Jan Velinger

Around the world September means the start of a new school year for teachers and students, and here in the Czech Republic, school traditionally starts on 1st September. I…

Just over two weeks ago the Czech Republic lost one of its all-time great sports heroes, former hockey player and later coach, Ivan Hlinka, who was killed in a car…

Almost thirty years have passed since communist Czechoslovakia's secret police first masterminded their infamous Asanace campaign - a clearance operation that used…

The United Nations withdrew from Iraq after a devastating attack on its headquarters a year ago. Now they are to come back early next year to help with preparing free…

In sport there is nothing quite as satisfying as a favourite peaking at just the right moment to clinch a much-expected prize. That is exactly what happened on Tuesday for…

My guest this week is American Bryn Perkins, a Geology major from L.A. who lived in Alaska and travelled through Europe in 2000 before settling in Prague. Since then Bryn…

A new bribery scandal has shaken the Czech political establishment ahead of the government's confidence vote - with a government MP coming forward with the allegation he…