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Czechia
76 articles5 guides · 60 explainers · 2 lists · 9 FAQsUpdated 13 Oct 2026
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Newest first- FAQ5 min
Smoking and vaping rules in Czechia: where the ban applies
Czech pubs have been smoke-free since 31 May 2017, and the ban covers vapes too. Where you can and cannot light up, and who enforces the rules.
- Guide6 min
Spejbl and Hurvínek: the wooden father and son Czechs grew up with
A father and son made of wood and string have kept Czech audiences laughing for a century. Where they came from, what they say and how to see them.
- Explainer5 min
The Beneš decrees explained: what they were and why they still divide
Over a hundred wartime and postwar decrees, a handful of which led to confiscation and the expulsion of Germans. The law, the politics and the 2002 row.
- FAQ5 min
The capital of Czechia is Prague, but not every institution sits there
Prague is a capital, a city and a region at once, yet the top courts and the Ombudsman sit in Brno. Where Czech power actually lives.
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The court in Brno that can overrule the Czech parliament
Fifteen judges, ten-year terms and the power to annul laws. How the Constitutional Court works, and when an ordinary resident can ask it for help.
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The Czech Jewish heritage: a thousand years of community and what survives
A synagogue in use since about 1270, a cemetery layered for lack of room, and a wall of names. What the Czech Jewish community built, lost and kept.
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The Czech National Revival: how a language came back from the edge
Around 1800 Czech was the language of servants and villages. A century later it ran a theatre, a university and a press. Its champions are on your street signs.
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The Czech president: directly elected, but not a chief executive
Since 2013 voters choose the head of state, yet the prime minister still runs the government. What Prague Castle can and cannot do under the Constitution.
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The Czech Roma community: six centuries of history behind today's debates
Czech news about Roma usually arrives without history. From fifteenth-century records to the camp at Lety and postwar resettlement, the missing background.
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The First Republic: why interwar Czechoslovakia is still the benchmark
A working democracy among dictatorships, a serious industrial economy and a state in which one in five citizens was German. Why Czechs still measure against it.
- List5 min
The fourteen Czech regions: centres, quirks and one anchor fact each
Central Bohemia is run from Prague, Vysočina straddles two historic lands and Sněžka tops them all. A reference to every Czech region.
- Explainer6 min
The Hussite movement explained: the reform that shaped Czech identity
A preacher burned in 1415 set off fifteen years of war and a church that lasted two centuries. Why the Hussites still matter to Czechs today.
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The Prague Spring of 1968: reform, invasion and what followed
Eight months of loosened censorship and open debate ended on 21 August 1968. What the reformers wanted, what Moscow feared and what followed for Czechs.
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The Velvet Divorce: why Czechoslovakia split without a referendum
Polls said most citizens wanted to stay together, no referendum was held, and the state was gone by 1 January 1993 without violence. How two leaders did it.
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The Velvet Revolution: six weeks that ended communist rule
From a police cordon on Národní třída on 17 November 1989 to Václav Havel at Prague Castle on 29 December. The strikes, the squares and the jangling keys.
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Václav Havel: from dissident playwright to president
He wrote absurdist plays, served nearly four years in prison and, in six weeks of 1989, went from banned writer to head of state. A short biography.
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Vladimír Remek and Czechia in space: from Soyuz 28 to ESA
In March 1978 a Czechoslovak pilot became the first person in space who was neither American nor Soviet. How that flight led to Czechia's place in space today.
- FAQ5 min
What currency does Czechia use? The koruna, cards and the euro
The country is in the EU but still pays in korunas. Coins, notes, ATMs, the exchange kiosks to avoid and where the euro debate stands.
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What Czechia is known for: cars, beer, glass and the word 'robot'
Lager, the robot, the soft contact lens and a great many Škoda cars. What Czechia makes and gives the world, and one pastry myth to drop.
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What language is spoken in Czechia? Czech, plus English and Slovak
Czech is the only official language, but English carries you further in a Prague café than at a regional tax office. What to expect and when it matters.
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What time is it in Prague? Time zone, summer time and conversions
Prague runs on Central European Time, one hour ahead of London most of the year, but the US and Europe change clocks on different weekends.
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Where is Czechia? Four borders, no coast and the middle of Europe
Czechia sits where western and eastern Europe meet, closer to Vienna than many people think. Its borders, regions, rivers and nearest capitals.
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White Mountain, 1620: the battle that ended Bohemian self-rule
A short fight outside Prague in 1620 broke the Estates' power, made the crown hereditary and restored one faith by force. The effects lasted centuries.
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Who lives in Czechia: nationality, language and the census question
Overwhelmingly Czech-speaking, yet home to Moravians, Slovaks, Ukrainians, Vietnamese and 14 recognised minorities. How the census counts them.