Jan Velinger

Over the last 12 years few politicians have attracted more controversy than the Communist Party's Miroslav Grebenicek. Every May 1st as party leader it was his rhetoric…

Who let the dogs out?! And who, after letting them out, forgot to scoop up afterwards? That's a question addressed by a new campaign launched by the Prague 6 town hall. It…

In sports news: first division Sparta Prague continue downward spiral; star midfielder Karel Poborsky makes new start; Jan Koller injured in German Bundesliga; Czechs…

Fans of crime fiction will probably already be familiar with the books of Irish thriller writer John Connolly, the bestselling author whose novels blend the macabre and…

The Czech Republic is a country with a fascinating industrial heritage all too often overshadowed by the Renaissance or the Baroque. Anyone who has ever travelled through…

In a country full of medieval castles and Renaissance palaces it is sometimes easy to overlook the Czech Republic's rich industrial heritage: abandoned 19th century…

You may well already be familiar with "New Odyssey", an on-going project supported by Czech Radio, using satellite to monitor the migration routes of black storks as they…

There is no saying more well-known in the world of advertising than the old adage "sex sells" and for good reason: sex sells perhaps more than just about anything else. By…

In the Czech Republic there's a saying that when "you've got it made" you are "za vodou" - across the water. That expression could apply twofold to fugitive millionaire…