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Respekt is a political weekly newspaper and on-line service published in Prague. In its mission statement, Respekt states to believe in freedom of human spirit and the necessity of being open to doubt in an everyday process of fulfiling this freedom. Respekt covers national and international affairs with deep analysis, opinion pieces, and reports.
“I never called the Czechs ´bad´”
Mary Heimann, the author of the history book Czechoslovakia: The State That Failed, writes to Respekt in response to a review of her book by David Vaughan published in this magazine few weeks ago. She contests the assumption that she simply dislikes the Czechs and that´s the reason why she took a... …
Diskuse (10)Žižka Ready to Fight Again
Why has the Czech state abandoned a monument to the country's greatest warrior? …
Diskuse (0)Into the Heart of Darkness
Respekt has acquired new evidence of fraud at the Czech Statistical Office concerning a contract worth half a billion koruna …
Diskuse (0)A Right to Lust
The subtler charms of feminist pornography are finding an audience in the Czech Republic …
Diskuse (0)A bad state and a bad nation
The image of Czechoslovakia in Britain and the United States is often idealized, sometimes spilling over into the realm of kitsch: the picturesque snowy landscapes of Good King Wenceslas; the plucky and democratic little republic abandoned by its Western allies to Nazi Germany and later standing up... …
Diskuse (7)You Have the Luxury of Being Eurosceptical
Respekt talks to four foreign correspondents in Prague about the Battle of White Mountain, Czech food and the dream some Czechs have of becoming the second Switzerland …
Diskuse (12)The Dragon from Budejovice
"I wanted to test a few things. First, how would the publishing houses, the literary class with its critics and the snobs react to a book by a Czech Vietnamese girl? And then how would it be received by the Czech public and the Vietnamese community itself?" says a 39 year old man sporting a leisure... …
Diskuse (0)Day one, and after
The Lisbon Treaty comes into force on December 1st, 2009. How that might change the nature of the EU? For those who are interested Respekt offers one of the possible answers, given by two young foreign academicians. …
Diskuse (0)The CZK 500 billion game
Although the information hasn’t made front page headlines yet, the biggest behind-the-scenes swarm of lobbyists is now hovering over the construction of two additional reactors at the Temelín nuclear plant. The actual deal looks "somewhat" different. The state-owned energy giant ČEZ is looking to... …
Diskuse (1)Communists: dangerous or not?
In connection with the proposed dissolution of the Communist Party filed to the Supreme Administrative Court by a group of senators headed by Jaromír Štětina, Interior Ministry's officials presented the government with a danger assessment of the Communist Party for democracy. …
Diskuse (1)The deal with Czech atheism
Monday's papers featured the results of a survey by STEM polling agency which show that only a quarter of Czechs adheres to religion. Nothing new under the sun, you'd say. Czechs are after all "the most atheist nation in the world". Are they really? …
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What to do about Klaus?
Ireland will probably ratify the Lisbon treaty this week. EU leaders are counting on the treaty coming into effect starting next year. Attention is now shifting to the Czech Republic and to Václav Klaus. …
Diskuse (2)The Czech Republic after the pope
The hustle around Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the Czech Republic did not match with the constantly repeated notion that the Holy Father was coming to Europe's most atheist country. …
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Back stroke in Prague …
Prague´s public transport faces series of cuts. Dopravni podnik hl. m. Prahy (DPP) – the... …
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Last week 05/10 …
Frost blanketed the Czech Republic. Temperatures dropped to minus 30 degrees Celsius, and railroad... …
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Zbabělí Lvi
Sobotním nominačním večerem na Českého lva si filmoví akademici vystavili pěknou vizitku....…
Policejní komando od ČEZ
Šokující video z elektrárenského výcviku…
Minarety a Evropa
Patří do evropských měst mešity? Muslimové a křesťané by si na sebe měli ještě nějakou...…