Dominik Feri was hailed as an anti-racist campaigner in the media after becoming the first black member of the Czech parliament. But the political career came to an abrupt end – Feri has now been convicted of rape against two women and attempted rape against a third. As a politician, Dominik Feri advocated […]
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Christmas and Epiphany are marked in Ukraine, Serbia and Czechia
Christmas and Epiphany are marked in Ukraine, Serbia and Czechia Source
Czechia is also Moravia and Silesia
South Moravia, the Haná area in central Moravia, and the Moravian mountains are among the most popular tourist destinations in the Czech Republic. These areas feature beautiful scenery, historic towns, extensive vineyards which offer tastes of the best Moravian wines, terrain suitable for relaxing but also more demanding cycling, great food, and modern wellness facilities […]
The Czech Republic is still officially called Czechia. Why hasn’t it caught on?
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš was halfway through an interview with the Wall Street Journal in March when an aide had to inform him that his country had another name in English. “I didn’t know this. I don’t like it at all,” he said, the WSJ reported, adding his feeling that the shortened name in […]