Jan Velinger

Czech astronomers have warned of the growing impact of so-called light pollution – excessive or obtrusive light – from surrounding cities and towns which impact the…

2016 was a very good year when it came to the state budget, which ended with a surplus of 61.8 billion crowns. The result is the best since the foundation of the Czech…

This Tuesday marks 80 years that the first match was held in the country’s first national hockey league. The teams Sparta Prague and Vítkovice faced off on a natural ice…

Czechs will mark the upcoming 40th anniversary of the Charter 77 human rights manifesto. The text, signed by dissidents such as playwright Václav Havel, philosopher Jan…

In most respects 2016 was a good year for tourism not least in the Czech capital, which saw yet another increase in the number of visitors. But there were complications as…

It has been almost two years since Czech traveller Petr Kočnar settled in Rwanda after previously visiting other countries in Africa. Kočnar originally hoped to volunteer…

When Slovak businessman Richard Galovič acquired the Favorit brand name of former Czechoslovakia’s famous but long defunct bike producer, some wondered whether it wasn’t a…

Visitors to the Czech Republic as well as locals should be warned that stores larger than 200 square metres will close at noon on December 24 and remain closed for two…

Petra Kvitová will play tennis again but getting there will not be easy: that is the consensus after the two-time Wimbledon champion underwent almost four hours of surgery…

Czech political leaders have offered their condolences to Germany in the wake of Monday’s terrorist attack on a Christmas market in Berlin which killed 12 people and left…