Jan Richter

After years of growth, the real estate market in the Czech capital has seen a slow but steady decline, with decreasing prices and many more new listings having turned…

Miloš Zeman has become Czech president after being sworn into office at a ceremony at Prague Castle on Friday morning. In January, Mr Zeman won the country’s first direct…

Czech President Václav Klaus leaves offices on Thursday, as his second term at the helm of the country expires. Mr Klaus has been one of the country’s most distinct public…

With a few notable exceptions, television in the Czech Republic today does not offer much original entertainment. Members of my generation, sometimes referred to as Husák’…

Dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez arrived in the Czech Republic this week on what is her first trip abroad since Cuba’s communist authorities partially lifted restrictions…

Czech banks are facing a major confrontation with dozens of thousands of their clients that could cost them hundreds of millions of crowns. Over 40,000 people have now…

Monday marks the 65th anniversary of the communist putsch of 1948 which for the next four decades turned Czechoslovakia into a totalitarian state and a satellite of the…