Rosie Johnston

A caretaker cabinet to tide the Czech Republic to early elections is supposed to be formally appointed on Friday, but there’s still no agreement on who will be in it. Last…

Research conducted by the Czech charity People in Need two years ago suggested that nearly three-quarters of school-age boys in this country had a ‘negative attitude’…

As news emerges that the swine flu virus has hit Europe, with cases confirmed in both Britain and Spain, three Czechs remain under surveillance after displaying symptoms…

After several years in this country I finally, finally had my first proper Czech chata (country cottage) experience a couple of weeks ago. The whole thing was a bit like a…

The Cirkus totality (or Totalitarian Circus) was one of the cultural projects chosen to accompany the Czech Republic’s EU presidency. As part of the project, a new…

The Czech expatriate organization Beseda Volnost was founded in the Brussels pub of a Mr Antonín Trojan in 1904. Its membership has grown some from the original 29 Czechs…

In light of this weekend’s march in Ústí nad Labem, and Saturday's violent attack on a Roma family in Vítkov, the government has pledged to do more to stamp out extremism…