Stories about Czech Republic from December, 2008
Central and Eastern Europe: A Christmas Roundup
A holiday season roundup: Tanja of Czechmatediary recalls family Christmas celebrations of her childhood, writes about the Czech Christmas Mass, and shares a recipe of Vanocka (“Christmas bread”); CzechFolks.com writes...
Czech Republic: A Politics-Free Roundup
Politics-free posts from the Czech Republic: a charity project to help orphans organized by Czech model Tereza Maxova, bankruptcy of one of the largest Czech glass companies, and Karel Gott's...
Central & Eastern Europe: Freedom in the Balkans; Visa Restrictions
Ari Rusila examines the Balkan-related results of the Freedom House's Freedom in the World survey at AriRusila’s BalkanBlog, and writes about the Henley Visa Restrictions Index, highlighting the results for...
Central & Eastern Europe: Mikołajki, Mikuláš
In Poland, “Santa Claus visits twice” – according to the POLSKI blog: on St. Nicholas Day and for Christmas. Same in Slovakia, writes The Foreigner's Guide to Living in Slovakia,...
Czech Republic: Moravia
The Journeys of Captain Oddsocks writes that “Moravia and Moravians deserve more recognition for their homeland and the role they’ve played in Czech and European history.”
Hungary: Catching Up
Hungarian Spectrum writes about “Hungary's place in Eastern Europe.”
Czech Republic: Politics and Culture
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Czech Republic: Christmas Markets and Apples
A quick tour of Prague's Christmas markets – at My Czech Republic Blog. Christmas apples from the Czech Republic – with “an imprint of a real Bethlehem comet on [their]...
