Friday, 12 March 2010
Opinion | Prague Post
Worst foot forward

One Czech tradition has ties to Islam, Moses, Taoism and good old-fashioned philandering.
Opinion | The Wall Street Journal
Prague union homophobe gets blunt reception to idiotic remarks

Czech labor union leader Jaromír Dušek this week very publically revealed his critical lack of brainpower, at least according to most of his compatriots.
Opinion | Cherwell.org
A wonderland of quirks

It's a topsy-turvy world here indeed, and its inhabitants all appear to indulge my fantasy that I'm Alice in a Czech-speaking wonderland.
Opinion | Respekt
No eligibility without responsibility

Czech politics needs its own version of the Boston Tea Party.
Opinion | The Wall Street Journal
ČEZ dividend delay shows management's political savvy

Power company ČEZ AS is skilled in hedging its exposure to foreign exchange risks as well as to carbon emission burdens. Management at the 70% state-owned utility is now displaying its panache for hedging political and job security risks as well.
Opinion | Reuters
Left will be hard pressed to meet promises

A transport strike set for Thursday has drawn the battle lines for a general election in May, giving the left a popular rallying call to protect welfare but casting the country's euro convergence programme into doubt.
Opinion | UPI.com
Atlantic Eye: A Czech state of corruption

Corruption here. Corruption there. Corruption at the top echelons nearly everywhere. Welcome to the Czech Republic.
Opinion | Transitions Online
A message to the wavering middle

By taking on a neo-Nazi party in the courtroom and winning, the Czech government may have set a precedent for the entire region.
Opinion | ČTK
Interest in Klaus-Zeman meeting shows Czech politics empty

The great attention paid to the recent meeting of President Václav Klaus and Miloš Zeman, former PM and Social Democrat head, now building a new party, who are in fact "two burnt-out political zombies," proves the emptiness of Czech politics, Ondřej Neff writes in Lidové noviny Thursday.
Opinion | EUobserver.com
The best by-product of the Czech EU presidency?

Judging from the first comments, last week's grilling of the new commissioner-designate for enlargement and neighborhood policy Štefan Füle revealed to some a surprisingly promising figure for the European political landscape.
Opinion | RFE/RL
Choosing uncertainty

Maybe today's media is not as objective as it should be, but it is not censured. Maybe our politicians are not the best, but the people can elect whomever they want. Maybe people today are not saints, but they can be themselves.
Opinion | Transitions Online
Year of populists and nationalists

Many new EU members are gearing up for bruising political battles in 2010, and hoping the strife doesn't spread to the streets.