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Current AffairsCulture Ministry says Charles Bridge irreparably damaged by shoddy reconstruction
Charles Bridge, Prague’s most famous landmark, which last year celebrated
its 650th anniversary, has been undergoing a major reconstruction since
August. The Czech Culture Ministry’s heritage inspection team has now
come to a shocking conclusion: the ongoing repairs have done the bridge
more harm than good. The report, published on the ministry’s website,
claims that the reconstruction has allegedly harmed the aesthetic and
artistic value of the bridge.
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Current AffairsLong election night for Americans in Prague
The whole world was watching on Tuesday night as American voters cast their
ballots in one of the most heated US presidential campaigns – including
Prague’s American expat community. Several election night parties were
held around the city where supporters of both camps stayed up all night,
awaiting the results.
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Current Affairs“I will not weaponise space” – will Obama’s words return to haunt him?
Barack Obama has been congratulated on his election victory by President
Václav Klaus, opposition Social Democrat leader Jiří Paroubek and Prime
Minister Mirek Topolánek. But what does Obama's victory mean for the
controversial missile defence project, a subject that has so divided Czech
politicians? Is the new U.S. president for missile defence, or against?
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SpecialWill the government survive the opposition’s landslide victory in the regional and Senate elections?
Regional and Senate elections took place in the Czech Republic over the
weekend in which the opposition Social Democrats defeated the parties of
the governing coalition. The strongest opposition party scored a
comprehensive victory, winning in all of the 13 regions of the Czech
Republic. Social Democrat candidates also made it to the second round in
all but one of the 27 electoral districts for the Senate where the poll was
held. The relatively high turnout – just over 40 percent – suggests
that Czech voters took these elections more seriously than previous ballots
for both the regions and the Senate. To discuss the results of the
elections and the effect they may have on the Czech political scene, I am
now joined in the studio by Jaroslav Plesl, deputy editor-in-chief of the
newspaper Lidové Noviny, and Jan Macháček, a columnist for the weekly
Respekt.
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