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The praise quickly started to flow after news of Sir Nicholas Winton’s death at the age of 106 was announced on Wednesday afternoon. Bravery, humility, and his deep humanitarianism were some of the words used in tributes paid by British and Czech prime ministers and Czech president Miloš Zeman.

The Czech government has approved an amendment to the audiovisual law that would provide stable funding for Czech cinematography and make the country more competitive in attracting foreign crews. The annual state subsidies should enable Czech filmmakers to launch more ambitious projects and co-productions and make better use of the potential of the Czech film industry.

Prague on Wednesday took up the year-long presidency of the Visegrad 4, comprising the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary. At a press conference, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka and Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek outlined plans for two summits as well as increased cooperation in energy, security and defence. But some were surprised a more explicit reference wasn’t made to one of the top problems facing the European Union today: the migration crisis.

Wednesday is the 20th anniversary of the launch of Radio Free Europe broadcasts from Prague. The US-funded symbol of the Cold War had moved to the city’s former communist parliament building at the invitation of President Václav Havel, who was keen to reinforce the Czech Republic’s new ties with the West.

On Monday, it was confirmed after weeks of speculation that Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Čech had indeed signed with crosstown rivals, Arsenal. Arsenal fans especially welcomed the move – confidant the top goalkeeper will bring new resilience to their club.

The Czech branch of Transparency International has long been pushing for a law that would regulate lobbying in the government and Parliament and on Monday it was able to report the first tangible result in this respect. The Czech government council coordinating the fight against corruption has agreed to prepare a draft legislation regulating lobbying similar to that adopted by the European Commission a year ago. TI’s project manager Radim Bureš says such a law is essential to making the legislative process more transparent.

Heightened security measures are in place at Czech airports, railway stations, foreign embassies and other key institutions in the wake of Friday’s terrorist attacks in France, Kuwait and Tunisia. A meeting of the country’s National Security Council on Sunday night assessed potential threats to the country’s security and measures to deal with the ongoing migrant crisis.

Protivín, a Czech brewery in East Bohemia, is producing a soon to be released beer called Queen Bohemian Lager, marking the 40th anniversary of Bohemian Rhapsody – one of the most famous of rock songs by British legends Queen. The beer will go on sale first in Europe and then round the world.

Czech prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka has said the country should set limits on the proportion of the local media market that one or a handful of owners can corner. The call comes as European public broadcasting bosses are gathered in Prague to set goals and share insights into how they can keep and raise their profile in an ever more fragmented and competitive media market.

Forensic tests have shown that remains removed a mass grave in Prague belong to a priest tortured to death by the communist secret police. Sixty-five years later, Josef Toufar is finally set to get a decent burial in the village where he was accused of faking a “miracle”.