Ian Willoughby

Czech footballer Jakub Jankto has made major international headlines by becoming the highest profile player currently in the men’s game to come out as homosexual. 

Actor-writer-director Jiří Mádl discusses his film project set at Czechoslovak Radio around the time of the Soviet-led invasion in 1968.

Czech Radio is currently gearing up to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the station’s foundation in May. The station's director general tells us all about its plans.

President-elect Petr Pavel made international news this week by phoning the president of Taiwan. But what was behind this move?

Director Karel Kachyňa’s Ucho/The Ear is considered one of the greatest Czech films ever. However the writer of the original book, Jan Procházka, is now laregly forgotten. 

Hundreds of supporters thronged Petr Pavel’s HQ in Prague on Saturday. Among them were well-known personalities, who gave their reactions to his election as presdident.

The Czech duo of Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková have reached the final of tennis’s Australian Open for the third time in a row.

Jiří Přibáň discusses the "gloves off" approach adopted by candidate Andrej Babiš ahead of round two of the presidential election and what he feels a Babiš win would mean.

Jiří Přibáň on the abrasive campaigning style of presidential candidate Andrej Babiš – and whether he could be rein in the rhetoric and become a temperate head of state.

Pavel Pecháček has died in the US at the age of 82. He joined the Czechoslovak section of Radio Free Europe and – after a stint at Voice of America – later became its head.