Society
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Kumar Vishwanathan: building bridges between communities in Ostrava
Kumar Vishwanathan is originally from southern India. He was leading a quiet life as a teacher in a provincial Czech town when in 1997 disastrous floods swept through the…
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Swedish daily - Bin Laden's "man in Sweden" arrested at Prague airport
The Czech media are awash with claims by a Swedish newspaper that a leading Swedish terror suspect has been arrested in Prague. The tabloid Expressen reported on Tuesday…
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Jan Richter - historian at the regional museum in Mikulov
In this week's One on One my guest is Jan Richter, who is the historian at the regional museum in the south Moravian town of Mikulov. Mikulov, known in German as…
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Underground rail systems reflect differences between Prague and New York, says artist
Every first Thursday of the month the Czech Center in New York hosts an informal party called DOH-BREE DEHN, a phonetic transcription of the Czech for 'hello'. This month…
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Religious groups form united front in opposition to euthanasia
Churches and faith groups from across the religious spectrum have been united by their opposition to a paragraph in the draft penal code, currently under discussion in the…
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Repair work continues on Europe's oldest merry-go-round
It's part of the childhood memories of generations of Prague citizens. For more than a century, the famous wooden merry-go-round on Letna Hill has both thrilled and scared…
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Policewomen seem to be winning the fight for respect
Today's Talking Point is dedicated to women - women who in a male dominated profession are now to be found more often than any time before. We look at the policewomen of…
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Chinese PM arrives in CR to discuss economic cooperation
The Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek has called it the "visit of the year". On Thursday, the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao arrived in the Czech Republic for a two…
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Age of consent and criminal responsibility may be lowered
Turning fifteen is a big milestone in the life of a Czech: you reach the age of consent, you bear criminal responsibility and get a citizens ID, all regarded as a sign of…
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Thrills and terror on Saint Nicholas' Day
On Monday evening thousands of Czech children were thrilled and terrified by angels and devils, as they celebrated Saint Nicholas' Day. This is the time when the Christmas…
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Czechs and Sudeten Germans in disagreement over Carlsbad Wafer status
You open the pack and you're greeted with the sweet smell of butter, vanilla, and caramel. I'm talking about the Czech Republic's famed Karlovarske Oplatky or Carlsbad…
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Undercover distillers may become legal
In many parts of the Czech Republic particularly in Moravia people have been distilling their own brandy for centuries. They have continued to do so despite a law which…
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