Rosie Johnston

It has repeatedly made its way into my conversation this winter how much Czechs love heating their homes. Now, you have every right to ask 'who doesn't?'– but I can…

In a crucial third round of voting at Prague Castle on Friday night President Václav Klaus won a second term in office. Ian Willoughby has been following developments and…

In Business News this week: Analysts predict economic growth this year unlikely to surpass that of 2007; Prague is found to be the twelfth richest region in the EU; the…

All over the world couples are celebrating - and singletons are doing their best to ignore - the fact that February 14th is St. Valentine’s Day. The romantic festival has…

As one art critic once said, the paintings of Josef Lada accompany Czechs from cradle to grave. He is as well known for his illustrations of fairy tales and children’s…

Citizen Havel – a fly-on-the-wall documentary following former head of state Václav Havel through two presidential terms - has been a big success amongst Czech cinemagoers…

It’s hard to imagine a Wenceslas Square without sausage stands, selling hot dogs, greasy Czech klobasas, and beer. It had seemed such fast-food stalls would be removed, as…

We’ve heard a lot over the last couple of days about the presidential candidates Jan Svejnar and Vaclav Klaus, but you know what they say - behind every great man, there’s…

It’s been a long day at Prague Castle. After hours of deadlock, Czech lawmakers finally started voting on who should be the country’s next president. The Czech Republic’s…