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revolution underway that left some of them sidelined. We look at the
changes in the publishing and literary world over the last two decades. More
One on OneVáclav Havel’s decency gave him courage, says his former advisor Jiří Pehe
People in the Czech Republic and around the world hail the late
ex-president Václav Havel as a great European, a humanist and a man who
stood up to the communist regime, a decent and courageous man who led his
country to democracy. In this special edition of One on One, we talk to
political commentator Jiří Pehe who served as Václav Havel’s chief
political advisor in the late 1990s. More
Current AffairsNation mourns death of a hero
The death of Vaclav Havel stopped Czechs in their tracks on Sunday. A hush
fell over the country as thousands of people gathered to light candles and
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around the Czech Republic tolled in memory of the man who showed endless
courage in the face of oppression and who led his nation on the road to
freedom and democracy. More
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‘negative’; Westinghouse signs cooperation deal with Vítkovice
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Current AffairsPrime Minister Petr Nečas to meet US President Barack Obama
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States where he will be meeting with US President Barack Obama later on
Thursday. The agenda of Mr Nečas’ first visit to the Oval Office will be
dominated by the multi-billion tender to expand the Czech Temelín nuclear
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Current AffairsUnique 1980s dissident video magazine subject of new Czech TV documentary
On Tuesday, the public broadcaster Czech TV is airing the first part of a
new documentary series dedicated to Originální videojournal, a unique
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reports about the Velvet Revolution in November 1989. More
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