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For the last 20 years, the composer and passionate mushroom-picker Vaclav Halek has been strolling through Bohemia's woods and fields, carrying a traditional mushroom…

China's first man in space Yang Liwei makes a front-page appearance on all the Czech dailies today: the Chinese astronaut is shown waving to the crowds after orbiting the…

My guest this week is Andrew Pitts, an American double bass maker living and working in Prague. A native of Los Angeles, Andrew has lived in the Czech Republic for eleven…

Making the headlines today - news that former Communist official Karel Hoffman has lost his appeal in court for his role in the 1968 Soviet-led invasion, claims that the…

The news that former president Vaclav Havel has failed to win this year's Nobel Peace Prize came too late for Friday's papers of course - although several commentators do…

The Carpathian Mountains dominate much of Eastern Europe. Originating in Romania, they arch round into Ukraine, passing through Slovakia and Poland, before finally…