In December, journalists at the country's public TV network, Czech Television, went on strike in protest at the appointment of Jiri Hodac as the station's new General…
As the European Union's 15 member states and the 12 candidates for membership gear up for June's major summit in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, there has been a flurry of…
The rights of the child aren't violated in the Czech Republic, but neither are they fully respected - that, in a nutshell, is the situation as summarized by the eighth…
Three years ago the Czech Prime Minister Milos Zeman told a crowd of several thousand people outside Prague's School of Economics that he was declaring war on far-right…
A festival of Roma culture - entitled Khamoro 2001 - got underway in Prague on Tuesday. Khamoro - which translates as Sunshine - aims to celebrate Roma art, music and…
After several centuries of compulsory military service in the Czech Lands, conscription could soon become a thing of the past. Until recently, a professional army has been…
The Czech Senate recently approved a law giving patients the right to know their state of health, adopting a charter drawn up by the United Nations. In this week's…