Rob Cameron

The dispute surrounding the Temelin nuclear power plant in South Bohemia is very much back on the agenda. Last week Austrian anti-nuclear demonstrators blockaded a number…

President Vaclav Klaus launched his latest book on Wednesday, this time aimed at what he called the "hysteria" surrounding the debate over global warming. Mr Klaus claims…

Madeleine Albright, the Prague-born former United States secretary of state, is celebrating her 70th birthday. Born Marie Jana Korbelova on May 15 1937, she was forced to…

The financial daily Hospodarske noviny carries a long article on Tuesday about the problem of labour shortages in the Czech Republic, the latest coverage of a much…

The Labour and Social Affairs Minister Petr Necas said this weekend that if the government's public finance reforms are adopted, unemployment could fall below five percent…

A short ceremony was held in Prague on Friday morning to commemorate the thousands of Russian émigrés who were illegally abducted by the Soviet secret police at the close…

The row continues over plans to build a new home for Prague's National Library. The priceless collection of books and manuscripts is set to move from the baroque…

The Czech government appeared to soften its approach to a new European constitution this week - provided the EU doesn't call it that. This week the cabinet - dominated by…

In this week's Arts, we speak to one of the Czech Republic's most important contemporary classical composers, Juraj Filas. Citing Verdi, Beethoven and Mahler among his…

President Vaclav Klaus has embarked on his first state visit to Russia since becoming president. It's a historic visit but one that comes at a time of rising tensions…