Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:27:45 +0200https://english.radio.cz/foreign-ministry-building-recounts-czech-history-a-new-novel-8207216© 2026 Radio Prague International The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs is located in the majestic Baroque Černín Palace just above Prague Castle. The majestic building, as well as the nearby Loreta Church, plays a major part in a recently published novel titled “Chvála oportunismu” or “In praise of opportunism”. Its author, Czech diplomat Marek Toman, a guest in Radio Prague’s Czech Books programme earlier this year, works at the ministry and knows the building inside out. I began by asking him how he came up with the idea to make the actual palace the narrator of his latest book. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/cerninsky_palac1_0.jpg?timestamp=1682517684 https://english.radio.cz/foreign-ministry-building-recounts-czech-history-a-new-novel-8207216 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9