The Czech word 'losos' is part of a big and ancient family of words, some members of which English speakers may know.

Michael Tate runs UK-based Jantar Publishing, which has issued work in translation, frequently Czech titles, since 2011. He has Czech roots and spent some years in Prague.

The 6th annual theatre festival ‘Summer Grébovka’ kicked off on Monday with the highly anticipated production of ‘To be Marlene Dietrich’.

Czech citizens based abroad will have the possibility to vote by post in October's general elections. The deadline to sign up is less than three weeks away.

For this week's Sunday Music Show, we’re celebrating the life and music of Karel Fiala, the charismatic Czech singer and actor, who was born on August 3rd 1925.

Weather forecastSunday should be partly cloudy to overcast with scattered showers and daytime highs between 18 and 22 degrees Celsius.