Central Europe

Full Throttle to Hyperlocal News in Czech Republic

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Petr Sabata, World Association of Newspapers, Bertrand Pecquerie, Newsroom, Roman Gallo, Nase Adresa, Central Europe, Northern Bohemia, Online Publishing, China, News Café, Paris, Social Media, Web, World Editors Forum, Vietnam, Prague, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Hyperlocal News, 2015 Newsroom, Czech Republic, Futuroom, Death of Newspapers, Usti, Ppf, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

In the Czech Republic, "news cafés" are springing up, where people can relax, meet, down some brew, see their local paper being produced, mingle with editors and contribute copy.

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Prague: Monstertown

David Parker | Posted 11.15.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Winnie the Pooh, Travel, Prague, Europe, Comedy, Central Europe, Czech Republic, Comedy News
David Parker

To avoid being robbed of all my korunas and left for dead on a Mala Strana sidewalk, I ducked into a bookstore. In the window, two books were prominently displayed: Mein Kampf and Winnie the Pooh.

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David Duke, Former KKK Leader, Detained In Prague

AP | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Read More: Kkk, Ku Klux Klan, David Duke, David Duke Ku Klux Klan, David Duke Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Prague Czech Republic, Europe, Central Europe, Holocaust Deniers, Holocaust Denial, World News

PRAGUE — Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke was detained by police in the Czech Republic on Friday on suspicion of denying the Holocaust. Po...

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Russia Abandons Plans For Nuclear-Capable Missiles In Move To Improve Relations With US

The Guardian | Luke Harding | Posted 02.28.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Kaliningrad, Missiles, Barack Obama, Central Europe, Russia, The Kremlin, Moscow, Nuclear, Dmitry Medvedev, World News

Russia today announced it was abandoning plans to deploy nuclear-capable Iskander missiles in its European Kaliningrad outpost - a sign that Moscow wa...

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Energy Lessons for Europe and the U.S. from the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo

Charles D. Ferguson | Posted 02.15.2009 | World

Read More: Coal Plants, Russia, Council on Foreign Relations, Central Europe, Gasoline Prices, Conservation, Cars, Obama Administration, Coal, Eu, Cheap Gas Prices, Oil Embargo, Solar Energy, Electricity, Oil Price, Washington, Arab Oil Embargo, Israel, Yom Kippur War, Natural Gas, Eu Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Cfr, Opec, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Wind, Russian Gas Dependence, Ukraine, Suvs, Energy Efficiency, Eastern Europe, Increase, Geothermal, United States, Heat Oil, Carbon Dioxide, International Energy Agency, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Renewable Sources of Energy, World News
Charles D. Ferguson

While feeling angry is justified in a crisis, the governments would be best advised not to get mad at Russia but to get more secure in energy supplies and smarter in energy usage.

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Switzerland- voted #1 Green Country in the World

Stefanie Michaels | Posted 10.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Globally, Stefanie Michaels, Adventure, Central Europe, Going Green, Hydrogen, Travel, Adventure Girl, Switzerland, Environmental, Solar Energy, Niger, Parks, Environmental Performance Index, World, Energy Companies, George Clooney, Green, Ski Season, Yale, Hotel Europa, Fuel Cells, Blog, Environment, St. Moritz, Clean Energy Project, Huffington Post, Swiss Companies, Columbia, Eco-Aware, Alps, Alpine, Badrutt's Palace, Green News
Stefanie Michaels

Hello fellow "Greenies"- I'm Stefanie Michaels. I am also known as Adventure Girl from Adventure Girl.com. I am excited to be a part of Huffington Pos...

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