Pavla Horáková

Health Minister Marie Souckova is facing another barrage of criticism. After her own party, the Social Democrats, rejected her proposed reforms of the health sector last…

Over the weekend, the first reinforcements left the Czech Republic to replace their colleagues from the 311-strong contingent serving in the Iraqi city of Basra. On a…

The recent electricity outage in the United States and Canada reminded me that during my childhood, blackouts were quite common. Of course, they never lasted more than a…

For eight weeks a team of Czech experts has been working in Iraq as part of the Coalition Provisional Authority, the US-led body administering Iraq since the overthrow of…

Precisely a year ago, a new transplant law came into effect in the Czech Republic, stipulating the terms under which organ transplants can be conducted and organ donations…

The doors of approximately one half of Czech primary and secondary schools remained closed on Monday morning as more than 70,000 teachers and other school employees called…

The Czech Republic has often been criticised for its relatively high level of corruption and economic crime. A recent survey carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers showed…

Walking downstream along the Vltava River from the Prague district of Vysehrad towards the centre of the city, you cannot miss a unique historic building, just past the…

Hello and welcome to our Czech-teaching series, focusing on farm plants and crops. Today we look at vegetables. The Czech word zelenina is derived from the word zelený…