Jan Velinger

Noir fiction and the sub-genre Urban Noir do not have a long-standing tradition in Czech writing, where the emphasis for many years was on classic mysteries and detective…

Polling stations opened in parts of the Czech Republic of Friday for voting in the regional and Senate elections. Voting is taking place in 13 of 14 of the country’s…

The three parties in government have agreed to boost the country’s monthly minimum wage from the current 9,900 to 11,000 crowns (around 400 euros). The boost is the third…

Zuno Banka, an online banking unit of Raiffeisen in the Czech Republic and neighbouring Slovakia, will end operations in both countries by the end of the first half of…

This week Václav Havel, who died in 2011, would have turned 80 and events in his honour are being held around the country. Some will celebrate his works as a playwright…

Business round-up for this week: Czech National Bank to keep interventions against Czech crown; Czech competition agency approved acquisition of Čedok by Polish Itaka…