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Visegrad Four summit in Prague
Over the weekend, leading representatives of the governments of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary met in Prague to discuss common concerns regarding the…
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Skating beneath Vysehrad
Winter in Prague has all sorts of charms: snow-dusted roofs in the Minor Town, an almost-magical carpet of the white stuff covering the ancient Charles Bridge that takes…
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Slovenia sets its sights on a motorway ...on the sea
Europe's already congested land routes are expected to see a 70% increase in traffic by 2020. For this reason, shifting more of the burden to the sea has become important…
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Seniors in the classroom
They say we never stop learning. This week three students from Prague's Centre for Life-Long Learning celebrated birthdays over 90—their combined age, an incredible 274…
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New rector to head Charles University
The Czech Republic's oldest and most prestigious institutions, Charles University, has just welcomed a new rector: 44-year-old Vaclav Hampl, a well-known medical…
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Should communist-era injustices be financially compensated?
As the fifty-eighth anniversary of the communist coup in Czechoslovakia nears, survivors of that era are leading an effort to have their story told, and the wrongs they…
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A tent city for Prague's homeless
Letna Plain in Prague is best-known as a site of communist-era mass parades and outdoor concerts, but the extreme cold-snap of recent days has changed the face of Letna —…
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Renewed Controversy at the Lety Concentration Camp
In recent days, the site of Lety near Pisek has been back in the spotlight. The Czech Republic's National Party stirred-up controversy when it erected a memorial stone to…
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Lety: the subject of renewed debate a Talking Point preview
On Saturday, Roma activists and their supporters gathered at Lety near Pisek—the site of a WWII internment camp where over 300 Roma died—to protect a sacred memorial, and…