Czech cinema returns to Cannes after 31 years with poetic road film ‘Caravan’

For the first time in over three decades, a Czech feature film is competing at Cannes. Caravan (Karavan), the highly anticipated debut feature from director Zuzana Kirchnerová, has been selected for the Un Certain Regard section of the 78th Cannes Film …

Czech-Korean nuclear deal under EU scrutiny

A landmark $18 billion nuclear power plant deal between South Korea and the Czech Republic has come under renewed pressure after the European Union raised objections to the project, according to industry sources on Tuesday. Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power …

Museum opens in Czech Republic at site where Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews

A visitor takes a photo at the Museum of Survivors, located in a factory where Oskar Schindler saved some 1200 Jews during WWII, in Brnenec, Czech Republic, on May 10. Petr David Josek/AP hide caption toggle caption Petr David Josek/AP BRNENEC, …

Former factory where Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews turns museum in the Czech Republic

Museum opens at former Czech Republic factory where Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews

BRNENEC, Czech Republic -- A dilapidated industrial site in the Czech Republic where German businessman Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews during the World War II is coming back to life. The site, a former textile factory in the town of Brněnec, about 160 …

Museum opens at former factory in Czech Republic where Schindler saved 1,200 Jews

Breadcrumb Trail Links News World Travel Travel Europe Travel International Currently, the museum is not open on a daily basis and focuses on education activities for schools Author of the article: Associated Press Karel Janicek Published May 12, 2025  •  …

Czech populist opposition leads as election set for October

Czech Republic's President Petr Pavel addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo PRAGUE - Czechs will hold parliamentary elections on …

President Pavel Calls Czech Parliamentary Elections For 3-4 October

The elections to the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Czech parliament, will take place on 3-4 October this year, President Petr Pavel has decided, according to the website of the Presidential Office communication department today. This is the …

A museum opens at a former factory in the Czech Republic where Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews

Schindler’s story was told in Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning movie, “Schindler’s List." Daniel Löw-Beer was a driving force behind the project. His predecessors lived in this part of Czech Republic for hundreds of years, acquiring the plant in …

Czech Republic to Appeal Injunction Blocking Nuclear Power Deal with S. Korea

Photo : YONHAP News The Czech power authority plans to file an appeal with the highest administrative court this week, challenging an injunction that prevents it from signing a nuclear power plant construction deal with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power. …