Dean Vuletic

Since the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia in 1989, Czech historians have been freed of the ideological burdens imposed upon them by the communist system. This has…

Many of you are probably familiar with the Eurovision Song Contest, an annual contest in which European countries compete for the best pop song. It has been taking place…

Next week, from the 25th to the 29th of May, the sixth annual "Nonstop Reading" literary marathon will take place all over the world. Organised by the group Jazz Section…

Slovakia's citizens voted last Friday and Saturday for entry into the European Union in a dramatic referendum. On Saturday there were fears that the fifty per cent turnout…

On Thursday a Forum 2000 Foundation event was held in Prague's historic Municipal House on the topic "Quo vadis Europa?" - Latin for "Where are you going, Europe?" As you…

The Czech unemployment rate has fallen below ten per cent for the first time this year, but analysts predict that such good news is unlikely to continue. In the coming…

Radio Prague's correspondent Jaromir Marek has just accompanied the Czech Defence Minister Jaroslav Tvrdik on a Middle East trip, and among the places he visited was the…

Bengas is one of the most popular Roma music groups in the Czech Republic, and while its members have been playing together since September 2001, they have just produced…

The front pages of the major Czech newspapers are today a potpourri of reports on hockey, weather, SARS, mad cow disease, taxes and Iraq. Lidove noviny and Mlada fronta…

Fifty eight years ago on May 5, 1945, Czechoslovak Radio called on citizens to rise up against the Nazi occupying force. With this the Prague Uprising began, and for five…