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:
- The Czech media: TV Nova, the Czech Health Secretary and other problems, 15 November 1999
- Profound Disillusionment, 8 November 1999
- Communist Revival, 1 November 1999
- Seeking solutions: The Roma problem in the Czech Republic, 25th October, 1999
- Reminiscing Revolutionaries, 18 October 1999
- The Educated Poor, 11 October 1999
- Pricking Havel's Bottom, 4 October 1999
- More Moribund Manouevring (Further TV Nova Tales), 27 September 1999
- Mixed Czech Nuts, 20 September 1999
- Nova TV: The saga continues, 13 September 1999
- UK: Central Europeans Keep Out!, 30 August 1999
- Czech Public TV: The yellow-bellies,
23 August 1999
- Zelezny Pulls the Plug on Czech TV Nova,
16 August 1999
- Czech Media and Civil Society: A survey,
16 August 1999
- Czech Revival: No Pulse 99,
9 August 1999
- Princess Diana, Al Fayed, the CIA and a Czech Spook, 2 August 1999
- Nova TV: Commercial success or embarrassing failure?, 2 August 1999
- Book Review:
Martin Fendrych's Jako ptak na drate, 26 July 1999
- A Concrete Example of
Muddy Thinking in the Czech Press, 19 July 1999
- Press Freedom under
Threat, 12 July 1999
- Corruption at the Czech
Law School, 5 July 1999
- The Czech
Malaise, 28 June 1999
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