Czech media, Czech politics and Czech culture

A selection of English language articles, mostly published in the Czech internet-daily Britske listy and in Central Europe Review in 1997 - 1999. For other topical material on the Czech Republic in English, look at Central Europe Review.


Articles by Jan Culik:

Recent material, published in Central Europe Review:

Other Articles by Jan Culik in CER:

  • Czech literature and culture: the long shadow of the curse of the Prague Spring (a paper for the March 1999 BASEES conference)

  • News and current affairs on Czech Television. A paper for the international conference The Profession of Journalism in a Democratic Society, Edinburgh, 4-5 September 1998

  • The unfortunate legacy of the Prague Spring (Written for The Scotsman, 20th August, 1998)

  • Censorship in Bohemia/Czechoslovakia/the Czech Republic (a paper for the March 1999 BASEES conference; for a longer version of the material, see below:)

  • Media in the Czech Republic: A current state of affairs. A lecture, given at the annual conference of the British Association of Slavonic and East European Studies, Cambridge, 4th - 6th April, 1998.

  • Media Profile:CME/Nova TV. Truth, Freedom, and the Pursuit of Profits. Is a Western-backed company building a lucrative broadcasting empire by exploiting inefficient media regulation ? (written for Transitions, July 1997)
  • Czech Political Culture in the 1990s

  • CZECH INTELLECTUALS AND SOCIETY. An interview given to the Norwegian weekly Morgenbladet. The interviewer was Joerund Buen.

  • Intellectuals And Their Position In The Czech Republic Now (a) The Lecture (b) The Debate

  • What is going on in politics in the Czech Republic. A summary of developments 1989 - 1997.

  • Czech Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus warns against the internet

    Articles by Andrew Stroehlein

    (For more topical material on the Czech Republic by A.S. in English, see Central Europe Review.)

  • The Issue That Will Not Die. Czech-German relations haunt Zeman, 21.8.1998

  • The Next Generation. Czech society relies on the younger generation, 4.8.1998

  • A Quick Reply to Mr Mathe. A polemic on Czech TV with former Director of Czech TV and now advisor to Havel, Ivo Mathe, 3. 8. 1998

  • Czech TV: Inside and Out. Personal experience inside Czech TV, 29.7. 1998

  • Auto-xenophobia.Why must foreigners' cars in the Czech Republic have blue plates? 24.7. 1998

  • Page One of a New Book.Czech politics headed for a two-party system, 13.7.1998

  • Obstinacy 'R US. The Freedom Union is too stubborn for Czech politics, 7.7. 1998

  • The Great Shift?.Havel changes his mind about isolating the Communists, 2.7. 1998

  • Searching for Reasons for the Fall of the Republicans. Why didn't the radical win seats in Parliament this time? 1.7. 1998

  • The Question of a Three-Party Political System and the Value of the Bug-eater. Post-election analysis, the pensioners' party, 30.6.1998

  • The Defence Ministry blackmails Czech Television. Czech media, 18.5. 1998

  • Inside Czech Television. Czech media, 13.5. 1998

  • Prague Diary. The Czech capital versus life in the countryside, 12.5.1998

  • The Undecided. A lot of undecided voters before the Czech elections, 27.4.1998

  • Czech voters dreading the day., 24.4.1998

  • Here Comes the "Third Way". Could Blairism get anywhere in the Czech Republic? 24.4. 1998

  • At Last Some Sense: The EU Answers Sudeten Radicals. Czech-German relations and the EU, 23.4. 1998

  • If You Don't Show Up for Work, Don't Expect to Keep Your Job. Absenteeism on the rise in the Czech Parliament, 23. 4. 1998

  • Klaus on Mlynar. Czech politics, the Czech right, strange uses of the Communist past, 22. 4. 1998

  • The Death Penalty: Immoral and Useless. A reaction to Czech poll showing Czechs favour the death penalty, 21. 4. 1998

  • Foreign Ideas Seen by Some as Suspicious. Press attacks on Ivan Kytka, Czech Television, 20.4. 1998

  • Havel's Post-Election Agenda. A widely discussed and reprinted article on the establishment's isolation of certain Czech political parties and what Havel might do to improve the situation, 17.4.1998

  • Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics. Czech media and their view of statistics, 14. 4. 1998

  • A Response to Jiri Pehe's comments. Polemic with Jiri Pehe, advisor to President Havel, 3. 4. 1998

  • Changing Rules Won't Eliminate the Problem. Proposed changes to the Czech electoral system are misguided, 2.4.1998

  • Who are the Czech Embassies For?. Czechs unable to vote abroad, Czech embassies not helping their citizens abroad, 1.4.1998

  • London Decides. London referendum for a mayor, Czechs still have no referendum law, 30.3.1998

  • Kosovo . Notes from a Seminar in London Showing What Really Divides Europe Today, 26. 3. 1998

  • The Lesson of Le Pen. French elections, Le Pen, what can the Czech Republic learn from this, 25.3.1998

  • Zeman Chooses His Enemy. Zeman on Ruml, Czech politics, 24.3.1998

  • A Democrat Visits Prague. Foreign Affairs Spokesman of the German Social Democratic Party Guenter Verheugen and Czech-German relations, 23.3.1998

  • "Save Our Pound". Eurosceptics in the UK, 23. 3. 1998

  • Pehe At It Again. Jiri Pehe, advisor to Havel, doesn't seem to understand democracy, 20. 3. 1998

  • Teachers' Pay Raise is Actually a Cut. Czech education, poor Czech media, 19.3.1998

  • The Year 2015. Will the Czechs be any kinder to their Eastern neighours when the Czechs are in the EU and the others are not? 19.3.1998

  • That Frustrating Survey: Best News I've Seen in a Long Time. Czechs begin to question where the Velvet Revolution went wrong, 18.3.1998

  • Remaining Loyal to Klaus. Klaus comes back, regions, mayors, 17.3.1998

  • Central Europe's Bangkok. Prostitution in the Czech Republic, 16. 3. 1998

  • Obituary for a NATO Referendum. Bad politics and a lack of faith in democracy kill the idea of a referendum on NATO membership in the Czech Republic, 13.3.1998

  • My Reply to Mr.Storck. A polemic on nationalism, 13. 3. 1998

  • The Oscars. Stanislav Gross and the Czech right, 11. 3. 1998

  • A Tribal State. Nationalism in Central Europe, 11.3. 1998

  • The E55 Motorway: Czech-German Relations Today. Prostitution and Czech-German relations, 10. 3. 1998

  • Prague, Algiers, Brussels. Czech arms trade to Algeria, 9. 3. 1998

  • Sladek's Bavarian Ally. Radicals in Czech-German relations, 6.3.1998

  • You May Lose Your Vote. Czechs cannot vote abroad, 5. 3. 1998

  • Second Class Ticket to the EU? Will the Czech Republic be a full member of the EU when it joins? 5.3.1998

  • Go to the Museum. Price discrimination of foreigners in the Czech Republic, 24.2.1998

  • Another Scandal - Wait, Don't Turn the Page. Are Czechs suffering from scandalitis? 20.2.1998

  • Well, CTK Says It's True. Czech press relies too heavily on the main news agency, 19. 2. 1998

  • 40 Years Behind?. Racism in the Czech Republic, 16. 2. 1998.

  • Ten Per Cent in Retirement. A tongue-in-cheek look at the return of Klaus, 13. 2. 1998.

  • Reply to Matthias Roeser. A polemic, 12. 2. 1998

  • What Constitutes a Constitutional Court?. Havel's re-election sham, 10. 2. 1998

  • Czech Republic: Bad to Worse and Worse to Downright Foolish. Bonn sours Czech-German relations, 9. 2. 1998

  • A Letter to the Newly Elected President. A call for greater democracy, 3. 2. 1998

  • Declaration and Democracy. More on the Czech-German Declaration, 27. 1. 1998

  • Havel as Saviour - Amended. A follow-up on an article from early 1997, 23. 1. 1998

  • Czech Political Crisis Will Strengthen the Regions. Analysis, 21. 1. 1998

  • Czechs and the Czech-German Declaration: The Failure of a New Approach to History. MPhil Thesis, 17. 9. 1998