Jan Velinger

One thing missing so far from this Christmas season is proper Christmas weather: snowy conditions and temperatures well below zero degrees Celsius. So far this month, the…

The eve of St. Nicholas' Day, known as Mikulas in Czech, has always been special in the Czech Republic. Adults and many teenagers traditionally dress up as St Nicholas, an…

Police have already dubbed it an unprecedented case in Czech criminal history: a case in which a hospital nurse murdered seven patients by lethal injection, and attempted…

With the coming Christmas break football fans will have a chance to reflect on the past season - both on the domestic scene and on the international level, and many will…

The Czech Republic has blocked an EU Commission proposal that would have seen a 4.5 percent hike on taxes on alcohol including beer. That is something that would no doubt…

At the weekend a second attempt to form a new government was made all the more complicated; it was revealed that an advisor to Civic Democrat Prime Minister Mirek…

After what initially appeared to be a breakthrough in government negotiations last week, politicians in the Czech Republic are back at square one. On Sunday the Social…