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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…

After months of delay the South Korean automaker Hyundai began construction on Wednesday on a one-billion-euro car assembly plant in Nosovice, northeast Moravia. The…

The head of the U.S. Missile Defence Agency Lieutenant General Henry Obering paid a visit to Prague on Monday to drum up support for a plan to place an American radar…

The United States is rolling out the big guns as it tries to persuade those opposed to placing part of its missile defence system in Europe. On Monday the head of the…

The United States is rolling out the big guns as it tries to persuade those opposed to placing part of its missile defence system in Europe. On Monday the head of the…

The threat of further strike action at the Skoda Auto car plant in Mlada Boleslav has been averted after management and unions agreed a deal on pay. Most of Skoda's 24,000…

Campaigners from the Czech branch of the environmental organisation Greenpeace gathered outside Prague's Italian Embassy on Tuesday. They were there to call on the Italian…

In this week's Arts, one of Czechoslovakia's most infamous communist show trials could be about to become a Hollywood blockbuster. We talk to a young Czech film producer…

Dozens of non-governmental organisations from both the Czech Republic and abroad gathered in Prague on Wednesday for an annual NGO market. The event, which was open to the…