David Vaughan

The days when Czech-made Skoda cars used to be the butt of jokes are long behind us, and today Skoda is one of the most successful divisions of the Volkswagen Group. This…

Were all those pre-European Union entry fears of price hikes justifiable? And just who needs to transform their economy more, anyway; new members like the Czechs, or…

Economic figures for May had been awaited in the Czech Republic with some apprehension. Not only was it the month when the country joined the European Union, but we also…

To the sound of local children playing traditional Czech folk music, a rather special exhibition of paintings was opened at the end of last week. Several hundred works by…

Last week I attended an international radio conference in Geneva. It was a beautiful spring day and after various lectures and seminars at the European Broadcasting Union…

One of the most tangible benefits of joining the European Union is that it is now much easier for Czechs to study abroad. This is a very attractive prospect not just for…

A woman sighs, moans, and cries out with delight - this isn't the soundtrack from a late-night movie, but one of the works in a classical music concert. It's a composition…

Today I'm joined by Radim Kopac, who is one of the better known figures of the Prague literary scene. Radim was born in 1976. He studied media theory at Charles University…