Rob Cameron

Electricity prices are set to rise again in 2013, as the government seeks to recoup losses from huge subsidies paid out during the recent boom in solar power. Cheap solar…

The city of Plzeň is perhaps best known for its iconic beer – the famous gates at the entrance to the brewery are the city’s best-known landmark. But less than a kilometre…

European leaders meeting in Brussels have agreed a timetable for the creation of a single banking supervisor for the eurozone. All 6,000 banks in the eurozone would be…

A man who lived for more than six months without a heart died at the weekend, ending a remarkable experiment in medicine that could pave the way for improving treatment of…

The Czech Republic goes to the polls this weekend, with voters choosing members of the country’s regional assemblies as well as one third of the seats in the upper house…

A minor scuffle in Prague at the weekend is now receiving nationwide coverage, after video footage showed police officers using what appeared to be excessive force to…

Planes bound for Prague will no longer be landing at Ruzyně Airport; at midday Friday the airport was officially renamed Letiště Václava Havla Praha, or Václav Havel…

The death has been announced of the veteran anarchist Jakub Polák, regarded as the leading light of the Czechoslovak and later Czech anarchist movement. The founder of…

The Czech government bowed to pressure from the European Union on Thursday evening, imposing an immediate ban on exports of hard alcohol. The ban came amidst warnings the…

The Czech authorities continue efforts to restart sales of hard alcohol, with plans to ease the controversial ban on spirits introduced in the wake of the methanol scandal…