Christian Falvey

Thursday newspapers in the Czech Republic point out a wide gap in the performance of Czech students at the grade school and college levels. While younger students excel in…

There’s a hole in the middle of Prague, and we want you to know what’s in it. The early 1980s metro station at Národní třída is the scene of a fascinating archaeological…

The National Technical Museum in Prague has a new director - in fact, it has its third new director in the space of a week. Oldřich Rambousek resigned from his post on…

Czech animation has a very long and rich history in the Czech Republic, but in the view of some young filmmakers it’s gotten behind the times. That’s why the studio…

As government ministries prepare for a year of austerity, the Interior Ministry has announced its plans for cutting its budget by 8.3 billion crowns. The result is what…

Some people say that Czechs are unfriendly. Obviously, such people are simply not in the right place at the right time. Try any central Prague metro exit or the top of…

Come 2011, the Ministry of Labour wants to see state employees’ salaries cut by 10%. That was the main point of a proposal put forward on Thursday as part of the coalition…