Lenka Kabrhelová
articles by the author
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Death of Petr Kellner opens debate on his legacy and future of PPF business empire
The death of Petr Kellner came as a big shock. As further details of his death in a helicopter crash in Alaska emerge, Czechs are looking back at the billionaire’s legacy.
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Misha Glenny: Organised crime is an important part of Czech economy – and corruption is its twin…
UK journalist Misha Glenny is an expert on organised crime and cybersecurity and has written a number of books, including the hit title McMafia. He studied in Prague and…
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NYT chief Mark Thompson: Political pressure is causing some reversion to type in CEE public media
Public service media in Central Europe reflect growing populism in the region but are not the cause of it. That’s the view of New York Times CEO Mark Thompson, who was…
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Star statistician Ola Rosling schools Czechs on democratising data, systematic misconceptions
Swedish statistician Ola Rosling is co-founder of Gapminder, a foundation that aims to chart trends and use data to fight what it calls “devastating ignorance” using “fact…
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Timothy Snyder: Significant figures in Czech history didn’t just want to change Czech society but…
Historian Timothy Snyder is a leading expert on Central and Eastern Europe and has written forcefully about the threat posed by Putin’s Russia and how ordinary people can…
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Bill Clinton: Today Václav Havel’s ideas are more relevant than ever
The former US president Bill Clinton first visited the Czech Republic in 1994, offering the countries of the former communist bloc support and assistance on the road to…
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Rusalka makes waves with Metropolitan Opera production
Antonín Dvořák’s most famous opera Rusalka is back on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The highly anticipated production of the “lyric fairy tale” about a…
