23/12/2011 | World

World leaders bid farewell to Vaclav Havel

20/01/2013 | World

Man sets himself on fire in Prague's Wenceslas Square

A Czech man set himself on fire in Prague's Wenceslas Square today, just days after the anniversary of student Jan Palach's immolation in 1969 to protest at the occupation of Czechoslovakia, police said.

08/01/2011 | World

First post-1989 Czech foreign minister dies

Jiri Dienstbier, a Czech senator and Czechoslovakia's first foreign minister after the end of communism, has died aged 73, Czech news agency CTK reported.

02/09/2011 | World

Police find bomb at IKEA store in Prague

Czech police defused an explosive package at an IKEA furniture store in Prague, in the latest in a series of attempted attacks on the Swedish group's outlets around Europe.

19/12/2011 | World

Czechs mourn 'Velvet Revolution' leader Havel

Thousands of Czechs streamed through Prague Castle and the historical city centre to write condolences and bid farewell to Vaclav Havel, the playwright who became president after leading a "Velvet Revolution" to topple Communist rule.

04/02/2013 | Sports

Spain crash out, Czechs through in Davis Cup

Top seeds Spain crashed out of the first round of the Davis Cup for the first time since 2006 when Milos Raonic beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez to give Canada an unassailable 3-1 lead in their world group tie.

13/01/2012 | Sports

Lendl praises 'gutsy' Murray for hiring him

Ivan Lendl would have been highly unlikely to coach anyone but world number four Andy Murray in whom he sees a kindred spirit with a similar wry sense of humour tested by multiple failures in grand slam finals.

12/10/2012 | Sports

Murray and Federer set up Shanghai semi

Andy Murray remained on course for a hat-trick of titles at the Shanghai Masters despite the best efforts of tricky Czech Radek Stepanek today and now sets his sights on Roger Federer.

17/11/2012 | Sports

Czechs move one win away from Davis Cup title

Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek used a roaring home crowd to come back from a set down today, putting the Czech Republic 2-1 up over holders Spain and a win away from the Davis Cup title.

06/01/2011 | Sports

Alejandro Patronelli leads quads in Dakar Rally

By Leandro Compton Hall, special correspondent.

Argentine Alejandro Patronelli won the fifth stage of the quads Dakar Rally after a close battle with fellow patriot Tomás Maffei in the Chilean desert.

07/01/2011 | Sports

Patronelli, firm in the leading place of Dakar quads

Argentine Alejandro Patronelli keeps leading the general results after the sixth stage of the Dakar Rally covering the 456 kilometres between Iquique and Arica in 06:41:33 hours.

01/09/2011 | Sports

Mónaco beats Stepanek, reach US Open 3rd round

Juan Mónaco reached to the third round of the US Open, the fourth and last Grand Slam of the year, after winning by 6-4, 6-1 and 2-0 over Czech Radek Stepanek, who abandoned the round in the third set due to an injury in his right shoulder.