Society
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Arnost Lustig: writers are like clowns
The life of Arnost Lustig (81) is like an excursion through modern Czech history. The internationally renowned author of novels such as Dita Saxova, A Prayer for Katherine…
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With or without fries? Czechs and fast food
Over the last seventeen years Czechs have gotten increasingly used to fast food and now many accept everything from hamburgers to hot dogs to pizza as part of their…
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Svejk weekends following circuitous footsteps of literary character
The Good Soldier Svejk is one of the best known and best loved of Czech literary creations. Enlisted into the Austrio-Hungarian Army during the Great War, Svejk manages by…
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New exhibition charts development of Czech trade from Haslerky to Tesco
Since the fall of communism the Czech Republic has undergone a complete transformation towards a capitalist economy, visible everywhere from the revitalization of Skoda to…
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Dog owners to be held responsible for any injuries inflicted by their pets
Every year close to two thousand people in the Czech Republic are attacked by aggressive dogs. In the past nine years ten people have been mauled to death in such attacks…
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Czechs to learn more about organic food
Organic foods have become ever more popular in western countries in recent years, with consumers often willing to pay a little more for increasingly available organic…
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New map offers the blind a view of Prague
Prague is renowned as one of the most beautiful and striking cities in Europe, but for those who are blind such beauty is more difficult to appreciate. Now however, a new…
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Sumava National Park to open its forbidden zones to public
Sumava National Park is one of the Czech Republic's last remaining untouched nature reserves. It stretches some 120 km across south-western Bohemia along the German border…
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IAEA head says: Temelin nuclear power plant is safe
The drawn-out Czech-Austrian dispute over the Temelin nuclear power plant in south Bohemia, located just sixty kilometers from the Austrian border, took a new turn over…
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Read all about it! - The Prague free-newspaper boom
When I last lived in Prague a couple of years ago, it was common to find, in the corner of each and every metro station, a stand for the free newspaper Metro. This stand…
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Mailbox
Today in Mailbox: the fifty-heller coin once again, the upcoming renovation of the Czech Radio building on Vinohradska Street, the Prague public transport, and Radio…
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Magazine
The latest fad in the Czech Republic: seven mile boots. Tomato battles in the town of Radvanice and the summer exhibition Sculpture Grande has one exhibit less - a six…
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