Martin Mikule

It was exactly three years ago that devastating floods swept through the Czech Republic. One of the most seriously affected areas was the Prague district of Karlin, where…

A few weeks ago we reported on the Prague Fringe Festival, bringing together 150 perfromers from all over the world in the Czech capital. One group with a special…

Hamlet - an original Czech musical composed and written by Czech hit maker Janek Ledecky. It's based on Shakespeare's classic and was a great success with Czech audiences…

Not long after Civic Democrat leader Mirek Topolanek threatened a "night of the long knives" for the civil service if his party wins the next elections, he now finds…

While commuting long distances to work is a normal part of life in many countries, Czechs have traditionally been reluctant to commute. But the trend is now beginning to…

Have you ever visited a Prague restaurant and faced a particularly grumpy waiter? Or still worse, found yourself being overcharged? In the last six months the Czech Trade…

Czech public TV - today known as Czech Television - started to broadcast in the early 1950s. Ever since those early days continuity announcers have played an important…

The fallout continues from Saturday's crackdown on the CzechTek party in West Bohemia, in which 1,000 riot police dispersed thousands of techno fans with tear gas and…

Radio Free Europe was established by the Congress of the United States to broadcast news and current affairs programs to Eastern European countries behind the Iron Curtain…

Radio Free Europe, which many Czechs listened to surreptitiously in the Communist era, moved from Munich to Prague in the early 1990s, at the invitation of then president…