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Hoax-Art Extraordinaire Exhibits House Of Cards

Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Video, Xu Zhen Museum Montanelli, Xu Zhen, Chinese Artists, Venice Biennale, Made in Company, Slideshow, Chinese Art, Prague, Museum Montanelli, Forbidden Castle, 8848 - 1.86, Arts News

Xu Zhen, the Shanghai-based artist known for his combination of theatrical humor and social critique, will be exhibiting "Forbidden Castle" this June ...

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Where The Locals Hang Out In Prague

Bart van Poll | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Tips, Travel Tips, Dining Out, Dining, Prague, Local, Slidepollajax, Europe Travel, Prague Travel, Czech, International Destinations, Slideexpand, Destinations, Czech Republic Travel, Czech Republic, Europe, Travel News

This is the Prague locals love.

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CZECH THIS OUT: This Woman Is A Zombie

The Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Jakub Krasny, Video, Zombie Walk, Zombie Attacks, Zombies, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague Zombie Walk, Weird News News

Clearly, 762 zombies walking on the streets of Prague is something to Czech out. That's how many undead showed up for the city's fifth annual Zombi...

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PHOTOS: A Farewell To Delicious Prague

Liz Neumark | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Travel, Prague, Slidepollajax, Study Abroad, Travel With Kids, International Destinations, Destinations, Parents, Foodie Travel, Food Travel, Travel News

My five days in Prague with the purpose of visiting my daughter, Nell, on her junior semester abroad have been delightful. It is a destination celebrated as the new Paris, an edgy and exciting destination with much to do and see.

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Czechs Rally After Havel

Ben Barber | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Communism, Vaclav Havel, Dissidents, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Prague, World News

Tens of thousands of Czechs rallied in the streets of Prague April 21 to protest budget cuts, higher taxes and corruption -- the largest protest since the 1989 Velvet Revolution swept out communism.

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(Video) Kit Digital Introduces Social TV Platform at NAB

Andy Plesser | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Beet.TV, Online Video, Prague, Nab, Kit Kit Digital, Video, Technology News

LAS VEGAS -- Kit Digital, the big global, Prague-based provider of digital video services, has introduced a set of social media tools to its platfor...

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Artwork Honors Vaclav Havel

AP | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Roman Svejda, Wax Art, Art, Heart, Video, Vaclav Havel, Lukas Gavlovsky, Prague, National Theater, Czech Republic, Arts News

PRAGUE -- Two artists have used wax from the thousands of candles that Czechs lit to mourn the death of President Vaclav Havel to create a large heart...

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PHOTOS: The Musical City Of Prague

Olivia Katrandjian | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Dvorak, Slidepollajax, Bedrich-Smetana, Travel Blogs, Travel News

It's a city full of music, but don't worry about ordering concert tickets in advance. Prague has concert venues like New York City has Starbucks -- on every other corner and ready to welcome you.

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The Legacy of Vaclav Havel

Lee Bycel | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Politics, Leadership, Values, Ethics, Vaclav Havel Dead, Prague, Vaclav Havel, Czech Republic, Impact News

The loss was more than that of a past president, but of a man who had provided hope and moral leadership. A man who was so much more than a political leader; he was a philosopher, a dissident, a playwright and a man who stood by his convictions.

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PHOTOS: This Wormhole Will Give You Paper Cuts

Kia Makarechi | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Matej Kren Book Tower, Book Wormhole, Video, Matej Kren Idiom, Optical Illusions, Public Art, Idiom, Prague Municipal Library, Prague, Matej Kren, Arts News

Slovkian-born artist Matej Kren's sculptures carry a certain youthful wonder. Take, for example, his book tower 'Idiom.' Experiencing the piece remind...

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Remembering Vaclav Havel

Todd Brewster | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Charter 77, Vaclav Havel Dead, Arnost Lustig, Prague, Velvet Revolution, Vaclav Havel, Czech Republic, World News

With the news this past weekend that Vaclav Havel, the one-time Czech president, had died, I found myself recalling a scene back in 1989, when I was lucky enough to spend a week in Prague with the leader of what eventually became known as the "Velvet Revolution."

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PHOTOS: Vaclav Havel's Last Public Journey

Reuters | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Vaclav Havel Dead, Video, Vaclav Havel Died, Vaclav Havel Mourned, Vaclav Havel, Reuters, Prague, Vaclav Havel Public, Vaclav Havel Prague, World News

(Adds details of procession, quotes) By Robert Mueller and Michael Kahn PRAGUE, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Vaclav Havel's actres...

