Although the Czech nuclear power plant Temelin is to be activated within a few weeks, worries over its safety are still causing concern not only to environmental…
UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, joined forces with the Czech Olympic Committee on Tuesday to raise awareness of the plight of children whose lives have been…
A long-retired judge, 86-year-old Pavel Vitek, is to be charged with murder for a verdict he passed 49 years ago. At the time, eleven people were sentenced to death and…
Prague has become a popular destination for American film directors--not for holiday, but to shoot their movies here. This new tendency could well turn into a goldmine for…
106 years ago this week, a Czech man founded a business that would become one of the world's most recognizable brand names: Bata Shoes. Over a century, Tomas Bata, his son…
As preparations for EU membership are well underway, the Czech agricultural sector faces many changes some of which may not be in its favour. Czech farmers may have to…
On August 29th, 1944, an international uprising against Hitler's Nazi Germany took place on Slovakian soil. Over 60,000 Slovak troops, with the help of 8,000 foreign…
