Alena Škodová

Saturday marked the International Day Against Violence Towards Women. On the same day, the Rosa Centre for Abused Women in Prague issued a statement that the Czech…

A festival of Jewish culture called 9 Gates is underway in Prague this week. Part of the festival is an exhibition which opened on Wednesday at the National Library in…

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

Toys made of softened PVC, which contain the harmful chemical phtalate and can be dangerous to children, are no longer sold in Western Europe. You can find them, however…

Prime Minister Milos Zeman is firmly resolved to step down as the chairman of the ruling Social Democrat Party. Zeman told the daily Pravo on Friday that he has been…

Earlier this week, the Academy of Music in Prague played host to the 1st international melodrama contest, which brought together young musicians and actors from the Czech…

Believe it not, several British teachers claimed recently that children who own mobile phones are less likely to start smoking. Having a mobile, they say, is considered a…

Prague's Jiho-zapadni mesto or 'southwest town' is one of the biggest housing estates in the Czech capital. Built by the communist authorities in the 1970s in a bid to…