Tomas Galasek has returned to the Bundesliga after half a season with Banik Ostrava in the Czech league.

After legal wrangling lasting almost six years, a very private Canadian family has confirmed that it has gained possession of 20 paintings from the Czech Republic that, before they were confiscated by the Nazis ...

The Swedish police have arrested a foreigner, 39, sentenced for committing a murder almost eight years ago in the Czech town of Ostrava.

Steel workers face an uncertain future as companies prepare global layoffs. This summer, the country's traditional steel industry was so prosperous that steel-makers marketed their wares on street billboards, ...

Oxford Bookshop, a modern bookshop specialising exclusively in international literature, opened in April 2008 on Rajska Street in downtown Bratislava.

Czech Republic striker Vaclav Sverkos agreed to a 3 1/2-year contract with French club Sochaux on Saturday.

The north Moravian city of Ostrava, once known as the steel heart of Czechoslovakia, has now become the first Czech site to be included on an EU list of European Culture Heritage, rubbing shoulders with the ...

Retrorectal cystic hamartoma is a rare developmental lesion arising from the vestiges of the embryonic hind gut.

The former Vitkovice industrial complex in Ostrava has become the first Czech sight entered in the nascent list of European Cultural Heritage, Culture Minister Vaclav Jehlicka told CTK today.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava, the biggest domestic steel maker, will be laying off due to lower demand caused by the global financial crisis, the company's spokeswoman Vera Breiova told CTK without disclosing any ...

The developer ECM Real Estate Investments recorded a loss of EUR22.15m in the first three quarters of this year, according to consolidated unaudited results, the company said in a press release Wednesday.

Thursday, Kristyna Kanderova , a 17-year-old exchange student studying under the Rotary Youth Exchange program as a senior at Petoskey High School, will celebrate her first Thanksgiving with her host family, ...

This week's topic: What should be done to prevent ethnic conflict in A R? A week ago, a group of some 500 far-right radicals gathered in LitvA nov to protest against the local Romani community.

North Moravian Romanies warn against mass emigration Ostrava, 21.11.2008, 20:08, Romanies from north Moravia have sent an open letter to Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, warning against what they call impending ...

November 18, 2008 The 1989 demonstrations helped put VA clav Havel in the presidential office.

Iveta Cervenkov wants everyone to know that she is nobody's victim. Just two days after discovering that the Olomouc High Court overturned a 2007 ruling entitling her to 500,000 Kc in damages for an unwanted ...

The new Taurus is christened. The new locomotive is expected to increase speed as well as profits.

PRAGUE A Czech hospital does not have to compensate a Gypsy woman it sterilized without her consent, an appeals court ruled today in a decision overturning the country's first monetary award for a forced ...

Hyundai Motor is planning to launch production at its new Czech plant in early November, undeterred by the global car industry slowdown.

Reports on the cultural scene in the heart of Europe. Petr KotA k - " Part 1 [10-10-2008 09:56 UTC] By Ian Willoughby Petr KotA k is a Prague-born composer and conductor based in New York.