Nick Carey

EU accession preparations and the thorny issue of the free movement of labour are rarely far from the headlines in the Czech Republic. And although the next round of…

Attacks on the Roma minority in the Czech Republic in recent years have frequently been the focus of fierce criticism by human rights organisations, as has the perceived…

Transparency International, an organisation that monitors corruption around the globe, recently published its annual corruption index. The Czech Republic fared badly, as…

The Czech Senate recently approved a law giving patients the right to know their state of health, adopting a charter drawn up by the United Nations. In this week's…

And now it's time for this week's Letter from Prague, in which Nick Carey takes a look at a tragic story that has been making the headlines for several weeks now...

Now, few people outside the Czech Republic are aware of the country's reputation in the field of Egyptology, but believe it or not, Czech Egyptologists are up there with…

By Nick Carey

Late last year, Trade and Industry Minister Miroslav Gregr unveiled plans for a programme grandly called the Big Bang. The plan, criticised by analysts and opposition…