Society
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Lil' devils take over "Mikulas"
The eve of St. Nicholas' Day, known as Mikulas in Czech, has always been special in the Czech Republic. Adults and many teenagers traditionally dress up as St Nicholas, an…
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Descendant of Franz Ferdinand of Austria claims back Konopiste Castle
Seventeen years after the fall of communism, there seems to be no end to court cases demanding the return of property confiscated in the last century. The latest high…
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"Alien" figure of Santa Claus encroaching on Czech traditions, says anti-Santa campaign
With Christmas fast approaching, the figure of Santa Claus is to be seen all over the place in the Czech Republic - in decorations, on shopping bags and in store windows…
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Nurse committed murders to "test" doctors
Police have already dubbed it an unprecedented case in Czech criminal history: a case in which a hospital nurse murdered seven patients by lethal injection, and attempted…
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Celebrity chef Roman Hadrbolec
If you happen to be a celebrity like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jack Nicholson, or Paul Newman, then you may have heard of Roman Hadrbolec - in fact, you may have tasted his…
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Christmas markets light up Prague
Christmas markets are a Central European tradition that goes back centuries. This weekend, markets appeared in squares all around the Czech capital.
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Serial murderer kills seven patients in hospital
It was a news report that sent shivers down people's spines - since last May a 30-year old male nurse had killed seven people and attempted to kill ten more at a hospital…
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"Bufety" and the importance of being earnest
In the plebeian confines of the bufet, I started to feel not so foreign at all.
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Still a nation of bookworms in the era of the shopping mall
We are in the middle of the huge and very modern Novy Smichov shopping complex, one of many that have sprung up in Prague and other Czech cities in recent years. This…
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Magazine
A kangaroo on the run steals the limelight from Santa outside a Czech shopping mall. What's to be done with Stalin and Lenin? And, could you pass through the narrowest…
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World Aids Day - Czech Republic posts lowest number of HIV/AIDS cases in Europe
More medicine, more money, and a motivated work force is what the world still needs - says the World Health Organisation today, World AIDS Day, 25 years after the first…
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European monitoring centre says more effort is needed to integrate Romany minority
It is a vicious circle: poor education -unemployment - bad housing. Despite efforts to integrate the Roma community into Czech society, the Roma still remain on the fringe…
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