Alena Škodová

Going to Africa is still an exotic trip, but not an impossible dream. African safaris are highly popular and tourists from all parts of the world come to see lions and…

Anti-globalisation demonstrators once again took to the streets of Prague, in an effort to show solidarity with their fellow protestors in Genoa. Two protests took place…

Since April this year a large project called the Glory of the Baroque in Bohemia has been under way in the Czech Republic. The Prague National Gallery is presenting four…

In this week's Czechs in History, Alena Skodova takes a look at Vaclav Klimec Klicpera, a successful 19th century playwright who turned his hand to politics, teaching and…

Disabled people in the Czech Republic were always neglected during the Communist regime. They were, in fact, kept away from "normal" society and most of them lived in…

In this edition of Czechs in History, Alena Skodova takes a look at the life of Bozena Nemcova, a 19th century Czech writer, whose name is known to all Czechs, without…

Truancy is apparently on the rise in primary schools throughout the Czech Republic. The most frequent absconders are to be found in the 7th, 8th and 9th grades - in…

In this week's edition of the Arts, Alena Skodova discovers artists carving sculptures out of oak tree trunks... speaks with the chief editor of Czech Radio's foreign desk…