Alena Škodová

The word "Paraple" in Czech means an umbrella, but it can also be an abbreviation for paraplegic. And in this case it really is. Paraple is the name of a house in the…

The government decided on Wednesday to gradually fade out its transitional policy of regulating rent prices for privately owned property as well as for council flats. A…

Czech musicians scored a tremendous success at the MIDEM music fair in Cannes in France. Violinist Bohuslav Matousek and pianist Petr Adamec received the highest award in…

For the 43rd time the town of Litomysl will host a music festival, which has been around for fifty two years now and has won much international acclaim. Alena Skodova…

Hundreds of mostly young people interested in studying abroad descended on Prague's Narodni dùm at the weekend, to visit Expolingua 2001, an international fair of…

The Czech Republic seems to be paralysed by heavy snowfall which started on Thursday night and have continued to envelope the country. Meteorologists say this is the…