Pavla Horáková

Visitors admiring the beauty of Prague's spires and the colourful facades of its historic buildings are often in for an unpleasant surprise. Prague residents learnt long…

In this week's edition of Czech Science we look at a new encyclopaedia that has just been published. In 2000 and 2001 the Euromedia Group publishing house put out a ten…

Last week was European Week of Science and Technology. The Czech Republic joined it with a number of events and discussions showing the highlights, but also unveiling the…

According to the Interior Ministry's statistics, almost 10,000 traffic accidents in 2002 were caused by drunk drivers or pedestrians. Alcohol on the roads was responsible…

The former director of the commercial TV station Nova Vladimir Zelezny appears to be back in the limelight. His photo dominates the front pages of the three main national…

Technical universities in the Czech Republic have been witnessing a gradual drop in the number of students over the past years, as is the case pretty much everywhere else…

Last week, Czech academics marked the 90th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Czech scientist and legendary inventor of the contact lens and the synthetic fibre …

Last Tuesday, some shocking news stirred the quiet atmosphere of what was a national holiday here in the Czech Republic. A report published by the German branch of the…

In the Roman Catholic calendar, the second of November is known as the Day of Remembrance of All Deceased Believers. In popular language Czechs call the day Dusicky, All…