In the current edition of The Prague Post you can read about Czech companies throwing their hat into the ring as Greece privatizes public assets and insightful opinion piece by economist Barry Eichengreen urging the creation of a Marshall Plan-style aid package to help the troubles Mediterranean country find its way and the observation that: [...]
Democracy Now Host Amy Goodman lead a discussion between Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange July 2. Check out the video below.
Call me a conspiracy theorist. It might be coincidental that MasterCard, Visa, PayPal and Amazon.com have all almost simultaneously decided to sever ties with WikiLeaks (though when your organization is on the other side of a moral dispute from a credit card company, you have to be doing something right). Much as they may try [...]
The New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks lays out many of the central issues in the debate over whether WikiLeaks is doing the public service or harm in publishing previously inaccessible military and diplomatic communications (including more than 1,200 cables sent by the U.S. Embassy in Prague). While critical of WikiLeaks decision to release [...]
While his tenure has as prime minister has been marred by repeated personal scandals, and a troubling roll back in press freedom, the end cause Silvio Berlusconi’s downfall may actually end up being political — though he wouldn’t be Il Cavaliere if the story didn’t come with a sordid twist. Berlusconi has been the bain [...]
A Prague Municipal Court has upheld the Oct. 15-16 local election results in the face of a judicial challenge, paving the way for a likely grand coalition in City Hall between the Civic Democrats (ODS) and the Social Democrats (ČSSD). The judgment was released shortly after 1:30 p.m. today. “The Municipal Court concluded that during [...]
Check out highlights of the first installment of The Prague Post Discussion Series from Sept. 23. The topic of discussion was “Can the war in Afghanistan be won?” The event was moderated by Prague Post Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Cunningham, and the panel was comprised of: Akbar Ayazi, associated director of broadcasting Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; Oldřich [...]
U.S. President Barack Obama’s Democratic Party suffered a major defeat at the polls Nov. 2, losing control of the lower house of Congress and shedding seats to Republicans in the Senate. Republicans picked up at least 60 seats in the House of Representatives, with several races still too close to call. Ohio Republican John Boehner [...]
Equal parts humor and serious message, the “Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear” took place on Washington, D.C.’s famed National Mall Oct. 30. Jon Stewart, host of the satirical Daily Show, and Stephen Colbert, host of the sister show The Colbert Report, took to the stage to lead what have most termed a counter-demonstration against the [...]
Check out analysis of the behind the scenes maneuverings to gain control of Prague City Hall including comments from political analysts Jiři Pehe and Bohumil Doležal in today’s print Prague Post, and a report on how the Civic Democrats (ODS) and Social Democrats (ČSSD) may look to form a “grand coalition” between themselves and bypass [...]