Pavla Horáková

Weather forecasts are something that most people take for granted these days. If you want to know whether to put on that extra jumper, you can turn on the TV, the radio…

On Saturday, demonstrations took place around the globe to mark the first anniversary of the start of the US-led war in Iraq. Thousands of people gathered in Sydney, Tokyo…

It has finally hit the Czech Republic, too. I am talking about the "smash-hit reality entertainment show", known in Britain as Pop Idol, and broadcast under different…

NATO Secretary General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer was originally supposed to spend a whole day in the Czech Republic on Thursday, meeting the country's top officials and taking…

Last Thursday's events in Madrid continue to make headlines in Czech newspapers almost a week later. Both Lidove Noviny and Pravo lead with stories about breakthroughs in…

This week the Czech Academy of Sciences is holding a number of events to mark European Brain Week.

Staying with the brain, or braininess, to be more accurate - last year inventors and innovators in the Czech Republic applied for a record number of patents. Precisely 627…

There may not be too many signs of it, but spring is definitely coming.

March 15th the world celebrates Consumer Rights Day - an annual event highlighting consumer rights and issues both locally and internationally. The theme for 2004 is water…