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Current AffairsTrutnov festival back on the Battlefield
It’s that time of year again – the Czech Republic’s premiere open air
music festival in Trutnov is back on the Battlefield, as the traditional
venue is called. A red letter event on the calendars of underground music
lovers (the likes of regular attendee Václav Havel), Trutnov has been
celebrating counter-culture since 1987, when it was attempted, but stopped
by the State Police. This year, as ever, the festival offers four days of a
“cultic meeting” beginning Thursday, “dedicated to Amnesty
International, Jim Morrison and the warriors from Tippecanoe”. Earlier
today festival organiser Iva Rejlová told me more of what we can expect. More
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