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13 November 2008

Central & Eastern Europe: A Travel Roundup

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Arts & Culture, Governance

Olive harvesting in Albania, John Paul II monuments in Poland, a Soviet military hardware cemetery in Moscow and more: Central and Eastern Europe-based bloggers share their recent travel stories and photos.

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23 March 2008

Czech Republic, Slovakia: Whipping Girls and Other Easter Traditions

Written by Elia Varela Serra · Arts & Culture, Religion

Easter is a very important celebration both in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, called Velikonoce - from Veliké noci or Great Nights. Although the religious connotations of Easter were suppressed under the communist regime, nowadays Czechs and Slovaks are again aware of the strong Christian background of Easter, although they regard it as mostly fun times. Many traditions are still observed, especially in villages. Several bloggers have been describing some of them.

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1 March 2008

Total lunar eclipse inspires vloggers

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Environment, Science

Videos from different countries show the total lunar eclipse, just in case you missed it or wish to relive the moment.The only total lunar eclipse for 2008 and the last one until Dec 21st 2010 took place last February 20th.

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3 February 2007

Czech Republic: A Message to Condoleezza Rice

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · History, Travel

On one wall in Brno, the second-largest Czech city, there's a collective letter to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. When Swobodin v Brne discovered it, he asked a friend...

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5 June 2006

Czech Republic: Election Ends in Stalemate

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Arts & Culture, Elections

On June 2 and 3, the fourth election to the Chamber of Deputies since the 1993 split of Czechoslovakia took place in the Czech Republic - and ended in stalemate....

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Updates about Czech Republic

15 August 2011

English

The Reference Frame comments on the politics surrounding Prague's first gay pride parade.

• Veronica Khokhlova

22 July 2011

English

Dr Sean's Diary takes a closer look at the Czech Sovereignty Party, Suverenita, and its policies.

• Vilhelm Konnander

16 July 2011

English

Tanja of Czechmate Diary reports that a recent EU-study reveals that Czechs have the most widespread marijuana use in the European Union.

• Vilhelm Konnander

27 June 2011

Arts & Culture

LJ-user tanjakaverzina brings up [ru] the dialogue of Yuri Lyubimov, Russian theater director who had recently declared he quits Taganka theater, with the actors. The actors claim [ru] the reason of the conflict is Lyubimov's greed and authoritarianism. Stas Sadalskiy, famous blogger and actor, comments [ru]: “the actors took this step after a dozen of peaceful attempts to solve the issue.”

• Alexey Sidorenko

23 June 2011

English

Luboš Motl of The Reference Frame writes about the current economic situation in Greece and how it affects (or doesn't affect) other countries: “All the hysteria is man-made and unjustifiable by the real data. The Greek default will be just a formality because in practice, it has occurred a long time ago.” As a side note, the blogger mentions Greece's “angry” reaction to the statue of Alexander the Great, which has recently been erected in Skopje, Macedonia.

• Veronica Khokhlova

15 April 2011

English

Czechmate Diary discusses how the Czech president, Vaclav Klaus, apparently snatches a pen during a state visit to Chile, and how people now are sending him loads of pens so that he will not be left without one.

• Vilhelm Konnander

12 April 2011

English

The Reference Frame comments on the Czech President Václav Klaus' successful attempt to steal a protocol pen during a joint press conference with the Chilean President Sebastián Piñera in Chile.

• Veronica Khokhlova

11 April 2011

English

Luboš Motl of The Reference Frame offers a Czech perspective on the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first human spaceflight on April 12, 1961. (More in this 2007 post by the same blogger.)

• Veronica Khokhlova

10 March 2011

English

At CzechPosition.com, Rosie Johnston talks to business owners in the Czech Village in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, one of the areas damaged most by the June 2008 flood.

• Veronica Khokhlova

29 January 2011

English

Czech Position writes in detail about “the wartime fate of the Roma” - whose “tremendous suffering and loss [are] often reduced to little more than a historical footnote.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

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Czech Republic, Slovakia: Whipping Girls and Other Easter Traditions

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