Jan Velinger

September 30th - this Monday, 52 years after it came into existence, the Czech section of Radio Free Europe shall broadcast for the very last time. Broadcasting began May…

This October 2nd will see the 28th annual Ekofilm film festival get underway here in the Czech Republic, a festival devoted entirely to the topic of the environment as…

One of the prevailing themes in today's newspapers is that of increases, either in wages or in monthly pensions: PRAVO's lead story covers Education Minister Petra Buzkova…

National Geographic is known all around the world: as a society and a magazine it is valued for its high standards of scientific writing and photography, as well as its…

German and Slovak elections without exception dominate all the headlines in today's Czech papers: Social Democrat Gerhard Schroeder narrowly the victor thanks to the…

Coming up on Insight Central Europe this week: the Czech Republic's coalition government experiences its first serious crisis since coming into office - but holds together…

There is a wide mix of topics in today's Czech papers, many of them with a legal slant, but before we look at perhaps the top story in the news is President Vaclav Havel…

Who doesn't love a good game? In this week's edition of Magazine Jan Velinger visited the 7th annual Brain teasers, Puzzles, and Magic tricks fair recently held in Prague.