Rosie Johnston

One of the highlights of my week was a visit to Třeboň, South Bohemia, in pursuit of carp on Monday. I had high hopes for the town itself, with all of my colleagues…

This weekend sees the 19th annual ‘Babí léto’ festival take place at Prague’s Bohnice psychiatric clinic. The festival comprises of both music and drama and, for the fifth…

The addiction centre at Prague’s Apolinářská hospital – one of the first facilities of its kind in the world - celebrated its 60th anniversary on Wednesday. To mark the…

Perhaps unsurprisingly for a landlocked country, the Czech Republic has one of the lowest rates of fish consumption in the European Union. Czechs eat around five kilograms…

The Czech Philharmonic kicks off its 2008-2009 season on Friday night with a recital of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony no. 2. It will be conducted at Prague’s Rudolfinum by one…

Images of the Czech Radio building on Vinohradská Street have been on display all over Prague in recent weeks, in memory of the key role that the building played during…

In July, the paper Mladá fronta Dnes exposed neglect and abuse in a care home for the elderly in Prague. This Tuesday, the minister for human rights Džamila Stehlíková met…