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More highs, fewer lies in Prague - the new Amsterdam?

('Andrew Christie',) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:00:00 -0000

15 grams of marijuana, five grams of hashish or even 1.5 grams of heroin. Thanks to a new law that came into effect on 1 January 2010, Czechs can stock up on drugs without fear of prosecution. The Czech Republic now has the most liberal drug laws in the whole of Europe, though its preventive measures still leave something to be desired

Czech Republic: EU equals protectionism equals communism?

('Lydia Bigos',) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:39:02 -0000

With different visions of the market, politics and the EU, this is a country which is torn between its new role as the centre of Europe and the rejection of any type of communism

Petr Uhl: ‘I prefer to call it the Czechoslovak spring’

('Chris Yeomans',) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:20:27 -0000

He stood on the barricades of Paris and Prague in 1968 and later produced the Charter 77 civic initiative. The man who once smoked cigarettes in prison with former president Václav Havel looks back over his sixty-six years, but also to Europe and the future

Prague ‘Hyde Park’: dead speakers society

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0000

The Czech capital is banishing a young Brit’s project from the city centre after the first Speaker’s Corner in Europe outside of the UK became a hotspot for extremists