. 3. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Petra Kvitová
Tennis player who won the Wimbledon Women's Singles in 2011 and 2014, the 2011 Championship in Istanbul, Turkey, and...
11. 3. News
The Czech Centres and Artinii collaborate on Czech That Film
The Czech Centres continue to establish beneficial partnerships and conclude new ones. This time, it will profit the...
5. 3. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Eva Jiřičná
Architect and designer who, after the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, emigrated to...
4. 3. News
ELEVSIS 2023 European Capital of Culture: Open Call for expression of interest for the Artistic Programme ELEVSIS 2023
International Open Call for expression of interest for the Artistic Programme of 2023 ELEVSIS, European Capital of...
26. 2. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Anny Ondra
Well known actress on the Czech, German and Austrian silver screens. She gained world renown thanks to two films...
19. 2. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Alice Masaryková
Daughter of the first president of Czechoslovakia, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, and one of the first female university...
12. 2. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Abbess Mlada
Daughter of Prince Boleslav I from the ruling Přemyslid dynasty. Her diplomatic mission to Rome contributed...
5. 2. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Božena Němcová
Writer, collector of fairy tales and folk tales, and author of The Grandma, today still considered one of the classic...
4. 2. News
Meeting of the directors of the Czech Centres with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Tomáš Petříček
On Wednesday 3 February 2021, the directors of the Czech Centres met online with the Minister of Foreign Affairs...
2. 2. News
Czemoji
Czemojis are emojis not only for Czechs but also for fans of all things Czech! They can be used in all situations –...
22. 1. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Ema Destinnová
World-famous opera singer and soprano who performed on stages in Berlin, London, Vienna and Paris. At the New York...
22. 1. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Madeleine Albright
A Czech-American woman who emigrated with her family to the USA after the Communist Coup d'état in 1948. She was the...
15. 1. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Božena Laglerová
The first Czech female pilot. After prematurely ending her singing career due to illness, she devoted herself to...
8. 1. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Inka Bernášková
Along with her father, graphic artist and painter Vojtěch Preissig, she published an illegal magazine called V boj....
25. 12. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Bertha von Suttner
German writer born in Prague who contributed significantly to the worldwide pacifist movement with her literary work...
18. 12. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Vítězslava Kaprálová
The first Czech female composer and conductor, author of the Military Sinfonietta performed by the BBC London...
17. 12. News
The Czech Centers Commemorate "Velvet"
The Czech Centers commemorate the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution and the fall of communism in November 1989....
17. 12. News
Czech Christmas: traditions and recipes
In 2020, the Czech Centres approached the blogger The Olive to prepare several traditional Czech Christmas recipes to...
15. 12. News
Czech.global Connects Compatriots over the World
Czech.global is a new project with a clear objective: to connect Czech compatriots over the globe.
14. 12. News
A Competition during the Literature Night. Congratulations to the Winners!
During the popular literary happening Literature Night, those interested in literature could not only listen to...
11. 12. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Věra Chytilová
An acclaimed film director representing the Czechoslovak New Wave, a generation of films made in the 1960s employing...
10. 12. News
The most beautiful Czech books are reaping success in Austria.
The most beautiful Czech books will be represented at the international exhibition of the most beautiful books in...
10. 12. News
National Student Design Award 2020
Last week, the winners of the National Student Design Award 2020 were announced. The Czech Centers have been a...
4. 12. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Grete Tugendhat
A native of the Moravian metropolis of Brno from a German-Jewish family, she commissioned architect Ludwig Mies van...
27. 11. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Zdenka Braunerová
Painter and book graphics pioneer, tireless organizer of Czech art life. She frequently stayed in France, where she...
20. 11. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Maria Theresa
Czech and Hungarian Queen and Austrian Archduchess, who became the only woman in history to rule the Habsburg...
13. 11. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Charlotte Garrigue-Masaryková
An American from New York, she was the wife of the first president of Czechoslovakia, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. Her...
10. 11. News
Newsletter of the Czech Centres
Another edition of our newsletter [in Czech] in which you can find information about our current activities,...
