Dean Vuletic

All of the front pages of the Czech dailies today report on the earthquake in south-eastern Turkey, and some of them also focus on American president George Bush's…

Bradley Abrams is an associate professor of history at Columbia University in New York City, where he specialises in the history of the Czech lands. He received his…

The front pages of most of the Czech dailies are today dominated by colour photos of Prague's Slavia hockey team, which defeated Pardubice on Thursday in the Extra League…

This week the Czech Prison Authority has been housing not only prisoners but also a group of international scholars - who, it should be said, have not broken any laws…

Did you know that eight of the ten presidents of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic spent time in prison? Or that Czechoslovakia's first president, Tomas Garrigue…

The Czech newspapers today focus on the latest developments in the war in Iraq. The front pages of Hospodarske noviny, Lidove noviny and Mlada fronta Dnes are dominated by…

The foreigners' police in the Czech Republic is being strongly criticised for denying an Iraqi woman entry into the country - the first time an Iraqi citizen has not been…

On Monday, Charles University in Prague - the oldest university in central Europe - celebrates the 655th anniversary of its foundation on April 7th, 1348, by Charles IV…

On Tuesday the thirteenth century stone bridge in the southern Bohemian town of Pisek was reopened to pedestrians. The 111-metre long bridge is famous as the oldest…

When Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - headquartered in central Prague - began its Radio Free Iraq service in 1998, the risk of a terrorist attack against it increased…