Prague, Czech Republic – Over 100 Czech contemporary artists have joined forces and donated their work to a fundraising auction with all proceeds going towards aid for Ukraine. The auction initiative called Art for Ukraine (Umeni pro Ukrajinu) is co-organised by four Prague galleries.

Prague, Czech Republic – In Brno, Czech feminist collective SdruZeny has been rallying for gender equality for five years with its anniversary falling on International Women’s Day (IWD) this Tuesday. The group of about 20 permanent members plans to celebrate this year’s holiday with a night march to “reclaim” the streets and public space of the second biggest city in the Czech Republic. Kafkadesk caught up with two members of the group ahead of the event.

Prague, Czech Republic – More Czechs were in need of food aid last year, figures from the Czech Federation of Food Banks showed, as Prague social workers continue to hand out more and more food parcels amid skyrocketing inflation and coronavirus recovery.

WARSAW (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters in cities around the world have gathered over the past days in support of Poles who have taken to the streets after a court ruling further limited the country’s restrictive abortion laws. In the week since the Constitutional Tribunal announced the ruling, those expressing solidarity with Polish protesters in Oslo, London, Chicago, Glasgow, Brussels and elsewhere have gathered in front of Polish Embassies and in their city centres.

"As I walk the streets of Prague, it all seems jolly. Czech flags are decorating the baroque houses, I can see flyers celebrating 30 years of freedom on every corner and people wear pins with Havel’s face. But underneath all the pride and three-coloured badges, it is obvious that Prague is unwell. The city is divided between the pro-West young generation and melancholic citizens nostalgically dreaming of communism."

In the run-up to Brexit Day, a Romanian couple in Helston was repeatedly targeted with hate crime. Mirabela and Dragos Robatzchi, who are the owners of the taxi service, Hellis Cab Agency, had their business targeted for three consecutive days.