Pavla Horáková

The Czech-born author Jan Novak has won the coveted Magnesia Litera "book of the year" award for his biographical novel about two brothers who fled communist…

After two months of turmoil, Prime Minister Stanislav Gross finally handed in his resignation on Monday morning. Mr Gross had come under extreme pressure, after…

Having lived in one of the grey prefab housing estates on the outskirts of Prague for most of my life, I continue to be amazed at how much history surrounds me now that I…

This week in Mailbox: recipes for Czech potato dishes and the pronunciation of their names. We also launch a debate about what makes good radio and where international…

Welcome to the ABC of Czech, our special language course, in which we look at words connected with food and cuisine. This week it's the turn of an ingredient that has a…

On Monday the winners of the annual Magnesia Litera literary awards will be announced in Prague, and the ceremony will be shown live on Czech Television. One book has been…

This week in Mailbox we talk about Insight Central Europe with the programme's producer, Dita Asiedu, and we repeat the questions for Radio Prague's listeners…

Czech food and cuisine - that is the topic of our ABC of Czech series this season. And today we look at the potato - a staple food in many parts of the world. Plain boiled…