Jan Velinger

The Czech Republic is facing a shortage of flats on the real estate market, according to financial daily Hospodářské noviny. Most acutely affected, the paper writes, is…

The Czech government on Monday failed to take a position on a proposal to tax the state’s financial compensation to the Church for property seized by the former Communist…

The highly-respected festival Days of European Film kicked off on Thursday, promising some of the best in recent European cinema. Among the cream of the crop this year are…

Friday, April 8, is International Romani Day, celebrating Roma culture and raising awareness about Roma issues. This week, organisers behind the Sobě blíž (Closer Together…

Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek returned to the Czech Republic on Tuesday from a three-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian Autonomous Territories. The visit was…

Prague Zoo has reason to celebrate, the birth in the early hours of Tuesday of its latest addition: a new baby Indian elephant. It is the first time in the zoo’s long…

In this week’s Sunday Music we feature tracks from singer/actress Barbora Poláková’s debut. The singer is behind the singles Kráva (Cow) and Nafrněná (snooty or stuck-up).

In this week’s Czech Life, we talk to Manfred Strnad, the editor-in-chief of the Czech edition of Mountain Bike Action (MBA). Discussed in our interview is the decades-old…