David Vaughan

The Czech government crisis continues. Recent days have seen a marathon of talks, both between the three parties in the government and within the parties themselves. But…

On Wednesday afternoon a crowd of about two hundred braved the cold and gathered outside the Czech government offices, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister…

On Monday another voice was added to the row over Prime Minister Stanislav Gross's private finances. The veteran of the Czech political scene with the reputation of one of…

The heated row over the Czech Prime Minister's personal finances took a dramatic twist over the weekend. Just as it looked as though Mr Gross's Social Democrats had made…

In Encore today we review two recent CD releases. One is an anthology covering the best part of a millennium of Czech music, and the other a celebration of the work of one…

There have been Roma in Europe since the Middle Ages and today they make up one of the continent's largest minorities, in countries as far apart as Ireland and Russia…