Jan Richter

Czech President Václav Klaus this week vetoed a bill which would enhance state support for Czech filmmakers and increase tax incentives for foreign film productions. The…

The Czech Parliament has just been hosting an annual session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, which serves as a consulting body to the alliance. Much of the debate was…

The Czech government on Wednesday won a vote of confidence in the lower house of Parliament which approved its tax legislation. In an unexpected turn of events, the senior…

A film about the breakaway region of Transnistria won the best Czech documentary award at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival 2012. The movie Fortress, by…

The Czech Republic annually spends some 430 million crowns, or more than 22 million US dollars, on foreign development aid which is much less than some of the richest…

Czech singer Marta Kubišová has been awarded France’s Legion of Honour in recognition of her art as well as of her courage in standing up to communist oppression. One of…

In sports news this Monday: Sparta and Plzeň clinch important wins in football’s Europa League while at home, three teams are tied on top spot in the Gambrinus Liga; in…