Looking-glass world
October 1977: Tom Stoppard on the trial of Havel, Lederer, Pavlicek and Ornest, for dissent against the republic.
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Will Ukraine be the source of Europe’s next migrant crisis?
Up to 1.5 million Ukrainians were internally displaced by Russia’s 2014 invasion of the country.
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Crises at Russia’s borders, a new Czech prime minister signals West, and Trump’s hold on the Republican Party
What are Vladimir Putin’s intentions in Kazakhstan and Ukraine, and Czechs seek alliances outside divided Visegrad Four.
Prague’s Pirate Party mayor on his war with illiberal politics
Zdenek Hrib is part of a new wave of progressive mayors in central Europe campaigning for direct EU funding to fight cronyism and…
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The Czech Trump shoots for power: the rise and rise of Andrej Babiš
“The problem is that people across society have lost their future. They have no vision now.”
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Returning to Prague, a brush with Nazi history and the rise of Czech populism
My week in Prague sent me back to the past, from shooting Amadeus to my own Catholic upbringing.
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Made in Prague: the psychological torment of Czech cinema is easy to admire but hard to recommend
Psychosis, hysteria and abuse characterises these works that look back at the former Soviet and Socialist republics.
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