Rosie Johnston

This holiday thousands of Czechs have taken off for their country cottages, or 'chata', to enjoy the record temperatures out on the lawn. But they're not the only ones…

The Daneceks were for years a fairly normal Czech-American family, living their lives, sending their kids to school and paying off their mortgage. But three weeks ago the…

August sees month-long summer schools in the Czech language kicking off all over the country. Students from all over the world converge in the towns of Brno, Olomouc and…

Thousands of Czech women are registered as being married to Germans, Americans, Brits and Italians. But finding a westerner married to a Czech male is nigh on impossible…

...At midday the Russians launched an almighty attack on Hrabyne, their air force led the barrage. From over the hills a whole chain of Russian tanks approached. The…

Two new anthologies of Czech short stories were released on Wednesday in Prague's, 'Palace Luxor' bookshop. Fittingly for somewhere calling itself the capital's 'Palace of…

'Roman pro zeny' translates as 'A novel for women', but is actually confusingly a film released this Thursday. Its name derives from the best-selling book upon which the…

Prague's Technical Museum is in the midst of raising funds to repair an antique carousel, which has stood on the edge of Letna Park - right by the museum, since 1894. The…

When we heard that the pope was dead, my housemate Olena and I wanted to go to church and light a candle. In we ventured from the suburbs to find ourselves some suitable…

This year the Czech equivalent of 'Pop idol', 'Cesko hleda superstar' celebrates its second birthday. With a third of the adult Czech population following the show …