All the western press seems to be surprised by the intensity of disputes between China and Taiwan on one side and Japan on the other side. These disputes relate to …

Antonín Kratochvíl’s exhibition, entilled Homelands, was held at Prague’s Leica Gallery up until September 9, lt was prepared by photo editor scott Thode from Kratochvíl’s home agency Vll. Thode summarized …

Jan Koblasa’s retrospective in the Riding School at Prague Castle ended at the end of July. After 21 long years we could see a broad range of work of one …

Photographer Jan Reich did not live to see the large retrospective of his photographs at Prague Castle. His work was closely connected to Prague and the Czech landscape and you …

Chapter XII of Thor Garcia´s new novel, The News Clown. According to Publishers Weekly, “Fueled by prodigious amounts of alcohol and tobacco, sex and drugs, this narrative skips along from …

In 2013, the Czech Republic will experience its first presidental election. After years of a parliamentary systém, in which the head of state is elected by the deputies, this will …

Moscow has liked to call itself the Third Rome for centuries and to fulfil such an ambition everything has to be done. Building an empire is one thing, rebuilding it …

Look at the Czech government today. Some of them fear a police state. The others are fighting off a coup from the colonels. In an exemplary way. They want to …

Jiří Gruša, one of the most renowned modern Czech thinkers, referred to Prime Minister Nečas as a “gnome without a garden” and to the castle of Václav Klaus as the …

After two decades of relative quiet, politically driven art starts to become more powerful again. The young generation’s gratefulness for freedom has gradually changed into a hunch thatn it’s not …

This week, during questions to government in Parliament, Prime Minister Nečas called the Czech Republic a safe harbor in the rough seas of the financial crisis. The questioning should have …

The announcement of the death of the French philosopher Roger Garaudy (98) could be summarised in a short statement such as: „a controversial thinker has died“, if the controversies regarding …

Thousands of university students flooded Prague streets this spring, clad in plaid pajama bottoms, bathrobes, and even boxers. “Nespíme, bdíme” — We’re not sleeping, we’re keeping a look out/watching — …

Religion has become all quiet on the Western front, according to researchers, and the Czech Republic is a primary example of their claims. Sixty percent of Czechs declare themselves as …

What is the antidote to gender inequality? A good way to start is by strengthening non-governmental organizations that endorse gender equality, advocating women to move to the front lines of …

The never-ending dilemma of the Greek budget and the specter of similar trouble with other countries are driving Europe toward more decisive political integration. This may, though, concern only the …

I hear about the business and political corruption in the Czech Republic, and I think, well, what about the US? People dwell on this or that problem and it occurs …

An increasing number of voices are now calling for judicial term limits. Indeed, judges in all major nations and almost all 50 states are subject to age or term limits. …

Law should prioritize process and principle rather than politics and results. The judiciary should rule as narrowly as possible to resolve the actual case or controversy presented. Yet with Bush …