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Kateřina Tučková’s Gerta, which came out this year in English on the Amazon Crossing imprint, centres on Gerta Schnirch, a young member of Brno’s German community who experiences extreme hardships in the immediate aftermath of the war.

Charles University vice-rector and respected researcher Milena Králíčková was recently elected the university’s new rector. She will officially take up her post in February next year, becoming the very first woman to head the oldest and largest university in the Czech Republic.

Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský is in advanced talks to buy a 27 percent stake in the London-based English Premier League club West Ham United. There are also rumours based on sources close to the Czech businessman that he may aim to eventually buy a majority stake in the club. But is the Czech billionaire really in it just for the football? And what kind of an owner would he be?

Twenty-five year old Czech model Tereza Hlušková who is serving an eight year sentence for drug trafficking in a Pakistani jailhouse has been acquitted of the charges against her and her release is expected in a matter of days. The model, who spent four years in the Kot Lakhpat jailhouse says she intends to return straight to Prague.

World leaders began arriving in Glasgow on Monday for the COP26 climate change conference. Ahead of the landmark summit, most countries – the Czech Republic included – have vowed to do more to fight global warming. But the ongoing energy crisis in Europe has heightened concerns that EU member states are not willing to do enough to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

After a year-long Covid hiatus, the Prague Fringe festival is set to start this Tuesday. Various theatres in the Czech capital’s picturesque Malá Strana district will host a week long programme filled with plays performed by a wide range of international and Czech artists.

The first ever edition of the Billie Jean King Cup, which replaces tennis’s Fed Cup, got underway in Prague on Monday. Why the change? And what has made the Czech women’s team so dominant in international tournaments at different times?

This week marked the visit of Taiwan’s largest ever trade mission to the Czech Republic. Aside from awards and speeches that praised the two countries’ close relationship, five memoranda and six cooperation agreements were signed relating to various technology sectors, including electro mobility, AI and, perhaps most importantly, chip manufacturing.

The Technical University of Ostrava has developed a “smart flat” to help the elderly age in place and make life easier for handicapped people. Researchers are now testing out the system with the help of volunteers who will live in outfitted model flats – under constant surveillance.

A popular mainstream car brand today, Škoda Auto also boasts one of the oldest histories among the still operating car manufacturers. In the Škoda Museum in Mladá Boleslav, just outside Prague, the car maker puts its rich history on display, in an exhibition that is especially likely to appeal to aspiring engineers.