Pavla Horáková

Friday's surprise announcement by the coalition parties that they would nominate the outgoing Prime Minister and Euro-enthusiast Vladimir Spidla as the Czech Republic's…

In this week's edition: Czech sense of humour, J. K. Rowling's criticism of caged beds in Czech psychiatric hospitals, the name "Czechia". Listeners quoted: Asim Sharif…

The film Shrek 2 that has just been released in the Czech Republic. But in Czech cinemas Shrek does not speak in the voice of Mike Myers, the donkey is not Eddie Murphy…

Jan Zahradil, a Euro-MP for the Civic Democrats, a member party of the largest right-of-centre faction in the European Parliament, is no newcomer to EU institutions: for a…

It was by accident that a laboratory worker discovered the healing properties of a tiny fungus, Pythium oligandrum, for humans. In the 1970s the team of scientist Dasa…

It seems ever more likely that the new government will be formed by the same coalition parties as the outgoing one. Over the weekend the top executive body of the Social…

In this week's edition of Mailbox: the performance of the Czech national team at Euro 2004, German surnames, One on One theme song. Listeners quoted: Stephen Tonge and…