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Many Czechs were saddened to learn on Wednesday that Frantisek Fajtl, one of the country's most respected and famous WW II-era fighter pilots had died in Prague at the age…

2006 has been an unusually successful year for Czech art auction houses. With the number of collectors growing and ever more valuable pieces on sale, turnover is soaring…

One of the steps taken by the Czech Republic to come to terms with its communist past were so-called 'lustrace', or screening laws. They were meant to prevent former…

Forty years ago, Czech surgeons conducted their first ever successful organ transplant. Their patient was 24-year old Karel Pavlik, who received a kidney from his mother…

The Presidents of the four Visegrad Group countries - Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic - met for their annual meeting at Lany Chateau, west of Prague…

As 24 year-old Karel Pavlik began losing consciousness on the operating table he knew that his chances of survival were slim. Several previous attempts at a kidney…

The presidents of the four Visegrad Group countries - Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic - met for their annual meeting at Lany Chateau, west of Prague…

Hundreds of historians from around the country flocked to the town of Pardubice in eastern Bohemia for a regular gathering this week. For three days, historians from…