Alena Škodová

On Saturday, a requiem mass was held in Prague's Brevnov monastery for Karel Kryl, a singer and poet who died eight years ago after spending many years in exile. One Czech…

The Club for Old Prague brings together people with a love of old Prague. The group's main goal is to protect Prague's architectural heritage and qualities as a city. The…

While in Prague Lubomir Strougal was celebrating his court victory this week, another case in Germany was drawing to a close. The appeal against the life-sentence for a…

The German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer was in Prague on Wednesday to hold talks with Czech officials, aimed at reducing tensions between the two countries. Problems…

By Alena Skodova The Club for Old Prague brings together devotees of old Prague, whose main goal is to protect the city's architectural and urban qualities against…

By Alena Skodova Today's Czechs in History focuses on the Sokol physical training and patriotic organization, and its two founders, Miroslav Tyrs and Jindrich Fugner…

Last Saturday marked the 60th anniversary of the establishment of a Jewish ghetto in the north Bohemian town of Terezin. The order to establish the ghetto was signed on…

Today is the 70th birthday of the Czech film director who is best known to international audiences - Milos Forman. Forman was born in the small Bohemian town of Caslav…

This Saturday the Sokol organization will celebrate its 140th birthday. Sokol has always been a sports organisation but it has also striven to create a healthy and strong…