David Vaughan

The culture minister in the Iraqi governing council, Mufid Jazairi, has just ended a short visit to the Czech Republic, and during the stay he suggested a very specific…

This week is the 60th anniversary of the death of one of the great figures of 20th century Czech journalism, Milena Jesenska, whose writings offer today's readers deep…

Czech wins swimming gold. Football season ends with victory for Banik, tears for Zizkov. Crowd trouble casts a final shadow over a troubled season. Synot up for sale.

Last week radio and television broadcasters from across the world - from China to the United States - gathered in Prague to discuss the future of international…

Pavel Zajicek is a contemporary Czech legend. Now in his early fifties, he is a poet, musician and artist, and although he prefers not to use the term, he was at the very…

This week the prime ministers of the Visegrad Four - a loose alliance of 4 central European states -the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland -met to debate the…

Once again it's time for the Prague Spring International Music Festival - one of Central Europe's major musical events - now in its 59th year. The festival always opens…