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Current AffairsCzech MEP throws damper on appeal for EU ban on denial of communist crimes
Six post-communist EU members, including the Czech Republic have urged
Brussels to push for an EU ban on denial of communist crimes. In a joint
appeal sent to the EU’s justice commissioner, Viviane Reding, they argue
that the principle of justice should assure the same approach to all
totalitarian regimes. Holocaust denial is already banned in many EU states
and the six nations petitioning the EU justice commissioner would like to
see similar treatment applied to the crimes of communism.
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ArtsNew Czech Fables – From the culture of tramping, to children’s toys, to compulsory military service
Last week the Czech National Museum launched a new exhibition called New
Czech Fables (or New Czech Myths) at the Kinský summer palace, located at
the edge of Prague’s Petřín Hill. The show examines urban legends,
sayings, social rituals and counter-culture movements in the former
Czechoslovakia as well as present-day Czech Republic. In this week’s
Arts, Radio Prague takes a closer look. More
Current AffairsNew tome maps history of comics in Czechoslovakia
Fans of Czech comic books or series have a fascinating new tome to pore
over, the just released Encyklopedie komiksu (The Comics Encyclopaedia).
The book covers series and strips published in Czechoslovakia between the
years 1945 to 1989. Under the Communists, the art form was largely frowned
upon as a Western one, but continuing series were regularly published on
the back page of ABC, a long-running science magazine aimed at young
readers, still published today. More
Current AffairsNew exhibition looks modern Czech folklore, including what it was like to do compulsory military service under the Communists
On Thursday Prague’s National Museum launched a new exhibition at the
Kinský summer palace, located in Prague 5 at the edge of Petřín Hill.
The show, called New Czech Fables (or New Czech Myths), examines urban
legends, sayings, social rituals and counter-culture movements in the
former Czechoslovakia as well as present-day Czech Republic. The show’s
themes include tramping (an emulation of America’s Wild West), compulsory
military service under the Communists, and role of punk and metal movements
under the former regime. More
Current AffairsHistorians attack ‘flawed’ proposal to recognise opponents of Communism
Czech historians are mounting a campaign against a government-backed
proposal to give recognition to those who defied the Czechoslovak Communist
regime. It’s not the principle itself they are objecting to but the
particularly poor way they say the proposal has been cobbled together. More
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