6. 11. News
Hrdinkou týdne je Eliška Junková
The first Czech female racer who in 1928 drove her Bugatti in one of the most demanding car races in the world, the...
30. 10. News
Looking Back on Literature Night 2020: A Documentary by FAMU Students
During the preparations for the Literature Night, the Czech Centres entered into partnership with FAMU. The students...
30. 10. News
Special Edition of Taneční aktuality 2020: Dance and Audience
Once again after a year, the specialised online magazine Taneční aktuality publishes its printed issue - a special...
30. 10. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Agnes of Bohemia
A royal daughter of the Přemyslid dynasty who brought the Franciscan movement to Bohemia. In Prague she founded a...
23. 10. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Toyen
Czech painter, draftswoman and graphic artist, representative of the Czechoslovak interwar avant-garde, who together...
16. 10. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Martina Navrátilová
One of the most successful female tennis players of all time, who emigrated from Communist Czechoslovakia to the USA...
15. 10. News
Václav Havel Square in Sofia
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Bulgaria and...
9. 10. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Věra Čáslavská
Gymnast, trainer and sports emissary, who is still the most successful gymnast of all time. She won three gold medals...
7. 10. News
FameLab 2020: vote by 18 October 2020 for the e-Audience Award!
The Czech centers have long supported the international FameLab competition, which is today one of the most important...
5. 10. News
Call for Papers: Comeniology Conference in Naarden 2021
The conference planned for this autumn on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the death of Jan Amos Comenius is...
2. 10. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Princess Ludmila
The first historically documented Czech princess, wife of Prince Bořivoj I, probably also reigned in Bohemia for some...
25. 9. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Sidonie Nádherná
Czech noblewoman, patron, muse and inspiration for many artists, including Rainer Maria Rilke, Max Švabinský and Karl...
18. 9. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
One of the most important German writers of the 19th century. Her work drew attention to contemporary social problems...
11. 9. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Martina Sáblíková
Speed skater, three-time winner of the Winter Olympics in 2010 (Vancouver) and 2014 (Sochi), multiple world champion...
10. 9. News
Ideas Yard: The future of sustainable farming and food consumption
Panel discussion about the future of sustainable farming and food consumption.
10. 9. News
Contemporary Czech Animation: The Best of Tomas Bata University Animation Studio
The Czech Centres, in cooperation with selected universities and film festivals, present a special programme of...
7. 9. News
Competition: Create a 3D Card of an Adolf Loos Villa and Win a Prize
As part of the series: Adolf Loos / Pioneer of Modern Living you can become creators and win a prize at the same...
4. 9. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Meda Mládková
Art collector, patron and founder of the Museum Kampa in Prague, which exhibits her wide collection of modern Central...
28. 8. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Hana Wichterlová
Sculptor, representative of the interwar avant-garde. She drew inspiration from the five years she spent in France....
21. 8. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Polyxena of Pernstein and Lobkowitz
A noblewoman, first the wife of the High Burgrave Wilhelm von Rosenberg, and then Imperial High Chancellor Zdeněk...
14. 8. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Adriena Šimotová
Painter, draftswoman and graphic artist, who developed a unique art technique consisting of squeezing, perforating...
7. 8. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Olga Havlová
Wife of President Václav Havel, who was the first head of state after the fall of the Communist regime. Havlová...
31. 7. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Milena Jesenská
Journalist, writer and translator, a friend of Franz Kafka, whose prose she translated into Czech. As an active...
24. 7. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Marie Schmolková
A humanitarian worker of Jewish origin, who shortly before the outbreak of World War II saved thousands of German and...
17. 7. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Františka Plamínková
A politician, journalist and organizer of the Czech and international women's movement who, in the period between the...
10. 7. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Soňa Červená
An opera singer, mezzo-soprano and alto who emigrated to West Germany after 1962, when she refused to cooperate with...
3. 7. News
The Heroine of the Week Is Milada Horáková
Lawyer and prominent representative of the Czech women's movement. As a member of parliament of the Czechoslovak...