Alena Škodová

Vitezslav Novak is considered one of the best Czech classical music composers of the first half of the 20th century. As an old man, he described his own works in the…

All the Czech newspapers feature on their front pages Carinthian governor Joerg Haider, who announced his retirement from politics on Monday, although he changed his mind…

One of the most significant results of the NATO summit held last week in Prague was NATO's invitation for seven countries in Central and Eastern Europe to join the…

If you will be in Prague some time between now and January, there's an exhibition you shouldn't miss. It's called "The Czech Puppet" and opened at the Imperial Stables at…

November 16th marked 'Poetry Day' in the Czech Republic, held on the anniversary of the birth in 1810 of the great Czech Romantic poet, Karel Hynek Macha. This year, it…

Parallel to the NATO leaders' discussions, a student forum called the Prague Atlantic Student Summit is taking place at the Congress Centre in Prague. Over 180…

At a ceremony on Wednesday held at Prague Castle prior to the opening of the NATO summit in Prague, Czech president Vaclav Havel was honoured by 19 heads of state for his…

Guests for the NATO summit are arriving in Prague, and the first of foreign presidents was George W. Bush, whose presidential special landed at Ruzyne airport on Tuesday…

NATO Secretary General George Robertson has said the Prague Summit will be a turning point for NATO. According to Lord Robertson, new members, new missions and new…

Over the weekend Prague played host to the 12th international fair of languages, culture and education, called Student-Expo-Lingua. Presenting themselves were schools and…