Jan Richter

In reaction to a recent scandal which hit the ruling Civic Democrats, the opposition Social Democrats are planning to call a vote of no-confidence in Prime Minister…

Welcome to this edition of SoundCzech, Radio Prague’s language series in which you can learn some interesting Czech phrases through song lyrics. Today’s song is Královna…

Today the Czech company Tatra is known for making trucks. But in the past it made cars, including some of the all-time classic Czech automobiles. As part of a plan to…

Since 1884, the Zátka Brothers’s plant in Boršov nad Vltavou, just south of České Budějovice in southern Bohemia, has been producing noodles, spaghetti, macaroni and other…

Civic Democrat MP Jan Morava resigned on Tuesday after being exposed as being ready to use staged photos to blackmail a party rival. But the case has raised some serious…

“The Rarest Czechoslovak Postage Stamps in the Collection of Ludvík Pytlíček” is the name of a new book which presents arguably the greatest collection of Czechoslovak…

According to the latest government figures, a third of children born in the Czech Republic in 2007 were born out of wedlock. The percentage of extramarital newborns has…

This August 21st marks 40 years since the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops, an invasion meticulously planned by the Soviet Union to crush the period of…

The oldest and largest railway yard in Prague is soon to disappear. It will be replaced by a modern development with shops, apartments, offices and all kinds of other…

In this week's business news: the Czech economy slows down; the Czech crown drops against the dollar and euro; the ČEZ energy producer reports record profits; Czech music…