Alena Škodová

Twelve years after the fall of communism a number of former high ranking communist officials could face jail. While the former Czechoslovak Prime Minister Lubomir…

The Municipal House in Prague is currently hosting an exhibition acquainting visitors with the life and work of Jan Kotera, one of the most significant of all Czech…

St. Catherine's church - a Baroque building dating back to the 18th century - has long been abandoned, a forgotten landmark hidden away in Prague 2. A civic association…

A newly opened exhibition is underway in the Municipal Museum near Prague's Florenc metro station, displaying Czech-made nativity scenes. The museum prepared the…

This week is the 35th anniversary of the death of a fascinating but lesser known figure in twentieth century Czech history, the founder of the Czechoslovak Red Cross…

Prague Castle, together with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York have been preparing an ambitious project entitled 'Prague - the Crown of the Czech Kingdom'. It…

Many tourists who come to Prague include a visit to St. Agnes Convent near the Vltava river in their itinerary. Although the convent itself is not located on the city's…

If a referendum was held now, slightly less than half of Czech voters would support their country's planned membership of the European Union. A recent survey, carried out…

Every year on November 16th culturally minded Czechs mark the birthday of the celebrated Czech Romantic poet Karel Hynek Macha, who was born in 1810. Macha's poem "May" is…