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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.
When They Ring at Your Door
The use of distraint - the seizure of property to cover unpaid fines - is rising sharply in the Czech Republic and putting a growing number of people out of their homes …
Diskuse (1)Our Village Isn't Flourishing. It's Only Growing in Size
Eight years ago, when the Štroses were looking for some land to build their dream home on, the village of Květnice, just outside Prague, looked like the perfect location. With just a hundred inhabitants, a large pond and tranquil scenery, all only 15 minutes' drive from a metro station, it seemed... …
No Eligibility Without Responsibility
Czech politics needs its own version of the Boston Tea Party …
A Rose for You
The flowers lovers give and receive in the Czech Republic on Valentine's Day are the end-product of a distinctly unromantic globalized industry …
“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 (14)Žižka Ready to Fight Again
Why has the Czech state abandoned a monument to the country's greatest warrior? …
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 …
A Right to Lust
The subtler charms of feminist pornography are finding an audience in the Czech Republic …
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... …
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. …
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)
No Eligibility Without Responsibility …
Czech politics needs its own version of the Boston Tea Party …
Last week 09/2010 …
Newspapers reported that the Russians in Moscow invoked Stalin during the celebration of... …
Anketa: Letošní vyhlašování Českých lvů sklidilo velkou kritiku.
ZUZANA ŠPIDLOVÁ režisérka Domnívám se, že tato cena má svůj význam. Nicméně při pohledu...…
Vylučování z eura a jít či nejít k MMF
Je stále více zřejmé, že německá myšlenka Evropského měnového fondu se objevila především...…