Jan Richter

With the number of young marihuana users falling in the Czech Republic, the government has found a new target for its anti-drugs strategy: underage drinking, in which…

The Václav Havel award for human rights has been established in Prague in memory of the late Czech president, dissident playwright and human rights advocate. The prize…

A new documentary entitled Hledá se prezident (Looking for president) offers an insight into the first ever direct Czech presidential election which brought Miloš Zeman to…

Since it was first created in 2001, the Czech and Slovak Film Database, or CSFD, has gained a massive following in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The largest such…

Prague-based singer-songwriter, street performer and traveller known as Iamme Candlewick this month released her debut album entitled I Am You. The album, recorded with…

A new study by the Czech branch of the anti-corruption group Transparency International looks at how Czech courts deal with bribery. The study, which analyzed some 250…

The car manufacturer Škoda Auto has seen another year of record sales and growing revenues. In 2012, the German-owned, Czech based car producer sold nearly 940,000 cars…

The Social Democrats chose a new leadership at a closely-watched congress at the weekend. The conference re-elected Bohuslav Sobotka as chairman to lead the country’s main…