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Czech newcomers excel in excavating the past

Neil Young / May 28, 2018

Despite a Slovakian sweep at the Finále in Plzeň this year, two Czech newcomers stood out from the crowd.

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In the hallway of the Yugoslav past

Carmen Gray / March 7, 2018

Hotel Jugoslavija appears as a mirror image of the Yugoslav glory and downfall, symbolised by the once grand and luxurious hotel in the capital of a country that ceased to exist.

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A Communist Manifesto

Truls Lie / December 15, 2016

Is Karl Marx still able to show us the way forward – some 168 years after his book was initially published?

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