Vladimír Tax

Moving on to international affairs now, and the Czech Republic has just become a member of the West European Armaments Group, the European Union's armaments body. The step…

Turning now to the Senate, and Sunday's election failed to inspire much interest there either. Nothing very surprising in that; the Senate has little real power--it can…

The German police force has been investigating alleged illegal imports of human internal organs from the Czech Republic. Czech doctors however, say such that it is highly…

Staying with the issue of EU membership, one area of legislation that the Czech Republic must bring in line with that of the EU, are taxes. For ordinary Czechs, they…

Austrian anti-nuclear activists have renewed their blockades of Czech-Austrian border crossings, despite top-level official negotiations. Their aim is to stop the Temelin…

After a controversial decision to privatize the Czech Republic's main electricity producer together with all of the regional distribution companies in one package, the…

After 11 years in office, Czech National Bank Governor Josef Tosovsky handed in his resignation on Tuesday, just weeks before a new law that will significantly limit the…

The International Monetary Fund has just released the results of a detailed probe into the Czech economy. While praising economic recovery in the Czech Republic, it has…

The anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia on the 28th of October is always an occasion for various celebrations and ceremonies. Traditionally, fresh recruits swear…