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An evening with Anne Applebaum: The eternal periphery – Europe between East and West The American historian, author and Pulitzer Prize winner presented the Czech editions of two of her most important works. The book Between East and West is a record of a journey around the borderlands of the West, from Kaliningrad to Odessa, as well as an important attempt to understand the region’s history and cultural diversity. The Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Central Europe, 1944–1956 is an exceptional study of the process by which totalitarian regimes are established. The debate was chaired by Jiří Schneider. The evening was organized ed in cooperation with the Polish Institute in Prague and the Pant civic association.
http://www.vaclavhavel-library.org/cs/index/videa/428/anne-applebaum-at-vaclav-havel-library-12-1-2015
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BROADCAST DATE : Jan 9, 2015
He casts a long shadow over globe. Russian leader Vladimir Putin has outlasted three American presidents and is on track to stay in power until 2024. His incursions in Georgia, the Crimea and Ukraine have rattled the West, while his crackdowns inside Russia have riled his democratic opponents.
But a joint investigation by the fifth estate and PBS’ Frontline reveals an even darker side to one of the most powerful leaders in the world: Allegations of criminal activity dating as far back as his early days as a top official in St. Petersburg; ties to organized crime and money-laundering activities; and a secret personal fortune said to be in the billions.
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The Interpreter and the Institute of Modern Russiapresent a special report by Peter Pomerantsev, author of Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: the Surreal Heart of the New Russia, and our editor-in-chief, Michael Weiss, on the Kremlin’s weaponization of information, culture and money to achieve foreign policy goals and undermine opponents.
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On the morning of 23 December 2014, the Ministry of Culture for the Czech Republic, declared that it had over-ruled the decision, of 9 October 2014, by Prague 1 Heritage Department ordering the removal of the Winged Lion monument from Klárov, in Prague 1 District, to a different, unspecified location elsewhere in Prague.
The Ministry of Culture’s decision came after the Národní památkový ústav (NPÚ) – National Heritage Institute – has decided that the memorial, constructed without the Heritage Departments consent, had no detrimental impact on Klárov and did not devalue Prague’s heritage by being at that location.
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Not for the faint hearted. They do beheading us and we care about their human rights in Quantanamo.
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Belgian police have used tear gas and water cannon against violent anti-austerity protesters in central Brussels after a largely peaceful march by about 100,000 workers.
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The article is about a new book on the famous American General George Patton. According to the journalist who wrote the book, Patton possibly poisoned by the Russian Secret Service. Now this is interesting because it is another individual, not unlike Jan Masaryk who died at a key point in time. Patton's army liberated Czechoslovakia 3-weeks before the Russians. Then the American army was ordered to leave. Of course, Patton did not want to leave. He wanted to take his army all the way to Moscow. With the current danger for Czech and Slovakia coming from the Russian sphere, the opinion in the book would be interesting to many people.
Jan Šinágl, 24.11.2014
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The 17 November 2014 was the 25th anniversary of the ‘Velvet Revolution’ when Czechoslovakia was liberated from its Communist regime after 41 years. However, this date now also has another significance as well, as on this day, at 18:30 the first Czech ceremony at the Winged Lion Monument at Klárov, Prague was held.
The Winged Lion Monument was the result of a British initiative which secured generous donations from the British ex-pat community in the Czech Republic who wished to say ‘Thank-you’ to the Czechoslovak airmen and women who who escaped from their homeland and came to Britain’s aid during WW2. The Winged Lion is the only Monument in the world where all these 2,500 Czechoslovak men and women who served in the RAF are remembered. On completion, the Monument was donated to Prague 1 District by the Winged Lion Project team. …
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