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Saturday marked the International Day Against Violence Towards Women. On the same day, the Rosa Centre for Abused Women in Prague issued a statement that the Czech government is not doing enough to fight domestic violence towards women. has been following the story:

A team of Czech and Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a tomb near the windy sand dunes of Abu Sir, seventeen miles from the Egyptian capital Cairo. They claim the tomb, belonging to a 6th-dynasty nobleman named Inti, is over 4,300 years old, the latest in a long line of successes for world-renowned Czech Egyptology. has the report:

Nine trees were planted in Prague on Thursday as part of the Nine Gates festival of Jewish culture currently held in Prague. The mayor of Jerusalem, Ehud Olmert, was one of the dignitaries that took part in the ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the first transport of Czech Jews to the Terezin concentration camp during the Second World War. The trees were planted in front of the Trade Fair Palace, from where the first transport departed. reports:

The dictionary defines the word 'ambassador' as 'an official envoy of the highest rank accredited to a foreign government or sovereign'. The word is of Germanic origin: 'ambaht' being the Old High German word for 'service'. Well Prague's ambassador to Bulgaria, Mr Ondrej Havlin, seems to have done both the Czech government and their Bulgarian counterparts something of a disservice of late, at least if reports in the media are to believed. Mr Havlin arrived at Prague's imposing Cernin Palace on Friday for a chat with his boss. reports:

The District Court in the town of Trebic has reached a verdict in the case of 12 men who attacked a hamlet near the town of Trebic in South Moravia inhabited mostly by Romani families. But, as reports, the verdict will be wearily familiar to those following the prosecution of racist crimes in the Czech Republic.

The Czech media claim that President Vaclav Havel has selected Zdenek Tuma as the new governor of the Czech National Bank. Will his choice spark another conflict between Havel and the leaders of the strongest political parties? tries to find the answer:

A festival of Jewish culture called 9 Gates is underway in Prague this week. Part of the festival is an exhibition which opened on Wednesday at the National Library in Prague's Klementinum. was there and brings back this report:

On Monday the Czech Republic banned the import of French and Portuguese beef, in light of new reports of BSE, or mad cow disease as it's commonly called. So far, the experts say and the people feel, the Czech Republic is safe from the threat of BSE. But precautions are being taken and awareness of the threat is, it seems, increasing. went to her local butcher shop, to find out just how aware people really were:

Czechs are mourning the death of their most celebrated athlete. On Wednesday morning, an official at Prague's Central Military Hospital announced that Emil Zatopek, the only athlete to have won three gold medals in long-distance events at a single Olympic Games, had died. has this report:

The Internet may be commonplace in schools up and down North America and Western Europe, but here in the Czech Republic access to cyberspace is decidedly more limited. Well, that may be about to change with the launch of a new initiative targeted at schoolchildren and their teachers. has more: