Jarka Hálková

According to statistics, criminality among Czech youth has been decreasing: in general, children under the age of fifteen committed fewer serious crimes - such as murder…

Gerhardt Bubnik is a successful attorney, a former international figure ice-skating referee and a highly respected professional. Despite all his achievements in both law…

Jan Spata would have celebrated his 74th birthday on October 25 if he hadn't died in August this year after a short and serious illness. A documentary maker, cameraman and…

Harvard University in Massachusetts is one of the best known universities in the world and attracts the cream of under- and post-graduate students from around the world…

This week's Arts focuses on Czech film. Jan Velinger looks at "Beauty in Trouble" - a new feature by director Jan Hrebejk - while Jarka Halkova talks to the creator of a…

In the second half of the 20th century governments as well as various international organizations decided to pay more attention to low numbers of women involved in…

Karel Gott is by far the most successful Czech singer. He has won the Golden Nightingale, a prestigious annual music award, 31 times and is, at 67, a living legend. And he…

The story of Lubos Hruska is a remarkable tale of persecution and despair but ultimate survival. Born in 1927 he was too young to play a role in World War II, although he…

The photographer Miroslav Tichy became known in the Czech Republic only recently, after he achieved major success abroad. His unusual photographs have been exhibited in…

I am standing in the main departure hall of Prague's main train station. Right to me a group of homeless men is staring into nowhere, drinking cheap wine ... fast food…