Jan Velinger

The situation on Czech roads leaves much to be desired, in fact it's downright ugly: in spite of a general overhaul in traffic legislation two years ago that was supposed…

In today's papers the usual photos of politicians have taken a back seat to pictures of St. Nicholas - that's right, it's "Mikulas" in the Czech Republic again, a special…

Two weeks ago the Czech Constitutional court ruled that the rent system in place was unconstitutional for a second time. The decision has forced the country's coalition…

With President Vaclav Havel's final term in office now drawing quickly to a close, political parties in the Czech Republic have begun preparing themselves for the first…

Coming up in this week's Insight Central Europe, the European investment bank says 500 billion Euro are needed to bring the infrastructure in the EU candidate countries of…

The story of terrorist attacks that killed 16 and injured 80 in Mombasa, Kenya, Thursday dominates the pages of today's Czech dailies - with PRAVO showing a picture of the…

In this week's Talking Point Jan Velinger looks at the Czech film industry, which has seen the rise of talented new directors over the last few years. Every year an…

"History has been written in Prague" reads the headline in Friday's LIDOVE NOVINY summing up the situation after Day One of the NATO Summit being held in the Czech…