Full Coverage: Czech Republic

26.06.2006 Despite a report confirming the continued use of coercive sterilization on Roma women, women's advocates charge that the Czech government has failed to take action to stop these atrocities.

08.06.2005 Promises made by German authorities to take action against flourishing child prostitution in Czech border regions have not been honoured, according to UNICEF.

16.07.2003 As part of its effort at creating an annual thematic portal for Czech audiences, Econnect recently launched "Information Portal Civic Society - The Citizen's Handbook to Citizens' Rights." With the inherent principle of right to information, the portal serves as a guide for those citizens who feel neglected by the government, public officials and big corporations.

22.10.2002 Susan Whelan, Canada's Minister for International Cooperation, today announced $200,000 to help with recovery and reconstruction efforts in the Czech Republic, following mid-August floods that affected thousands of people and crippled the country.

06.09.2002 Despite the fact that nonprofit website developer Econnect had its server knocked out by the recent floods in the Czech Republic, it quickly managed to publish an emergency news website focusing on flood relief.

09.07.2002 The Elbe river which passes through Germany and the Czech Republic was once a polluted waterway. Now, the river is fresh enough to bring people back to its banks for swimming, diving and games.

05.12.2001 A long-standing dispute between Austria and the Czech Republic over a Czech nuclear power plant at Temelín has been resolved after the Czechs agreed to be legally bound to introduce safety improvements.

08.08.2001 Home Office ministers were yesterday forced to abandon a controversial new scheme under which British immigration officials in Prague screened all passengers to London, after protests from Czech politicians that it was discriminatory.

02.08.2001 Fears over the risks posed by a controversial nuclear plant in the Czech Republic are mounting in neighbouring Austria following positive conclusions in a draft report on safety leaked from the European Commission.

26.07.2001 An "unlabelled, unauthorised" product has been found on sale in Poland containing genetically modified soybeans.

12.03.2001 Hundreds of protesters detained by Czech police at the annual meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Prague last year were victims of human rights abuses, according to a report released today.

09.02.2001 Austrian anti-nuclear campaigners are threatening to relaunch a string of blockades next week following a two-month delay in plans for a study of the potential environmental impact of a Czech nuclear power station 30 miles from the Austrian border.

09.01.2001 The sound studio has turned into a toilet. The smoking room is now a dining area. Journalists at Czech national TV opposed to the station's new "politically compromised" leadership have been occupying the newsroom since 24 December. A veteran correspondent talks about the protest.

13.11.2000 The Czech Republic's controversial Temelin nuclear power plant has not yet reached Western European safety standards, warns a European Union regulatory group.

03.11.2000 Under pressure from the European Union, the Czech Republic says it is trying to change the racist violence, widespread unemployment and deep poverty faced by the country's biggest minority.

01.11.2000 Austria has signed a historic agreement with the Czech Republic to give over US$35 million in compensation to people who toiled as forced labourers during World War II.

27.10.2000 Austria's threat to hinder the Czech Republic's European Union membership bid over nuclear safety concerns underscores the need for international atomic energy standards, says a green pressure group.

18.10.2000 The 15-member European Union is facing calls for clear safety standards to apply to all nuclear power plants in the region following a diplomatic crisis sparked by the opening of the Czech Republic's Temelin plant earlier this month.

12.10.2000 Members of NGOs and community-based organizations from different parts of the world that gathered in Prague during the annual general meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank signed a statement calling for a revolution in economics that would return control of economies to the people who live in them.

04.10.2000 Human rights observers in Prague are expressing concern over allegations that protesters still behind bars have been mistreated after last week's anti-globalisation demonstrations in the Czech capital.