Martin Mikule

The largest party in the Czech government, the Social Democrats have not had many reasons to be happy in recent months. Because of widespread disillusion with their…

Earlier this week the opposition Civic Democratic Party organized an international conference to support Ukraine's ambitions to join the European Union. The event was…

The EU constitution suffered another major set-back on Monday when Britain announced it would be postponing its referendum vote. The decision provoked immediate reaction…

A major debate has broken out in the last few days about what language is appropriate in the Czech public service media. In a weekly Czech Radio satirical program, which…

Central European countries, including the Czech Republic, have gone through a computer revolution over the last decade. Whereas ten years ago a lot of offices still used…

Even though there were many Czechs who suffered appallingly during the Second World War - whether it was in concentration camps or as forced labour - most of them have…

It has been just over a month since Jiri Paroubek was appointed prime minister, the third person to head the Czech government within a year. While Vladimir Spidla stepped…

Many visitors to Prague, as well as locals believe that the most beautiful month of the year is May. After the long cold winter, it is the month of pleasantly warm weather…

In 1989, at the time of the collapse of communism in Czechoslovakia, most of the international media focused on those events. Even later, during the process of transition…

The Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek embarked on a brief official visit to the United Kingdom on Monday. It was his first such trip since being named prime minister a…