Martin Mikule

Although Czechs have never been too eager to go to war, arms production has played an important role in the Czech economy. The Czechoslovak army before the Second World…

The museum devoted to the Czech philosopher, theologian and writer Jan Amos Comenius in the Dutch town of Naarden near Amsterdam has been rescued. Comenius is one of the…

Ukrainians at home and abroad wait with great anticipation to see if a re-election will be called. Yesterday, members of the Forum Ukrajincu or Ukrainian Forum and Czech…

Prague is well known as a city full of theatres, concert halls, music clubs and galleries. All year round there are festivals in all fields of the arts. But is it…

The Czech writer and journalist Libuse Konradova has just written a book about the life of Jaroslav Novak, a navigator of the British Royal Air Force during the World War…

Wednesday is the 17th November - 15 years after the huge demonstrations in Prague that marked the beginning of the end for the communist system in Czechoslovakia. So today…

In today's Arts I will take you beyond the borders of the Czech Republic. We visit a film festival in the eastern German city of Cottbus. There are dozens or even hundreds…

15 years ago, on November 9th 1989 the infamous Berlin Wall fell, bringing down a barrier that had held East Germans behind the Iron Curtain and the most potent symbol of…

The eastern German city of Cottbus last week organized its 14th Film Festival specializing on East European Cinema. Apart from the feature film competition and a display…

Leos Janacek's "Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs" performed by Iva Bittova and the Skampa Quartet opened the Prague part of an international music project called "Czech…