Jan Velinger

Until now the importation of foreign waste for disposal to the Czech Republic has been strictly banned - though there was an appeal to change the law on waste disposal…

Mild weather and perfect conditions over the past few days have brought renewed opportunity for professional and amateur bird-watchers in the Czech Republic to observe an…

Most, if not all of today's Czech dailies reflect on the meeting of the so-called "Big Three" - Tony Blair, Gerhard Schroeder, and Jacques Chirac - in Berlin, exercising…

When visiting the Czech Republic it's hard if not impossible, to not reflect on Bohemia's rich and extensive history. By touring the country's many castles in the…

The Czech Republic lost one of its most popular humorists on Monday when Miloslav Simek succumbed to leukaemia. This year the well-known actor / comedian whose career…

Harold Pinter. Edna O'Brien. Martin Amis, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Irvine Welsh. Those are just a few of the many renowned international authors who attended the Prague…

Ostrava Banik has opened the spring football schedule with 2-0 victory over Liberec, while Sparta Prague has kept pace by beating a feisty Opava side; ice hockey's Pilsen…

Since Stepping Out began last year we've tried to profile some of the most interesting and attractive venues in Prague - as well as the acts that play them. This week I…

Images from around the world dominate today's Czech dailies: from pictures of Muslim women protesting the ban on religious headscarves in France, to the crash of a plane…