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Central Europe's Pivot to the North Is a Good Idea

AndrƔs Simonyi | Posted 05.14.2013 | World
AndrƔs Simonyi

The glory days of Central Europe as the center of attention, the drivers of tectonic changes, is now faded memory.

'Now That's Italian!'

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.04.2013 | Comedy
Jerry Zezima

As a nice Italian boy, as well as a former runner-up in the Newman's Own & Good Housekeeping Recipe Contest for a dish I called Zezima's Zesty Ziti Zinger, I have many remembrances of things pasta.

Where The Locals Hang Out In Prague

Bart van Poll | Posted 05.24.2012 | Travel
Bart van Poll

This is the Prague locals love.

On Vaclav Havel, Kim Jong Il and Regular Russian Citizens

Tereza Nemessanyi | Posted 02.21.2012 | World
Tereza Nemessanyi

Most people who know me know my parents defected from Czechoslovakia, and that its Velvet Revolution changed my life. I went from being "from nowhere" to "from somewhere."

Astoria Characters: The Well-Engineered Family

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 01.28.2012 | New York
Nancy Ruhling

Jarda Nehybka never thought he'd have a wife and two tow-headed toddlers, not at this age, 69.

GEN Launched To Foster Mutualization and Cooperation Among World's Editors

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 06.18.2011 | Media
Magda Abu-Fadil

A new worldwide organization is bringing together editors from different platforms, engineers and developers in news media in a bid to foster more sustainable professional journalism.

Obama Prague Trip Ends On Meeting With Czech President Vaclav Klaus

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

PRAGUE — President Barack Obama on Friday briskly capped his latest mission abroad, squeezing in some diplomacy with his host, Czech President V...

Olympic Hockey Heaven

Joe Lapointe | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Joe Lapointe

Hockey's national profile in the U.S. is most revived only during the Olympics, when its stars reappear on the world stage and shine with elan and effort.

When The Berlin Wall Fell: Commentary

GlobalPost | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

I first saw the Berlin Wall in 1971. It was then about 10 years old and was the ugliest human structure I'd ever seen: gray, brutal, pitiless, unyield...

Good King Wenceslas: What Will We Risk for Justice?

Anne Dilenschneider | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Anne Dilenschneider

Wenceslas was a ruler whose power was due to personal faith and integrity as well as physical prowess.

Czech Politicians Strip Down for Swimsuit Billboard Pitch for Votes (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

For Czech holiday makers the "nightmare has become a reality." A selection of Czech politicians have been photographed in swim trucks-- prominently di...

Czech Government Ousted For First Time In History; Another Economic Casualty

AP | KAREL JANICEK | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

PRAGUE — The Czech government collapsed Tuesday after losing a parliamentary no-confidence vote over its handling of the economic crisis. It wa...