Robert Tomanek could never find a comprehensive guide to the history and culture of the Czech Republic region of Moravia. So he decided to write one himself. Tomanek, a professor emeritus of anatomy ...

When parts of Europe quieten in a moment of remembrance at 11am this Friday, in the Czech Republic corks will pop, glasses clink and the country will resound to one collective gulp. For 11 November ...

The Czech Republic is famous for the quality of its beer, but the region of Southern Moravia is now producing excellent wines and is also an area of outstanding natural beauty. I'm standing in the ...

Valtice castle is home to the National Salon of Wine and forms part of a Unesco World Heritage Site. Photo Credit: Laura Del Rosso With a lively university town, dozens of castles and chateaus and a ...

Sobes vineyard, Podyjí National Park, Znojemsko Moravia, Czech Republic(Image: ) If you’re looking for a cheaper alternative to the wine destinations of Tuscany or Provence, look no further than South ...

George Drost left Czechoslovakia when he was just three years old — his family fled Communist rule there as political refugees. Growing up in Chicago, he remembers his parents having calendars with ...

In summer it’s best to wander the more central streets, plazas and bridges of the city of Prague in the Czech Republic between 8.00 a.m. and noon, before waves of visitors begin to coat these spaces ...

Among Vienna's more embarrassing secrets is the fact that one of its most celebrated residents, Sigmund Freud, hated it. Apparently he found the city of Mozart and Strauss claustrophobic, referring to ...

More than 100 injured in south-west, where South Moravia governor voices shock at level of destruction At least five people died and more than a hundred were injured when a tornado and hailstones the ...