Pavla Horáková

In this week's Mailbox: Manuscripts of Emperor Charles IV's autobiography; the oldest circus company in the Czech Republic; recent audio problems on Radio Prague…

Hello and welcome to the ABC of Czech and our current series focusing on Czech food and cuisine. Today we'll be looking at typical Czech party food.

2005 seems to be a remarkably lucky year for Czech archaeologists. After several discoveries in Prague, including the original burial chamber of Emperor Charles IV, and a…

The 2005 World Expo in the Japanese prefecture of Aichi is slowly drawing to a close. As part of the huge international show, visitors have been able to enjoy the Czech…

Emperor Charles IV's coronation procession was one of the events marking the launch of the European Heritage Days in Prague last weekend. It is the first time that a post…

The devastating effects of Hurrican Katrina continue to make headlines worldwide as the full scope of the disaster is revealed. The Czech government is sending 25 million…

Slovakia's public service TV station STV has found itself in hot water recently, after showing the Czech puppet show Spejbl and Hurvinek. The problem is that the law says…

As we reported last week, Czech Radio has launched another of its digital projects, a station specialising in science and nature, called Leonardo. In this week's Czech…

This year, for the fifteenth time, cultural and historical sites are being opened to the public for free as part of the European Heritage Days - a tradition that aims to…

This week in Mailbox: audio problems in Radio Prague broadcasts; hurricane Katrina; winner of August competition. Listeners quoted: David Eldridge, England; Russ, US…