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Julie Sedivy and other family members visiting her father’s family gravesite in his village of Moravská Nová Ves.

‘Memory speaks’: How to reclaim your mother tongue without having to relearn it from scratch

Language

When Julie Sedivy was four, her family fled their native Czechoslovakia and settled in Canada. Years later, a return trip to the Czech Republic made her realize she could quickly recover her mother tongue through memories. Sedivy recounts her linguistic journey in a new book called “Memory Speaks.”

Election campaign posters for the leader billionaire politician Andrej Babis in Prague, Czech Republic, reading: "Stand up against corruption and stop babbling."

The populist tide has spread to one of Central Europe’s last liberal democracies

Global Politics
The leader of ANO party Andrej Babis signs books for a supporter during an election campaign rally in Prague, Czech Republic September 28, 2017.

The Czech Republic’s Trump is in the lead for prime minister

Global Politics
Protesters in Prague show symbolic red cards to Czech President Milos Zeman on the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in 2014.

Things just got shaky for the last liberal democracy in Central Europe

Global Politics

Company in Prague turns to homeless people to show city’s less-seen side

Why the Czech Republic is Reaching Out to West, Texas

The Czech Republic announced this week that it had donated $200,000 to the town of West, Texas to help it recover and rebuild after last week's deadly explosion at a fertilizer factory which killed 14 and wounded more than 200.

The World

Homeless Tour Guides Lead Tourists Around Prague

Business, Economics and Jobs

A tourism organization in Prague has come up with a new spin on the usual walking tour of the city. Pragulic, a combination of Prague and the Czech word for “streets” employs homeless people living in the capital as guides.

Lasers Control Interactive Musical Instrument in Czech Chapel

Arts, Culture & Media

For the Geo Quiz, we are looking for a city in the Czech Republic that goes back centuries, but hosts a multimedia festival that recently commissioned an awe-inspiring bit of digital art.

Center of the Velvet Revolution

Arts, Culture & Media

The Geo Quiz is looking for a square that’s closely identified with a revolution. Not Tahrir Square, in Cairo – the one we want you to name is in Prague and it’s associated with the 1989 Velvet Revolution.

Vaclav Havel Dies at 75

Vaclav Havel, the Czech Republic’s first president after the Velvet Revolution against communist rule, dies at the age of 75.