As part of our series on women in typically male-dominated professions, we spoke to Gabriela Jílková, one of Czechia’s best racing drivers and currently a development driver for Porsche’s Formula E team. She follows in the footsteps of Eliška Junková, the first woman in history to win a Grand Prix event.

Unmanned aerial systems have become central to today's battlefields, far beyond what many European armies expected. General Roman Hyťha, Director of the Armed Forces Intelligence Division at the General Staff, says the Czech military must adapt quickly—or risk falling behind.

Czech authorities declared a state of emergency near Hustopeče nad Bečvou on February 28 following a train crash that led to the spread of 1,000 tons of toxic benzene. Olomouc Governor Ladislav Okleštěk stated that the declaration was necessary to expedite the cleanup of the affected soil and water. But what could have been done better in dealing with the disaster?

The Czech authorities are introducing broad new measures to try to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease to this country after the latest outbreak was detected in Slovakia at a farm just 40 km from the Czech border. Animal farms and zoos in Moravia have closed their doors to visitors and strict border controls will be complemented by tests on milk and wild animals.

The name ‘Casanova’ will most likely conjure up an image of an Italian adventurer, having numerous affairs with many women and getting into trouble with the law, not an image of a librarian in northern Bohemia. Yet this is in fact how the famous Venetian Giacomo Casanova ended up and lived out his final years.

Czech teenager Jakub Menšík has claimed his first ATP Masters 1000 title at the Miami Open, defeating Novak Djokovic 7-6, 7-6 in the final. The win not only dashed Djokovic’s hopes of securing his 100th career title but also marked a major milestone for the 19-year-old, who became the second-youngest player in tournament history to lift the Miami trophy.

The next stage of the reconstruction of the town's House of Culture is taking place in Ostrov near Karlovy Vary. A group of North Bohemian restorers is dismantling unique glass chandeliers from the period of socialist realism. The dismantled luminaires will be transported to the restoration workshops in Nový Bor, where they will undergo thorough renovation.

What does it feel like to float in zero gravity? Thanks to a unique Czech project, 26 students got to find out—on board a specially modified Airbus A310 that performed a series of parabolic maneuvers over Central Europe.

When Tomáš Fantl was a small child, the course of his life was decided, quite literally, by the toss of a coin, and as a result he grew up in Melbourne instead of his native Prague. Today Tomáš is a successful artist and has exhibited in many countries around the world. For the last few years, Prague has once again become Tomáš’s home. He has just published a collection of poems, written over several decades, which reflect the many layers of his life, including his relationship to art, to his Czech roots and the importance of chance and serendipity in his life.

Czechast with Jaromír Marek, journalist and author who produced a TV documentary and a whole book about a story that takes us far from Central Europe—deep into the heart of Soviet Central Asia, to what is today Kyrgyzstan.