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A memorial ceremony was held in front of Czech Radio on Tuesday marking the 70th anniversary of the start of the Prague Uprising. There was a fierce battle for control of the station during the insurgence, which saw thousands of Czechs take up arms against the Nazi occupiers in the dying days of the war.

The city of Plzeň has this week been celebrating the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The West Bohemian industrial city was liberated by US units commanded by the legendary George S. Patton as well as Belgian soldiers attached to the US army.

Events marking the end of WW II are taking place around the country. Czech Radio, located in Prague’s Vinohrady district, played an important role in the Prague Uprising and a raging battle took place outside the radio building as citizens responded to a desperate radio appeal for them to help defend the station. On the 70th anniversary of the Battle for Czech Radio the country’s public broadcaster has organized a series of events for the public. Czech Radio’s spokesman Jiri Hošna explains what will be taking place.

On Friday, Expo 2015 gets underway in Italy’s Milan and the Czech pavilion is ready to open its door to the public. The main theme this year is “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life.” When I spoke to Expo’s Czech commissioner, Jiří František Potužník, I started by asking how this theme was reflected in the Czech exhibition:

Overseas, many hockey fans are largely following the latest results in the NHL playoffs, but in Europe, all eyes in will soon be on the Ice Hockey World Championships, set to begin in Prague and Ostrava. The puck will drop in the first face-off on Friday, May 1, with the Czechs facing Sweden in their opening match.

The Prague region had the lowest unemployment rate in the entire European Union last year with 2.5 percent, according to freshly published data from Eurostat. It shared top spot on the list with Germany’s Upper Bavaria. But why is the Prague region doing so well in this respect? That’s a question I put to economist Daniel Münich.

If you want to find out about ongoing exhibitions but also the importance of contemporary art in the Czech Republic, this week you can make use of a special helpline. From now until Sunday, well-known curators are picking up the phone to field questions. The temporary helpline is a project created by students at Prague’s Academy of Arts, Design and Architecture in conjunction with the Tranzitdisplay gallery.

A 30-member Czech trauma team is ready to be flown out to Kathmandu to join the extensive rescue operation in the wake of Saturday’s devastating earthquake. The team will be deployed upon arrival and is expected to start working within an hour of setting up base.

The pilots of two Gripen fighter jets on Monday conducted the first flyover above Prague Castle in more than a quarter century, launching, together with a military honour guard on the ground, a slew of commemorative events marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. And, on Monday, Prague Castle opened a new unique exhibition of never-before-seen photographs of Czechoslovak serviceman during the war.

The Czech Republic has joined international efforts in aid of Nepal where a devastating earthquake killed close to 4,000 people over the weekend. The government is sending a 36-strong emergency team of firefighters, doctors and nurses to assist with rescue operations over the next fortnight, while humanitarian organizations have sent groups of aid workers to the region and opened accounts for public donations. Among the first Czech NGOs to respond to the natural disaster was People in Need. I spoke to the head of its humanitarian program Marek Štys