Jan Velinger

My grandmother Marie Velingerova, the daughter of a Czech industrialist, was 27 years-old when the Nazis occupied Czechoslovakia in March of 1939: like most Czechs, she…

Czech football fans have had their eye on Petr Cech for some time now: the phenomenal young goalkeeper who has become known for preternatural calm in games of the highest…

One of the major focal points of this year's anniversary was the return of American and Belgian veterans to Pilsen, the city they liberated in the final days of the war 60…

There are two widely held stereotypes of Czechs during the war: while some see a plucky little nation that heroically struggled to survive under the Nazi jackboot, others…

Lawyer Josef Cermak is one of the most recognised figures in Toronto, Canada's Czech community: a man involved in Czech-Canadian issues even at 80 an important supporter…

Until sixteen years ago the 1st of May was celebrated in grandiose style, with huge parades on Letna - the large open park to the north of Prague Castle. To this day Czech…

The European Parliament on Thursday passed a resolution condemning the discrimination of Romanies on the European continent. It called on EU governments to take active…

The practice of lobbying has long been accepted as an effective if sometimes controversial part of the modern political process, with no shortage of lobby groups…