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Current AffairsSculpture that stoked controversy in Brussels meant to be fun, says creator Černý at Prague launch
The sculpture Entropa has been one of the most reported on aspects of the
Czech presidency of the European Union. The artwork, which was placed in
an
EU building in Brussels, lampoons national stereotypes, for instance
portraying Romania as a Dracula theme park and France as a country on
strike. What’s more, sculptor David Černý managed to fool the then
Czech government, who commissioned Entropa, into thinking it was the work
of artists from various EU states, when in fact he alone was the author. More
Current AffairsCzechs promote EU presidency at UN in New York
It’s roast duck and dumplings on the menu at the United Nations’ dining
room in New York this week as part of an ongoing showcase of the Czech
Republic’s EU presidency. A series of cultural and gastronomic events
have been organized by the Czech Mission to the UN to raise the profile of
the country’s time at the top in Brussels. But with the EU being chaired
right now by a technocratic, interim Czech government, is this really
something the country’s diplomats would like to emphasise? I spoke to
Bořek Lizec from the Czech mission to the UN and started by asking him
about the idea behind these Czech EU presidency days:
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Current AffairsCzech speaker steps into Middle East hot water
The speaker of the Czech lower house of parliament has got himself into hot
water while leading a delegation of European MPs on a fact finding meeting
in the Middle East. Members of the delegation held talks with the radical
Hamas group behind the speaker’s back although the official EU and Czech
stance is to shun such contacts. Some see the incident as symbolic of the
stuttering end to the Czech EU presidency.
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