euro|topics - Ivan Hoffman

: 1. Pražský deník - Czech Republic | 17/04/2012

Even mass murders deserve a fair trial

For a democratic state it is no sign of weakness to give even someone who is clearly guilty of mass murder a trial, the liberal ... » more

: 2. Pražský deník - Czech Republic | 22/03/2012

Murderers driven by fanaticism, not religion

The man suspected of committing the shootings in Toulouse, Mohamed Merah, has identified himself as an Islamist. However according to the liberal daily Pražský deník ... » more

: 3. Pražský deník - Czech Republic | 27/04/2011

Czechs between comedy and tragedy

The Czech Republic's right-wing government survived a vote of no confidence initiated by the opposition Social Democrats on Tuesday after several ministers who in the ... » more

: 4. Pražský deník - Czech Republic | 08/03/2011

Czech Republic fleeces the disabled

The Czech Republic's conservative government, which has been in power for around a year, wants to cut government benefits for the disabled for the second ... » more

: 5. Pražský deník - Czech Republic | 04/03/2011

The Czechs incapable of love

Fewer couples got married last year in the Czech Republic than ever before. According to the national statistics office, marriages last just 12 years on ... » more

: 6. Pražský deník - Czech Republic | 03/03/2011

VAT a threat to book-loving Czechs

In order to finance its pension reform the Czech Republic's conservative government plans to double the value-added tax on books and newspapers, among other things, ... » more

: 7. Pražský deník - Czech Republic | 16/02/2011

Prime Minister belongs behind bars

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has managed to extricate himself from all of the scandals he's caused so far, the liberal daily Pražský deník ... » more

: 8. Pražský deník - Czech Republic | 01/10/2010

Forget your gripes and celebrate

When the two Germanys reunited twenty years ago they had no idea how different they really were, comments the liberal daily Pražský deník: "This became ... » more

: 9. Pražský deník - Czech Republic | 23/09/2010

Czech conservatives simulate artistic taste

For a long time the governing Civic Democratic Party (ODS) was dead set against the construction of a new national library in Prague designed by ... » more

: 10. Pražský deník - Czech Republic | 16/09/2010

Czech Republic's chaotic energy policy

The Czech government on Wednesday decided to end subsidies for solar energy systems claiming they lead to a rise in electricity prices. The liberal daily ... » more

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