Stories about Czech Republic from June, 2007
Eastern & Central Europe: Feral's Back; Czech Lustration
Illyrian Gazette posts an update on the fate of Feral Tribune (it's back and financially secure), and writes about lustration and music in the Czech Republic.
Czech Rebublic: Panorama Blast
Arellanes.com offers a theory on how the Czech pranksters managed to insert footage of a nuclear blast into the regular live footage of the Czech countryside on a state-owned TV channel.
Eastern & Central Europe: U.S. States’ GDPs
U.S. states have been renamed for countries with similar GDPs and the new map has been posted at Strange Maps: Russia is New Jersey, Ukraine is Idaho, Belarus is Alaska, Poland is Missouri, Czech Republic is Nebraska, Hungary is New Mexico, Romania is Delaware, Croatia is South Dakota.
Eastern Europe: Trouble With the Presidents
An Alaskan Abroad notes on how CNN got the Czech president's name wrong: Klaus Topolanek instead of Vaclav Klaus. (Mirek Topolanek is the Czech premier.) Also, a photo from Kyiv, of an anti-Yushchenko protest sign that says Ukraine's president should be sent off to Alaska, of all places.
Czech Rebublic: Defense Minister's Song
The Voice of Europe reports that in order “to lighten up the negative campaign, which is accompanying the radar debate,” the Czech defense minister records a song for George W. Bush.
Czech Rebublic: Civil Democrats
An in-depth view on Czech Republic's Civic Democrats and other political forces – over at Dr. Sean's Diary.