Society
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Prison Service criticised for prison calendar featuring female silhouettes
Last year the Czech Prison Service decided to commission a calendar for 2007 that would be just "a little bit different", a calendar featuring shapely female silhouettes…
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Zizkov TV Tower celebrates its 15th anniversary
One of the most controversial buildings in Prague, the futuristic Zizkov TV Tower, is this week celebrating its 15th anniversary. Long before that date, many people in…
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New initiative demands final settlement of disputes between Church and State
Last week's Supreme Court ruling, which handed control of Prague's St. Vitus' Cathedral to the Czech state has once again focused attention on the tense relationship…
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Roma evictions back in the spotlight
When the then mayor of Vsetin Jiri Cunek evicted several hundred Romany rent defaulters from their homes and re-housed them in hastily erected portacabins and vacant…
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Czech politicians under suspicion of corruption involving Gripen deal
The Czech Republic may be about to face one of the biggest corruption scandals in the country's history. Britain's Serious Fraud Office is running an investigation to…
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Do you speak Slovak?
The only foreign language which Czech television does not dub is Slovak. Most Czechs don't mind. For 73 years of the 20th century Slovakia was part of their home country…
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Steep rise in number of domestic abusers cast out of homes in Prague
A new law that came into effect this year, allowing the police to expel domestic abusers from their homes for ten days, appears to be bearing fruit. While four men were …
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Can proposed new reforms save failing healthcare system?
For Czechs, extensive medical care has been the norm for generations. Healthcare was free for all in this country under communism. Since the Velvet Revolution, Czechs have…
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Architectural historian Zdenek Lukes - on Prague Castle, the Communists' atomic bunker and the…
In today's One on One Jan's guest is Zdenek Lukes, one of the country's most respected architectural historians, employed at the Office of the President's heritage section…
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Criminal science as the main theme of this year's Zizkov Carnival
The 'Masopust' - or Carnival - in Prague's Zizkov quarter is set to come to a climax on Tuesday. 'Masopust' always takes place towards the end of winter, before the start…
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Supreme Court overturns earlier rulings, returns famous cathedral to state
Many in the Czech Republic considered it "case closed" when a Prague appeals court last September confirmed the Roman Catholic Church's ownership of Prague's famous St…
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Initiative to form multi-cultural police force bears little fruit
The Czech Police proudly announced last year that a new initiative would see the force more multi-cultural. Members of the country's biggest minority group, the Roma…
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