David Vaughan

Under normal circumstances, most people would envy Vaclav Richter his flat in Prague's Old Town, down near the river and right by the medieval Convent of Saint Agnes. But…

One of the most powerful images of the floods over the last few days has been the sight of the medieval bridge in the town of Pisek entirely under water, with nothing but…

Dr Ivan Douda is a psychologist and has been working with drug addicts for over 25 years. He is one of the founders of Prague's "Drop-in Centre", which has been offering…

It's not just Prague that is having to cope with floods. Torrential rains have meant that a state of emergency has spread even to the far north of the country along the…

It isn't often that we bring you a report from a small village church in the mountains. But Paseky nad Jizerou is special. The village is on the western edge of the…

All eyes are on the German city of Munich this week for the European Athletics Championships and we'll be bringing you a full look at how the Czech team has fared in…

Today the Prague writer Lenka Reinerova is 86. She grew up in a German-speaking Jewish family, and before the war worked as a journalist, coming into contact with many of…

All eyes are on Munich this week for the European Athletics Championships and the Czech Republic is there with a record 40 member team. The big Czech hopes for the event…

The new Czech foreign minister, Cyril Svoboda, has held his first meeting with the Task Force set up to plan the November NATO summit in Prague. Memories of the violent…

Alexander Dubcek is one of the myths in the post-war history of Czechoslovakia. Some see his attempt in 1968 to introduce "socialism with a human face" as a brave…