Pavla Horáková

November 7th had a very special place in the calendar of communist Czechoslovakia. Preparations started well in advance to mark the Soviet National Holiday, which was the…

This week: The winner of our October competition; Radio Prague's special October 28 programme; St Vitus' Cathedral; street crime in the Czech Republic; new competition…

A new tune has announced a new short sequence in Radio Prague's language series examining Czech countryside idioms. Last time we finished with farm animals and now we…

The American writer Robert Fulghum, the author of such bestsellers as "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" and "It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It…

Aenne Burda, the founder of the Burda-Moden fashion publishing group and one of Germany's most successful businesswomen, died on Thursday aged 96. During communist times…

The hunting season in the Czech Republic is in full swing. On Tuesday, the small game shooting season opened, allowing licensed hunters to shoot hare, rabbit, duck and…

The topic of my Letter from Prague today has appeared in a number of our programmes over the last weeks. It is genealogy and tracing one's roots. By sheer coincidence that…

This week: response to a listener's letter aired in previous Mailbox; black storks and their migration routes. Listeners quoted: Stephen Conlin, UK; Robert Davis, US; K…

Welcome to the last episode of the culinary series of the ABC of Czech. Having explored the Czech Christmas table last week, today we'll close the series with a look at…