Society
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Joan Baez surprise guest at Forum 2000 opening ceremony
American singer Joan Baez was the surprise guest at the opening ceremony of the Forum 2000 international conference on Sunday night. She flew to Prague to personally…
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An unusual shelter for the homeless
A few nights ago, as I was walking by Narodni Trida in the centre of the city, which is a popular hang-out spot for the homeless, a loud conversation caught my attention…
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"Austerlitz" - one man's odyssey through the traumas of 20th century history
When I was in London this summer, I found myself with some time to spare, waiting for a train at Liverpool Street Station. I made a point of going out to the small open…
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Magazine
A newspaper vendor acts as midwife, archeologists uncover mammoth bones in Usti nad Labem and the biggest folding story book in the world takes up three rooms and you'll…
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Rare medieval Jewish cemetery beneath Plzen shopping centre?
Almost six hundred years ago, the Jewish community in what is now west Bohemia bought some land on the outskirts of Plzen, west Bohemia, to build a cemetery. A few decades…
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Motorway connecting CR and Germany finally completed
On Friday, Central and Eastern Europe's motorways were connected for the first time to the Western European motorway grid. On the exact spot where the Iron Curtain stood…
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Articulating a vision: Vaclav Havel at 70
Vaclav Havel, one of contemporary central Europe's best-known intellectuals is 70 years old. He was born on October 5th, 1936. A week of honours and celebrations in Prague…
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Remembering Frantisek Fajtl, legendary fighter pilot
Many Czechs were saddened to learn on Wednesday that Frantisek Fajtl, one of the country's most respected and famous WW II-era fighter pilots had died in Prague at the age…
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Vaclav Havel celebrates 70th birthday with hundreds of friends
The country's first post-communist president Vaclav Havel celebrates his 70th birthday on Thursday, so this week he invited a few friends round to eat, drink and be merry…
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Journalism fellowship program named for Milena Jesenska
Milena Jesenska, a Czech writer and translator, died in a Nazi death camp in May 1944. Many know her name because Franz Kafka published a book dedicated to her entitled …
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Psychologist: Attitude of politicians and poor enforcement behind rise in road fatalities
The past weekend saw as many as 16 people die in car accidents across the Czech Republic. Ninety people were killed in traffic accidents throughout September, which along…
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Is there a twenty-first century samizdat?
A recent four-day conference in Vienna devoted to the theme of samizdat and tamizdat networks in central Europe brought together scholars, journalists, and members of the…
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