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Lidové noviny

http://www.lidovky.cz

Prague
Language : Czech
Circulation : 72,000

http://www.lidovky.cz
Language : Czech

Founded in 1893, Lidové noviny has boasted prestigious contributors such Karel and Josef Čapek, and Eduard Bass. Banned during World War II and under the communist regime, it resurfaced after the Velvet Revolution with the help of a group of Czech dissidents including Jiří Ruml and Jiří Dienstbier, democratic and independent credentials intact. With a strong international outlook, it is famous for being the first paper to caricature national figures. The Czech Republic’s second highest-selling daily, the People’s Paper, although increasingly mainstream, remains the journal of the intelligentsia. Like its sister paper the top-selling DNES, Lidové noviny belongs to the MAFRA media group.

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Democracy | Dealing with the far right the legal way

Should extremist parties be banned? A recent decision by the Czech Republic's Supreme Administrative Court to dissolve the far-right Workers Party has prompted renewed debate about the limits of democracy.

Published on 23 Feb 2010 | Lidové noviny

Czech Republic | Eco-racketeering, a business with a future

The arrest of an environmental activist who demanded money to withdraw his opposition to real estate projects has lifted the veil on a new type of blackmail, which writer Ivan Brezina maintains pales in comparison with the stock and trade of major public figures in the environmental movement.

Published on 25 Jan 2010 | Lidové noviny

Former Czechoslovakia | The mildly masochistic revolution

Achieved without violence, the fall of the Czechoslovak communist regime had none of the usual arousal associated with revolutions. Journalist Jiří Peňás presents a psychoanalytic interpretation of the events of 17 November 1989.

Published on 16 Nov 2009 | Lidové noviny

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