Pavla Horáková

In this week's edition: the death of ice-hockey coach Ivan Hlinka; one year since the death of Radio Prague's Olga Szantova; Olympics music request. Listeners quoted…

In this week's edition: the Benes decrees, US presidential candidate John Kerry's Czech ancestors, listeners' requests for songs. Listeners quoted: Mary Lou Krenek, Lee…

It's been two years since the "500-year" flood swept through the Vltava River basin and inundated the Czech capital. Along with other cultural treasures, Prague's…

When a flood wave hit the Czech capital Prague two years ago it damaged not only buildings in the vicinity of the Vltava but also their contents. Entire archives were…

In this week's edition: Czech Olympic team, Radio Prague QSL cards, drinking drivers. Listeners quoted: Mohammad Shamim, India; Lee Archer, USA; Ronald W. Dixon, Canada.

The incoming European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso on Thursday unveiled the line-up of the new EU executive, which will take office in November. The former Czech…

One of the stars of Czech film in the 30s and 40s, Zdenka Sulanova, has died at the age of 84. Thanks to her unmistakable singing voice and her delicate appearance so…

"Spare the rod, spoil the child," is a philosophy still widely practised by most Czech parents. Studies carried out by the Centre of Preventative Medicine at Charles…

"The most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010": That's what the European Union aspires to become in its ambitious Lisbon strategy launched…