Jan Velinger

Health care fees of 30, 60 and 90 crowns introduced earlier this year at Czech surgeries, hospitals, and emergency wards have remained a major issue among many Czechs and…

After two years in power, dissenting voices in the Civic Democratic Party are growing, and Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek could now face his greatest political battle. The…

“Any reason for sorting waste is a good one” is a slogan underlining a current TV campaign promoting recycling in the Czech Republic, and most Czechs would agree recycling…

Wooden Solo safety matches – made in the Czech Republic – have long been respected worldwide. Many are familiar with the famous design of match box covers which include…

It took 60 years but the Kumpera family will now be given back the Baroque Koloděje Chateau, confiscated by the state in 1948. On Monday the Prague Municipal Court…

A number of Czech politicians, from both sides of the political spectrum, have come under scrutiny past and present for questionable ties to behind-the-scenes lobbyists…

A couple of bags of rich-roasted Hawaiian coffee beans recently led me to re-discover a small family relic, which lay forgotten for years in a back cupboard, until it was…

Imagine you were born in another European country, who would you be? What would you look like? What languages would you speak? Those were some of the questions students in…