Jan Richter

In business news this week: electricity prices for households will go down in 2010; banks come to the rescue of the troubled lottery giant Sazka; DHL will move its IT data…

The caretaker government of Prime Minister Jan Fischer is undergoing its first major change since it was sworn in seven months ago. The Czech prime minister has announced…

This month, Czechs celebrate 20 years since the Velvet Revolution that overthrew the communist regime in their country. The fall of communism changed practically all…

Civic Democrat leader Mirek Topolánek scored a half victory at the 20th Civic Democrat Party congress that took place in Prague over the weekend. The former prime minister…

The Czech Senate on Thursday banned an appearance by the controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders on its premises. Mr Wilders was going to screen his anti-Islamic film…

Our special programme marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of communism was recorded on November 9 in front of a live audience at Prague’s celebrated film and TV…

The former president and one of the key figures of the Velvet Revolution Václav Havel marked on Saturday the 20th anniversary of the fall of communism. A conference “…

Papers, TV and radio stations in the Czech Republic and other former communist countries are full of accounts by people who did something important during the time the…