Femme fatale behind Czech PM's demise
Jana Nagyova, chief of staff and alleged lover of Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas, has gone from loyal servant to femme fatale by wielding immense power that ultimately toppled her boss. Necas has...
View ArticlePrague: Where beauty steals your breath
It is often the totally unexpected that pleases most. When I thought of Prague I imagined castles, cathedrals, cobbled lanes, old stone bridges and spires. Prague is rightfully proud of a thousand...
View ArticleCruising: Capital view of history
Prague, Czech Republic Prague, known as the city of golden spires, is magical but my advice is to take an early morning stroll because by 9am the streets heave with tourists. When the streets are empty...
View ArticleBar/fly: V Kolkovne, Prague
Love is as simple as the automobile, Kafka wrote. "The only problems are the driver, the passenger and the streets." I am in his home town, Prague, looking for the appropriately Bohemian statue to a...
View ArticleBar review: U Zlateho Tygra, Prague
Wizened old regulars debate the latest corruption scandal, which part of the pig is tastiest, or how much cheaper beer was in the old days. The Czech pub is much more than a place to sit around and...
View ArticleMax Towle: Confessions of a hopeless tourist
When I was eight I fell down a well. I had been playing with some friends on a farm, and while retrieving a ball that bounced onto some rotting wooden planks, I fell through. Luckily there was water at...
View ArticleTwo dead, 40 injured in fire at Prague hotel
At least two people have died and 40 suffered smoke inhalation as a fire tore through a Prague hotel today. Dozens of firefighters and paramedics rushed to the four-star Eurostars David Hotel in the...
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