Pavla Horáková

Last Saturday, hundreds of comics fans from the Czech Republic gathered at the Mlejn Club in Prague for a day of discussions, lectures and friendly chatting about what's…

The year of the Monkey has started - that appears to be the main international story in today's Czech papers. On the domestic front, the dailies offer a mixed bag of…

Only a tiny minority of Czech women choose to give birth outside hospital, but they should still be allowed to make a choice - or at least that's what both the World…

The history of Ancient Egypt has been studied in the Czech lands for more than 100 years and Czechs have been actively involved in excavations in Egypt for over four…

"If I fail to push through my reform plans, I'm prepared to resign" - those are words that the Czech public don't hear very often from the country's politicians. Now there…

On Friday, the Czech Republic marks the 35th anniversary of the self-immolation of student Jan Palach who set himself alight in protest at the growing lethargy in society…

Among the domestic topics in today's dailies the one that dominates is the likely candidacy of former Environment Minister and current Social Democrat MP Milos Kuzvart for…

Last week we reported that possibly thousands of Czechs, former illegal employees of the US retailer Wal-Mart, can sue their former employer for compensation. Former Wal…

Last week we started a short series on Czech Egyptology, probably the best-known branch of Czech archaeology. Jaromir Krejci of the Czech Institute of Egyptology took us…