Jan Velinger

Fifteen years ago to the day student protestors took to the streets of Prague demanding an end to one-party rule, kicking off a process that would quickly - far more…

It was the result the ruling Social Democrats had feared the most: in the second round of elections to a third of the upper house of parliament, the Senate, they were…

CEZ acquires Bulgaria's largest bloc of power distributors; a Czech-Slovak financial company buys Sparta Prague; and the daily Mlada Fronta Dnes reports on a OECD report…

Next year the European Union will launch the opening phase of its ambitious Emissions Trading programme, which planners hope will help to reduce the union's overall…

Yasser Arafat was for some the symbol of Palestinian nationalism, for others a terrorist. If one thing is certain, it's that his death heralds an unclear future for the…

Regional and Senate elections in the Czech Republic last week were an example of the democratic process at work, exactly 15 years after the fall of communism. Among those…

Star winger Jaromir Jagr - the famous No. 68 - signs with Russia's Avangard Omsk; Stepanek goes down in defeat at the Paris Masters; Sparta Prague continues to dominate…