Jan Richter

The Czech Republic saw one of the worst incidents of family-related violence in decades when a 41-year-old man shot four people dead in a bar in Petřvald, north Moravia…

Hello and welcome to this edition of SoundCzech, Radio Prague’s very own language programme where you can learn some interesting phrases, and enjoy some interesting music…

The Czech authorities recently launched a scheme to send home workers from non-EU states who lose their jobs. But members of the country’s sizable Vietnamese community say…

The Supreme Administrative Court on Wednesday rejected a petition by the Czech government to ban the far-right Workers’ Party. The court said the cabinet had not provided…

The Czech Republic has recently been criticized by the Council of Europe for surgically castrating sex offenders. Last year, the European Committee for the Prevention of…

Several respected newspapers and magazines such as The Economist and the Financial Times have in recent weeks reported on the severe economic problems facing Eastern…

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas has met with the Czech head of state Václav Klaus and other Czech officials during a two-day visit to Prague. He shared with them the…

In this edition of Music Profile we explore the career of a legend of the Czech New Wave, the Prague rock band Garáž who have just released their latest album, Black.