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Ruins of the past or simply the innocent victim of anti-communism? Arguments and controversy in the Czech Republic over the impending demolition of the historic five-star hotel in Prague 6, a remarkable example of modern architecture, but evidently, also an uncomfortable symbol of the...

Two years since he entered office in the Italian capital, an interview with Ambassador Buriánek, among memories and the present Now fifty years old, with a wife, three children and a well-rounded curriculum between the Old Europe and the United States. Above all, a...

Truth and legends about the “68 Publishers”, the prestigious voice of the Czech dissent Who knows if what is told is really true. Who knows if it is true that in a snowy winter in Toronto, an indomitable Czech housewife took the money given...

Superheroes, psychedelia, and sexy elements in the dreariness of the regime: welcome to Kája Saudek’s world It is not a unique case in the world of the arts, nor was it a unique case in Socialist Czechoslovakia, but one cannot help but wonder what...

The Czech energy company has ended up at the centre of a dispute worth millions with the Albanian government and also risks in Bulgaria. Once again the decision on the biggest project in recent years has been postponed. We will have to wait until...

In Ostrava and its surroundings, the crisis in the coal sector threatens the jobs of thousands of miners. The fear of a shocking domino effect in the coming months could bring down the Moravian-Silesian region, one already beset by serious economic and social problems...

The young Czechs and politics: indifference hidden behind smartphones, annoyance and glowing confidence in the destinies of the economy and the market “It was half past three and on the pavement near Wenceslas square there was a group of punks sitting, and a young...

An exhibition from the artist from Bergamo hits Prague, a spiritual pop mix of architecture and industry The economic crisis is on the front pages of newspapers all around the world. No one is surprised any longer, the concern remains latent in readers, like...

By discussing the mountains and the mines of the Venetian Republic, Sergio Tazzer reveals the historical paths that lead beyond the Alps, into Bohemia (Il battitore di monete, Chiesa di Santa Barbara, Kutná Hora) The bonds between Italy and Bohemia in the mining sector...

A hundred and ten adventurous years by the largest shoe factory in the world: commercial talent and close attention to workers’ needs Saying that Baťa has the world at its feet is not an overstatement. There is only a small syntax error that requires...