October 11, 2006

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The Doležel scandal: Was Kubice supposed to die?

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Regular readers of this blog know I’m a big fan of the Czech investigative journalist Sabina Slonková of the website Aktualně.cz. She herself was the target of a murder plot a few years back by the then-assistant to Foreign Minister Jan Kavan over her reporting on a corruption affair involving the...  


Alberto Tomba visits Prague

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Famous Italian skier Tomba is in Prague. At 17:00 tomorrow he is going to give autographs at Wenceslas Square and compete with people on the skying simulator. The evening is reserved for the Lord Mayer Pavel Bem and Petrin.  


Mammoths' exhibition in the National Museum

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This exhibition offers next to the real archaeological discoveries (the most valuable item of the exhibition is The Venus of Dolni Vestonice) also mammoth’s roars, the crackling of fire, the stamp of hoofs or the distinct smell of animal skin. The authors of this exhibition tried to illustrate the era by all senses.