Jan Velinger

October 31st - Halloween - is just around the corner, a date that historically marks the end of the harvest and the slow ushering in of long dark winter. A time of year…

Football club Sparta Prague extends its lead at the top of the table by defeating defending champions Banik Ostrava; in hockey Pardubice romps over Vitkovice with goals…

This Sunday, October 24th, the 28th Prague International Jazz Festival will kick off in the Czech capital at the city's famous Reduta club. This year's festival, also…

Until now the Czech Republic has lacked proper facilities for dealing with juvenile offenders committing serious crimes - including murder. But, that could all be about to…

In this edition of One on One we find out what it's like to be a sports reporter on the Czech beat: my guest is Jan Palicka, a sportswriter for the major Czech daily Mlada…

Some listeners will already be familiar with the work of Czech artist Lucie Seifertova, the author and illustrator of several successful children's pop-up books in Czech…