Jan Velinger

With Christmas Eve only days away we play Czech Christmastime favourites in today’s Sunday Music.

In Business News: Farmers estimate losses at 2.6 billion crowns; International centre to explore medical use of cannabis; Amazon plans new centre on edge of Prague; Arms…

Czechs on Friday are marking the fourth anniversary of the death of the country’s first post-communist president, Václav Havel. One thing that many people are doing in…

The country’s largest sporting goods chain, Sportisimo, is for sale according to financial daily Hospodářské noviny. With almost 100 outlets in the country and dozens more…

In a first reading, lawmakers in the Czech lower house on Tuesday backed a government bill proposing a full ban on smoking in all cafes, bars and restaurants. The…

The American e-commerce giant Amazon is aiming to build a new hall in Prague’s Horní Počernice which could be staffed by up to 3,000 employees. Around 1,000 of those…

Czech Military Intelligence will reportedly invest hundreds of millions of crowns next year in cyber-defence. No sector and no country in this day and age are immune to…

A festival called Praha žije hubdou is aiming to bring music to the streets of Prague next spring. If the project goes ahead, professionals and amateurs alike will help…