Daniela Lazarová

“More funding, soldiers and active reserves needed” was the message Czech army commanders sent to politicians and the public in connection with the growing threat of war.

Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský paid a two-day working visit to Ukraine at the weekend, meeting with top officials and  taking part in a summit on food security in Kyiv.

Although Leoš Janáček's Taras Bulba was inspired by Russian literature, the music itself reflects the cadence of Janáček’s mother tongue and its Silesian dialect.

The Czech government has approved a proposed amendment to the law that would open the way for cross-border health care to be covered by Czech insurance companies.

Eighty-two years after the Lidice massacre, people are contributing to the reconstruction of the Lidice Memorial that serves as a memento to future generations.

On the grounds of Bouzov Castle in the Olomouc region visitors come across a monumental wooden sculpture - a Trojan Horse with publicly accessible interior spaces.

The Education Ministry wants to curb the excessively high number of Czech children who start primary school with a year-long delay for no good reason.   

On Czechoslovak Independence Day on October 28, President Pavel handed out awards and high state distinctions to 56 people for outstanding services to the state.

Iva Bittová is a phenomenon in the world of music – not only in the Czech Republic from where she hails but on a global scale.

A second attempt to auction off Štiřín Chateau failed this week when no bidder came forward to place the required auction deposit.