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It has been sixty years since the end of the Second World War but it was not until last Sunday that the northern Czech industrial town of Usti nad Labem unveiled a…

If elections were held today, opinion polls suggest, voters' support would be almost equally divided between the left and the right side of the political spectrum. Most…

Is there a qualitative difference between the various stages of the life cycle? Why do most Czechs believe that the elderly have no life? A study conducted throughout 2004…

On Tuesday, New York's prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art opened a new exhibition called Prague, the Crown of Bohemia 1347-1437. After Charles IV was crowned king of…

The Czech Republic's neighbour to the west, Germany, is still trying to work out what to do in the wake of its indecisive parliamentary election on Sunday. The coming days…

In this week's Talking Point, we look into a problem that many countries around the world are facing - overcrowded prisons. In the Czech Republic, prisons hold an average…

While Italy has Silvio Berlusconi the Czech Republic has Vladimir Zelezny - TV magnate turned politician. Mr Zelezny is the former general director of the popular…