Pavla Horáková

The Czech president's powers are largely constitutional, but one area where he can exercise real influence is in granting pardons. The question of who should be given a…

Just before eight o'clock on Monday morning, passengers on some public transport buses in Prague could hear the drivers talking to the control centre for longer than usual…

On Thursday evening, Smetana's Litomysl International Opera Festival opens for the 46th time. Taking place in the little Bohemian town of Litomysl - the birthplace of…

I'm now standing by a waterfall in South Vietnam. Only five minutes ago I was watching tropical fish in South America and climbing the Andes in Venezuela. While the main…

Both rightist and leftist opposition parties beat the ruling centre-left coalition in the European Parliament election at the weekend, just weeks after the Czech Republic…

In the first ever European Parliament elections in the Czech Republic, the largely unreconstructed opposition Communist Party took second place with 20.26 percent, or six…