Czech | Czech News | Czech Photos

Web Sify

Sify.com » Topics » Czech

Czech News

Czech court sentences American for murder
An appeals court has upheld the murder conviction of an American living in the Czech Republic and sentenced him to 16 years in prison.Gilbert Ferguson McCrae, 53, was found guilty by Prague's municipal court in November for killing a 34-year-old Czech man by shooting him in the head with a handgun.Rufolf Slavik was killed in a tram in Prague in February 2011, and the prosecution said McCrae did that

Injured Li Na out of Paris WTA Open
French Open champion Li Na of China was forced to quit her first-round match at the WTA Paris Indoor Open.

more

Arctic wave saves Czech ice wine production

In a vineyard in Moravia, the Arctic chill striking Europe at least has some people jumping with joy.

more

Mies van der Rohe's Tugendhat to reopen again

It was completed in 1930, a Modernist masterpiece by legendary German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

more

Huge candle wax heart to remember Havel

Candles that flickered across the nation to mourn the death of former President Vaclav Havel are being blowtorched to form a huge wax heart soon to go on display in the Czech capital.

more

Czech government split on religious restitution
The Czech coalition government may crumble over a junior member's rejection of a plan to compensate religious organizations for property seized by the former Communist regime.

more

Czech Galleries