New campaign aims to improve road safety in Czech Republic (Radio Prague)

22 July 2008, 10:39 am

Czech drivers have a reputation of being aggressive, speeding and taking unnecessary risks. As a result, the country has one of the worst accident rates in Europe with around 1,200 people killed on the roads each year. A tough new points system intended to improve road safety introduced two years ag... read more

Czech euthanasia bill contradicts international accords-minister (České noviny)

22 July 2008, 6:43 am

Prague- Czech Minister in charge of human rights and minorities Dzamila Stehlikova (junior governing Green Party, SZ) said today the senatorial bill on the introduction of euthanasia in the Czech Republic contradicted international conventions on human rights and was in conflict with people's fundam... read more

Boys Chorus served as emissaries to Kazakhstan, Czech Republic (Tucson Citizen)

22 July 2008, 6:33 am

The Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus recently returned from an historic concert tour to Kazakhstan and the Czech Republic.... read more

Czech, Hungarian National Guards establish contact (Prague Daily Monitor)

21 July 2008, 11:05 pm

Bratislava, July 21 (CTK) - Representatives of extreme-right para-military units in the Czech Republic (the National Guard, NG) and Hungary (the Hungarian Guard, MG) established contacts in Bratislava Monday.... read more

Smaller Lead for Opposition CSSD in Czech Republic (Angus Reid)

21 July 2008, 9:48 pm

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - The Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD) is ahead of its rivals by a small margin, according to a poll by Median. 35.5 per cent of respondents would vote for the main opposition party in the Czech Republic, down one point since June.... read more

Jitka Škovránková, the head of a Czech hospital in Uganda (Radio Prague)

21 July 2008, 10:55 am

The Archdiocese Caritas Prague is one of the three biggest charity organizations in the Czech Republic. Every year, it spends some 70 million crowns, or almost 5 million US dollars, on various projects around the world in countries such as Belarus, India, Zambia and Uganda. Our guest today in One on... read more