Kay Grigar

Two Czech men, caught for smuggling drugs under the unforgiving drug laws of Thailand, arrived at the Prague airport on Tuesday. The Czech Justice Ministry had sent an…

The State Veterinary Institute announced Friday that over 500 food processing plants were shut down in the Czech Republic at the end of 2003. The closures of the plants…

It is a pleasure for me to do this week's edition of Czech Books. I had the opportunity to speak with Czech author, playwright and journalist Benjamin Kuras. We have had…

Welcome to Czechs in History. Today we look at the famous Czech actor Jan Werich, who never lost his ability to laugh or his sharp social awareness, even through two world…

The patience of Czech general practitioners, dentists and pharmacists is quickly coming to an end. About 22 000 health care professionals stopped providing their services…

Russia has emerged as one of the world's leading "exporters" of asylum seekers to the rest of Europe. There has been a steady influx of Chechens from the Russian…

For the past year now, the authorities have been running a scheme to lure skilled foreign workers to the Czech Republic as the country's population ages and people go…

In March of this year Cuban dictator Fidel Castro imprisoned 75 human rights activists with sentences ranging from six to twenty-seven years, an action somberly understood…

With the magic of Christmas right around the corner, children and adults alike are getting into the spirit of the season, not just by scouring the shopping malls. Outside…

A small Nepalese community living in Prague hosted an event last Thursday. Czech guests savored the spices of Nepalese food and enjoyed the spectacle and vibrant colours…