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Tereza Rosalie Kladošová is one of the Czech Republic’s top young fashion designers. Known for eye-catching bright colours and bold, fun cuts, she frequently uses her own materials – including from the waste products of wool manufacturing – to conjure up genuinely one-of-a-kind pieces. She also makes various other items and in her guise as a stylist co-created the look of popular Prague restaurant Eska. Last year the designer, who is in her mid 30s, took the overall prize in the prestigious Czech Grand Design awards.

With the Czech healthcare workforce decimated by Covid-19, medical students and volunteers have stepped in to help out wherever needed –in hospitals, old age homes and Covid-19 test centres. I spoke to Šimon Kopp, one of the many students who are now dividing their time between their studies and helping the Czech healthcare system.

Despite the coronavirus epidemic leading to a severe curtailing of normal economic activity, Czechs have not lost their taste for entrepreneurship. According to data from Bisnode, around 2,000 companies have been launched every month since the pandemic arrived in the country in March.

The Czech Republic’s video games industry has become one of the country’s major exporters in recent years. At the same time, it is facing a shortage of experienced game designers. To improve the situation on the market and respond to a growing demand from students, Prague’s FAMU film school will open a new department specialising in video games design.

Over the past few days, the Covid-19 epidemic in the Czech Republic has slightly slowed down. Nevertheless, hospitals around the country continue to struggle with a serious shortage of medical staff. The Ministry of Health is currently negotiating with the World Health Organisation to help secure nurses and doctors to help out in the fight against Covid-19.

A man searching for mushrooms close to his home came across a 3,300-year-old sword from the Bronze Age. The rare item has excited archaeologists who say they plan to dig in the surrounding area.

Danish historian and translator Peter Bugge has played a significant role in promoting Czech language, literature and culture in his homeland. Among other things, he helped to create an independent Bohemian Studies program at the University of Aarhus and translated works by Václav Havel and Karel Čapek into Danish. Last month, Peter Bugge received the Gratias Agit Award from the Czech Foreign Ministry for promoting the good name of the Czech Republic. I caught up with him on the occasion to discuss his ties to the Czech Republic and I started by asking him about his impressions of Czechoslovakia when he first visited the country back in 1976.

Rudolf Zahradník, one of the fathers of Czech research into quantum chemistry, died aged 92 on Saturday. The former chairman of the Czech Academy of Sciences was also the mentor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, when she studied chemistry in Prague.

One of the country’s biggest WWII heroes, pilot Josef Koukal, who fought in the Battle of Britain, last week received the Order of the White Lion, the country’s highest state distinction, in memoriam. The man who served his homeland selflessly in the fight for freedom never lived to see the recognition he deserved.

A rare seventeenth century wooden church burned down in Prague on Wednesday. The building, which had been transported to Prague from Carpathian Ruthenia during the interwar era, was completely destroyed. Prague City Hall has since announced it intends to start a fundraiser to rebuild the church.