Jan Richter

With the soaring deficit of the state budget and uncertain forecasts about the country’s economic output in 2010, the Czech government is working on a strategy to improve…

The Czech Finance Ministry has outlined an ambitious plan to meet all the criteria for adopting the common European currency. If all goes well, the euro could replace the…

Churches, prayer halls and other places of worship will be open to the public until the late night hours on Monday for the Night of Open Churches. Regular church-goers as…

In a memorable moment of history, dissent and playwright Václav Havel was elected the first post-communist president of Czechoslovakia 20 years ago. His inauguration put…

Under a new law that comes into effect on Monday, Czech firms and entrepreneurs will from now on find it far easier to provide all kinds of services in other European…

Prague is sometimes romantically called the City of a Hundred Spires. You can probably count even more overlooking the capital from Prague Castle or hills offering a view…

The number of HIV cases in the Czech Republic has been steadily rising, and 2009 could see the biggest jump in HIV infection in the country’s history. The Czech health…

Tuesday was the last day on which jobless foreign workers could apply for assistance under the Czech Interior Ministry’s voluntary returns programme launched in February…

A recent discovery by Czech scientists promises to provide a cure for one of deadliest killers of the present day – AIDS. Working together with a team from the university…