Chris Jarrett

As the Second World War came to an end in 1945, numerous atrocities were committed in towns across Czechoslovakia, as the Czech people rose up against Nazi occupation…

Now, when you think of sport in the Czech Republic, the first that come to mind are the winter variety, with ice hockey and skiing most popular among Czechs during the…

An hour and a half's journey south of Prague lies the medieval Hussite town of Tabor. On first arrival, as you step out onto a busy square from the packed train station…

As the Czech tourist industry grows more successful by the year, the air transport business is likewise becoming all the more lucrative. Low-cost airlines are now…

The Cold War held the political world on edge until its end in 1991, when the Soviet Union fell. This significant rift in international relations overshadowed world…

A regular morning journey to work. The metro train arrives just as I step onto the platform at Hradcanska station, an unusual stroke of good luck. On arrival at Museum, my…

50 years ago on Saturday, the Communist Party in Moscow fell silent as Nikita Khrushchev took the podium at the 20th Party Conference to deliver his famous "Secret Speech…

Monday marked the return of one of the Czech Republic's greatest sporting heroines, as Katerina Neumannova, the holder of the country's only gold medal in the 2006 Turin…

The role of the wartime Prime Minister Alois Elias in resisting the Nazi occupation has always been considered an ambiguous one. While the stance of the Protectorate…

We often hear about who's going to be the next big thing in pop music, but for the world of classical music, the young artists who represent the future often don't receive…