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Topolanek signs Lisbon Treaty but critics claim Civic Democrats want ratification delayed
A great deal of pomp and ceremony was on display at Lisbon’s Jeronimos Monastery on Thursday as leaders of the European Union’s 27 member countries signed the landmark…
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Visegrad Four grapple with problem of Kosovo independence
The future of Kosovo has been exercising minds throughout Europe in recent weeks, and now the UN deadline for a settlement on the Serbian province has expired, talks have…
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Teachers strike, schools close in protest at “below average” wages
A crowd of some 2,000 teachers and other education employees held a noisy demonstration near the Education Ministry on Tuesday morning, on a day when more than half of the…
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Mlada Fronta Dnes – neo-Nazis infiltrating Czech Armed Forces
Remember all the fuss a few weeks ago when a neo-Nazi group tried to march through the Jewish quarter on the anniversary of Kristallnacht? That march was prevented, but…
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Californian artist proposes “Peace Dome” instead of U.S. radar base
The Bush administration’s plans to build a radar base in the Czech Republic as part of the U.S. missile defence shield have stirred passions both at home and abroad. One…
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Government unveils ambitious reform of justice system
Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and Justice Minister Jiri Pospisil unveiled ambitious plans to overhaul the Czech Republic’s inefficient and painfully slow justice system…
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Neo-Nazi groups plan revenge for Kristallnacht fiasco
The failure of neo-Nazis to march through Prague’s Jewish quarter – and the subsequent skirmishes between skinheads and anarchist demonstrators – have certainly dominated…
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A grim reminder - a prison camp on Wenceslas Square?
It's eighteen years since the Velvet Revolution that toppled communism in Czechoslovakia, so if you're walking through the centre of Prague in the next ten days you might…
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Prague public transport plans revolution - price hikes, chip cards, metro turnstiles
Prague's public transport system is frequently described by foreign visitors as one of the best in Europe, even though the natives often seem bemused at all the praise…
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Observer says hundreds of neo-Nazis could answer call to march
Saturday is the Sabbath, the day of rest for the Jewish people, but this Saturday looks like being anything but quiet, as dozens, possibly hundreds of far-right extremists…
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