Chris Johnstone

Czechoslovak top Communist Rudolf Slánský is a tragic figure of 20th century history in the classical sense of the word. In the end the fate of the once powerful and self…

A new row has blown up over the treatment of the Czechoslovak secret police files. This time a former anti-communist dissident says he will take the step of publishing…

A small group of Czechs who have been seeking justice for almost 70 years have now been promised they will be compensated for property lost before and after WWII. The…

Prague’s transport system is marking the end of an era on Thursday. The capital’s underground system is taking the last of its original Soviet-built carriages out of every…

The weather is the subject on the tip of everyone’s tongue just now following violent floods over the last week in the Czech Republic. Forecasters warn that there is still…

Prague is a hosting a five-day international conference on the return of looted WWII Jewish property. The conference has been billed as a last chance to clear obstacles…

A worldwide grab for land is underway by rich and populous countries like Saudi Arabia and China. In the Czech Republic, agricultural land is also being snapped up…

The Czech Republic is famed as one of the most atheistic countries in Europe. But that has not deterred the Czech Republic’s biggest left-wing political party – the Social…