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Tracking Vaclav Havel: From Orwell To Vermont And Into Prague

Lucas Kavner | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Communism, Christopher Hitchens, Vaclav Havel, The Memorandum, Prague Spring, Middlebury College, Czech Republic, Democracy, Why Orwell Matters, Prague, Forum 2000, George Orwell, Hitchens Orwell, Culture News

This past week we lost a writer and a major intellectual, and we lost a brutal, confounding dictator. We also lost a playwright, a rebel, a rockstar, a chain-smoker, a renowned artist, a non-profit leader, and one of the most beloved presidents in history.

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PHOTOS: 7 German Christmas Markets Outside Germany

BootsnAll | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Slovenia, France, Christmas, Europe, Chicago, Christmas Markets, Holiday Travel, Travel, Prague, Europe Travel, Travel Tips, Slidepollajax, Philadelphia, Travel News

Here's some inspiration to brighten up those dark nights: Pack your warmest sweater and head out to a German Christmas market fun.

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PHOTOS: Holiday Lights Around The World

Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Slideadbigshot, Photos, Photography, Holidays, Holiday Season, Hong Kong, England, San Antonio, Prague, Stockholm, London, New York, Paris, Madrid, Christmas, Exposure, Christmas Lights, Holidays Canada, Holiday Lights, Berlin, Culture News

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WATCH: Victoria's Secret Brings Sexy Back To Eastern Europe

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Style News, Video, Victoria's Secret, Victoria's Secret Angels, Prague, Victoria's Secret Angels Prague, Style News

Leave it to the Victoria's Secret Angels to bring sexy back to Eastern Europe. Style.com has an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the models' lat...

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Battle Of The Bulge: Half Of Czech Republic's Military Is Overweight

Die Welt/Worldcrunch | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Weight Loss, Prague, Czech Republic Officers, Obesity, Czech Republic Diet, Czech Republic Military, Czech Republic, World News

The Czech Republic's top military brass is cracking down...on calories. After a recent report found that half of the 22,000 soldiers in the Czech army...

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Czech Parliament To Compensate Anti-Communists

AP | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Communism, Anti-Communist Movement, President Vaclav Klaus, Vaclav Havel, Vaclav Klaus, Anti-Communism, Prague, Velvet Revolution, Czech Republic, World News

PRAGUE -- The Czech Parliament has approved legislation to honor and compensate members of the anti-communist movement. The bill gives members of the...

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Czech Lesbians Being Drawn To Prostitution

GlobalPost | Iva Skoch | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Prostitution, Gay Rights, Sex, LGBT Rights, Lesbians, Prague, Czech Lesbian Prostitutes, Lesbian Prostitutes, Czech Republic, World News

PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Bětka says she learned more working the street than from three years of nursing school. Prostitution taught her to defe...

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Czech Republic Denies 'Medieval' Porn Arousal Test For Gay Refugees

Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: LGBT Rights, Czech Republic Asylum, Prague, Gay Rights, Human Rights, Phallometric Testing, Civil Rights, Czech Republic, World News

The Czech Republic has fought back after the European Commission once again alleged the government was continuing to implement a bizarre method of det...

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Unearthing the Truth About the Gay Caveman (VIDEO)

Bryan Safi | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Skeleton, Bryan Safi, Sex, Gay, Prague, Current, Archeology, Caveman, That's Gay, Comedy News

Coming out of the closet is so last week. The new hot media trend is "outing" 5,000-year-old skeletons from the apparent sexual confusion of their caves. But does the story of the so-called "Gay Caveman" hold up?

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WATCH: Czech President Caught Stealing Pen In Chile

Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Chile, Sebastian Pinera, Vaclav Klaus, Prague, Vaclav Klaus Stealing Pen, Czech Republic, World News

Could Czech President Václav Klaus be a kleptomaniac? That's the question on a lot of minds after Klaus met up with Chilean President Sebastian Pi...

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'Outed' By Archaeology: 5000-Year-Old 'Gay' Caveman Found

Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Gay Caveman, Burial, Prague, Interrment, Fossils, Archaeology, Copper Age, Czech Republic, World News

A team of Czech archaeologists claim to have unearthed the remains of an early gay man from around 2900-2500 B.C. outside Prague. According to the...

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Village Green: What Do the World's Most Romantic Cities Have in Common?

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lisbon, Venice, Rome, Valentine's Day, Prague, Cities, Paris, Vienna, Urban Planning, Urban Studies, Green, Sustainability, Green Cities, Green News

Some cities that perennially make "ten-most-romantic cities" lists. And people fall in love with them, and in them, in part because they are so conducive to nourishing the human spirit.

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EXCLUSIVE: Crispin Glover's Creepy Prague Castle

La Carmina | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photos, Crispin-Glover, Home Decor, Travel, Crispin Glover, Prague, Film, Czech Republic, Absinthe, Slidepollajax, Slideshow, Travel News

About the author: This exclusive interview was contributed to The Huffington Post by La Carmina: TV host, coolhunter, author & blogger at LaCarmina.co...

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