Jan Richter

Few Czech rock bands have gained such notoriety as the Prague-based group Jasná Páka. Founded at the beginning of the last decade of communism, their music was a beacon…

Officials from the Central Bohemian region bought a rare 15th century miniature at auction at Sotheby’s in London on Tuesday. The artwork, depicting silver mining in the…

The acting chairman of the Green Party Ondřej Liška has been confirmed in the post at a Green Party conference, defeating two other contenders by a large margin. While the…

The Czech Republic’s First Lady details how she met the future president; a man in Brno faces five years in jail for a package of coca leaves he himself told the police…

The Czech architect Jan Letzel is remembered today above all for his design of what later became the Hiroshima A-Bomb Dome, a memorial to victims of the 1945 bombing…

The new Czech political party TOP 09 held its first ever conference in Prague over the weekend, formally establishing itself on the country’s political scene. Senator and…

Welcome to a fresh edition of Radio Prague’s SoundCzech, one of our most popular series, in which you can learn interesting Czech phrases while listening to music. Today’s…