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As you've just read, the Czech Prime Minister Milos Zeman has spent the last few days on in Sweden, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union. Sweden is seen as firmly pro-enlargement - Prime Minister Goran Persson has made it a priority of Sweden's EU presidency to speed up the accession process. But as discovered on the icy streets of the Swedish capital Stockholm, not everyone supports Mr Persson's efforts:

A crowd cheers the return of Ivan Pilip and Jan Bubenik, two Czechs who spent three weeks in jail in Cuba after meeting dissidents opposed to the Castro regime. has more:

Those with an interest in modern architecture have a unique chance to visit a new exhibition in Prague depicting the work of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. was at the opening ceremony and has this report:

After more than three weeks spent in a Cuban jail, Czech MP Ivan Pilip and former student leader Jan Bubenik were finally released on Monday night. The two were detained in Cuba on January 12th after meeting with dissidents opposed to Fidel Castro's regime. has this report:

A new exhibition of war photography by prominent Czech photojournalist Ladislav Sitensky began at the British Council on Monday evening. Officially opened by the British ambassador to the Czech Republic, David Broucher, this collection of black and white photographs depicts unique images of the Czechoslovak Army during the Second World War. has more details.

The European Union Commissioner for Agriculture, Franz Fischler, was in Prague on Monday to sign the two agreements aimed at bringing Czech agricultural policies in line with EU requirements. The result will be one of the biggest financial commitments thus far pledged by Brussels to the Czech Republic. has the story.

A three-day conference on natural childbirth called "Bringing Babies to the World" was held in Prague last week. Organised by the Czech Association of Midwifes and the Movement of Active Motherhood, the main aim of the conference was to get as much information on attitudes to natural childbirth as possible from other countries. spoke to one of the organisers, Zuzana Stromerova, and asked her for more details:

After more than three weeks, the fate of two Czechs imprisoned in Cuba remains unclear. The chairman of the Czech Senate, Petr Pithart, travelled to Havana last week for talks with Fidel Castro to try to gain their release. The meeting was repeatedly postponed and, after delaying his return to the Czech Republic, Mr Pithart finally met the Cuban leader on Saturday. And after intense speculation over the result, he returned home empty handed. has this report.

For several years now, the fact that Czech society has been plagued by serious economic crime in its first decade of freedom has been common knowledge - newspapers reported on it, people complained about it and the politicians kept promising to do something about it. But very little was done. That is until recently - in the past few weeks there has been a spate of high profile convictions - the most high-profile of all being the sentencing of tennis player-turned businessman Milan Srejbr on fraud charges. But on Thursday, Milan Srejbr walked free

Throughout the year 2000 Prague, with 8 other cities, held the title "The European City of Culture". It's a title that's granted every year by the EU council of Cultural Ministers in Brussels, with the aim to boost European cultural cooperation in protecting common European values. For Prague the project ends on February 2nd. looks at what it meant for the Czech capital.