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Kvĕtoslav Švach is an ex policeman who is fond of medieval history and who calls himself K. (a quick analogy with Josef K. of “Kafka’s Trial”. K’s boring life is shaken when he becomes witness to the murder of an architect in the Prague...

For two years now, the storm has been raging over the work done on the bridge symbol of the city: restoration or reconstruction? The Charles bridge has been for months at the centre of a heated debate. The cause of the dispute is the...

From the bridge of Prague to the bridges of all Europe, a legendary account about a witness of the European cultural identity Visiting Prague, the tourists from all over the world walk over the Charles bridge, the symbol of the city, every day. Among...

The artist who crosses time thanks to his skill We discover the “deviance” introduced by Caravaggio even in lots of Czech artists To Michelangelo Merisi , known as the Caravaggio (Caravaggio, 1571 – Porto Ercole, 1610) is now dedicated in Rome one of the...

Encouraging messages delivered by the analysts of UniCredit during a seminar in Prague In central-eastern Europe the economies of Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia now seem to be more ready than others for a new phase of economic development. A step behind are the...

“I can’t perform miracles, but I’m a man who believes in miracles” Last 10th April we had the chance to meet the new archbishop of Prague, monsignor Dominik Duka, on the occasion of a press conference held in the Benedictine monastery of Brevnov. A...

Almost certain the relative majority of the Social Democrats. Among the many possible scenarios, also the return to power of the Communists, just over twenty years from the Velvet revolution. Just over a month before the elections for the renewal of the Chamber of...

Diffidence by the Czechs towards Europe. A bluff or a question of integration? From enhanced cooperation to de facto exclusion: how to enable growth of the Union despite divisions It is quite understandable that Czechs fear integration which necessarily includes rules. Frankly speaking, though,...

Obama and Medvedev have signed, in the Czech capital, the Treaty on strategic arms reduction. For some politicians it represents a setback to the role of the Country in Us foreign policy. The American president intended to reassure the leaders of the Central European...

The valiant men who contributed to the defeat of the double-headed Eagle who fought with great courage on the Italian military front Italy and above all, the Piave valley still preserve the vivid memories of the Czechoslovakian legionaries who, alongside the Italian army, fought...