Kay Grigar

A chemical leak last Thursday in the East Bohemian town of Pardubice has caused a local doctor to launch a court case against the town's mayor. Mayor Vratislav Vojtisek…

Almost a year ago seventy-five Cuban journalists and human rights activists were imprisoned by the Castro regime. As an act of solidarity, the Czech People in Need…

At the beginning of the month an angry mob gathered outside the office of the government, lobbying against a state energy policy proposed by the Industry and Trade…

On Wednesday March 10, 2004, people around the world commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising that was crushed by the Chinese communist army. Oppression in…

My guest in this week's One on One is Howard Sidenberg from Twisted Spoon Press, an independent publisher that offers a wide spectrum of literature from Central and…

March 7th marked a very important day in Czech history as it was the 154th anniversary of the birth of Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, the founder and first president of an…

A ceremony was held at the Canadian Official Residence in Prague on Wednesday night, where former president Vaclav Havel received the Honorary Companion of the Order of…

Several infants had to be evacuated from the surgical ward of Prague's Motol hospital on Monday afternoon, after a cracked water pipe raised the floor by half a metre…

The Chamber of Deputies' decision on Wednesday to send Czech military personnel to Afghanistan is the first time that Czech soldiers have been actively deployed in a…

In neighbouring Slovakia several hundred Romanies clashed with police in the Eastern town of Trebisov Monday evening. Rocks and empty bottles were thrown, and several…