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- Three Gay Days: Prague Part Two
DAY ONE: OLD TOWNS, NEW TO WNS The transport hub at the National Museum (Muzeum metro stop or the central rail station, Hlavni Nadrazi) is as good a place as any to start your time in Prague. Forget the museum itself -- it's dull, dead things in cases --
- Three Gay Days: Prague Part Three
For a different side of the city, cross the Charles Bridge first thing in the morning, before the buskers and vendors have set up shop, and admire the views through the early morning haze. This time, though, keep going right across until you reach the
- Three Gay Days: Prague Part One
This Travel Guide was last updated 5/07. There may be places that changed since then. Call ahead, and please let us know about any corrections or new places of interest. Three Gay Days guides are not meant to be all-inclusive, but rather a planner for a
- Czech opponents goes on hunger strike in against U.S. radar
PRAGUE, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Jan Tamas, an activist of the Czech civic group No to Bases, went on hunger strike in protest against the planned U.S. missile defense radar base in west Bohemia area of the country, the Czech news agency CTK said on Tuesday.
- Czech Republic - O2 to add monthly benefits into postpaid mix
E-mail StoryPrint Feedback O2 Telefonica is set to launch a range of postpaid residential tariffs that offer an inclusive allowance as well as an extra benefit each month from 15th May 2008. Details of the 'Neon' tariffs on a two-year contract are shown
- Value in East Europe 'junket', say MPs
It was derided as a junket, but MPs on the controversial Speaker's trip to Eastern Europe yesterday defended their two-week sojourn as being worthwhile for New Zealand. Last month Speaker Margaret Wilson was accompanied on a tour of Poland, the Czech
- Prague '68, Beirut '08
Regardless of your political affiliation or your religious beliefs there can be little argument that the unfortunate events which unfolded in Lebanon this past week will not contribute in making the country or the region any safer. By resorting to
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After World War II, Czechoslovakia fell within the Soviet sphere of influence. In 1968, an invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended the efforts of the countrys leaders to liberalize party rule and create "socialism with a human face." Anti-Soviet demonstrations the following year ushered in a period of harsh repression. With the collapse of Soviet authority in 1989, Czechoslovakia regained its freedom through a peaceful "Velvet Revolution." On 1 January 1993, the country underwent a "velvet divorce" into its two national components, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Now a member of NATO, the Czech Republic has moved toward integration in world markets, a development that poses both opportunities and risks.
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