Jan Velinger

In Sports News: Football goalkeeper Petr Čech expresses disappointment over Scolari accusation; a ‘triumvirate' of sorts, headed by FA chairman Ivan Hašek, could lead the…

A little over a week ago, my wife and I were able to get out for the first time in ages to see a concert, none other than Depeche Mode at the Slavia football stadium. The…

15 cases of swine flu have now been registered in the Czech Republic – five new cases on Thursday alone. Officials revealed Czechs had come down with the illness after…

July 1st in the Czech Republic is considered the official start of the summer holidays, a time to kick back with family and friends and the perfect time to go on vacation…

The Vienna-based writer and poet Eugen Brikcius and his wife Zuzana are well-known in the Czech Republic for organising a wide variety of events or cultural happenings. On…

In Sports News: Respected football coach and former player Ivan Hašek is given a broad mandate as the new chairman of Czech FA; Czech tennis players Tomáš Berdych and…

The endless sound of crickets chirping would make you think you were in a field somewhere in the Czech countryside, but in fact, this is a country attic, home to thousands…

The Czech band Airfare, headed by Czech-American frontman Tomas Lichtag, first broke onto the Czech music scene some two years ago: now they’re back. The group recently…