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Current AffairsGovernment plans to slash communist security officers’ pensions, increase those of dissidents
The Czech government wants to correct some of the injustices inherited from
the communist regime. Twenty years after the fall of communism, coalition
leaders agreed to a plan to slash the retirement benefits of former
communist security service officers and high ranking Communist party
officials. The funds should be used to increase the pensions of opponents
of the former regime. More
SpotlightPrague’s church of Saints Cyril and Methodius: place of worship and memorial to victims of Nazi terror
A short walk from the Vltava in Prague’s New Town is the church that
witnessed some of the most dramatic moments during the Nazi occupation of
the country. The crypt beneath the church was the last hiding place for
seven Czechoslovak commandoes, including Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík who
assassinated the Reinhardt Heydrich in 1942. The site now houses an
exhibition dedicated to their heroic actions. But the church also remains a
place of worship for the small Czech Orthodox community. More
Current AffairsJewish WWII veterans commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day
Several events were held in the Czech Republic on Thursday to commemorate
International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marking the 66th anniversary of
the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Several Jewish veterans
and resistance workers from the Second World War met at Prague’s Czech
Centre on Thursday afternoon to pay tribute to the victims of the Shoa, and
to remember their fellow fighters. More
Czech BooksPřemysl Pitter: the good fundamentalist
It is quite likely that you will never have heard of the Czech teacher,
religious thinker, pacifist and humanist, Přemysl Pitter, but he deserves
to be remembered as one of the great Czechs of the 20th century. Pitter
touched the lives of thousands, and his work helping children during and
just after the Second World War, matches the extraordinary achievements
Oskar Schindler. In a new biography of Přemysl Pitter, the writer and
journalist Pavel Kosatík puts his extraordinary life in context. We find
out more in Czech Books with David Vaughan. More
MagazineMagazine
Last week was the time to check out Prague’s ghosts, lovers of good food
are having a ball, and set your own price: a café owner finds a way to
drum up business. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova. More
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