Pavla Horáková

Mustard gas or Yperite was first used as a chemical weapon by the German Army in World War I in September 1917 near the Belgian town of Ypres and took a heavy toll of…

The Czech Republic has its first victim of terrorism. Twenty-four year old Petr Koran worked for a travel agency in Sharm el-Sheikh. He was sitting in a café when the…

Hello and welcome to our Mailbox programme in which we read from your letters and answer your questions. First of all, let's hear two views on the role of international…

Welcome to the ABC of Czech and its current culinary series. Today we'll look at pasta in Czech cuisine. If you have so far associated pasta only with Italy, today you…

Last month we reported on the reopening of Prague's popular recreation spot Zlute lazne or the Yellow Spa on the Vltava River. Although the last few days have not been…

The Czech charity People in Need has been forced to cease its activities in Chechnya and Ingushetia. The Russian authorities refused to extend its permit to operate in…

Maternity hospitals around the Czech Republic are bursting at the seams. The annual birth rate in the Czech Republic has been slowly increasing over the last five years…