Jan Velinger

12:43

Viktorie Beldová - Designer of a crown fit for a king

The Belda family are famous Prague jewellers who are the only ones certified to oversee the upkeep of the Czech crown jewels; recently, the youngest designer in the family…

03:12

Travel

More than half of Segway rental sites in Prague close doors since ban introduced

More than half Prague Segway rental sites have shut down since the Czech capital introduced a ban on the two-wheeled vehicles in most of the city centre. Czech Radio…

Lubomír Zaorálek, Mevlut Cavusoglu, photo: CTK

03:07

Foreign policy

Foreign minister cautiously optimistic about fate of two Czechs detained in Turkey

The fate of two Czechs detained in Turkey last month, facing potential terrorism charges, is far from certain but Czech Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek, on an official…

Business

Poll: More than 50 percent of Czechs support new electronic cash register system

A new poll conducted by the Median agency for public broadcaster Czech Television suggests that 58 percent of the population supports the Finance Ministry’s flagship…

03:08

Society

Lawmakers in lower house approve anti-smoking bill

In the Czech Republic, smokers, roughly a quarter of the population, burn through 21 billion cigarettes each year; but after last Friday, they are likely to soon no longer…