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Earlier this week, Prague's Klementinum, which houses the National Library and many Czech literary treasures, saw the opening of a long-awaited addition. After extensive restoration, a new gallery has just opened.

Czech politicians and thousands of unemployed in North Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic, are watching with concern as a large corruption case, involving the Hyundai car maker, unfolds. The president of the South Korean car giant, which was scheduled to launch construction of a new plant in the Moravian town Nosovice on May 17, is under investigation for corruption and embezzlement. Mr Chung Mong-Hun is suspected of siphoning money from the car maker into secret bank accounts to bribe Korean politicians and officials while negotiating

The Czech Republic is a pretty stable place politically - give or take the odd government crisis and vote of confidence now and then. Violence, certainly, is a rare phenomenon in Czech politics, so when it does occur, it causes something of a shock. Thursday's front pages show the bruised and bloodied face of Communist MP Jiri Dolejs, who was set upon in the street by several attackers on Monday evening.

Czech archaeologists have an impressive reputation around the world, working in many different countries. This week they all came together in Prague to swap notes, report on progress made and outline prospects for the future.

Public-private partnerships, which promote cooperation between the state and the private sector, have met with success worldwide. In the UK, for example, such projects have invited investments worth 70 billion Euros (2 trillion Czech crowns), and developing countries have also benefited from the model. On Wednesday a discussion took place in Prague on how public-private partnerships, or PPPs, could benefit the Czech Republic. The most prominent guest was former British Prime Minister Sir John Major, the man commonly regarded as pioneering the

On Tuesday, a crowd of cultural enthusiasts gathered at Prague's Marriott Hotel to get a glimpse into what we can expect from this year's Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. For a start, over 200 films are expected to be screened at the 41st annual festival which will run in the West Bohemian town from June 30th until July 8th.

Holocaust Rememberance Day marks the 63rd anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Commemorations in honor of the victims were held throughout the Czech Republic, and education ministers from across Europe met for a second day of talks on Holocaust education. An elderly survivor at one memorial in Prague reads the names and fates of many Czech Holocaust victims: A ghetto, a concentration camp, and the end.

It was a big night for literature on Monday night, as representatives of the Czech publishing industry gathered at Prague's City Library for this year's Magnesia Litera book awards. The awards have been going since 2002, and include prizes for Best Work of Fiction and Best Translation.

For some time visa policy between the Czech Republic and both Canada and the US has been an unresolved issue in trans-Atlantic relations. Since last October the Czech Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda has been pushing for both countries to reassess their policies or face reciprocation from the Czech government. Currently, US and Canadian citizens are able to visit the Czech Republic visa free, but the same is not true for Czechs visiting North America. Just this week Mr Svoboda was in Ottawa to discuss visa policy.

On Tuesday, Jewish communities in the Czech Republic are commemorating Yom ha Shoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day which is observed around the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising in 1943. The names of Czech Holocaust victims will be read out during ceremonies in Prague and a former concentration camp in Terezin. Around 80,000 Czech Jews perished in the Holocaust, among them the whole family of Zdenka Fantlova, who was herself imprisoned in several concentration camps: Terezin, Auschwitz, Gross-Rosen and Mauthausen until she was liberated from