The 40th Barum Czech Rally Zlín was dominated by Škodas Fabia Super 2000. The ninth Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) event and at the same time the sixth Czech championship event of this season was affected by fast-changing weather conditions, with sunny moments and strong rain taking turns all over the weekend.
Former Czech Republic president, playwright and new director Vaclav Havel has finished shooting his first film. He wrote the main female role for his wife, Dagmar Havel. 
Fugitive Czech billionaire Radovan Krejcir cannot be arrested, extradited or deported from South Africa ahead of the final resolution of his application for political asylum.
The Prague-based EUmigrant.org website has launched a new service for job agencies and publishers. |
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People booking accommodation in Prague for the festival can look forward to appearances from three Nobel Prize-winners - Gao Xingjian, Herta Muller and Derek Walcott. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the event begins on Sunday (June 6th) and will offer a five-day programme of author talks, book signings and other special activities. With an attention-grabbing theme - "Heresy and Rebellion" - and other top writers such as Germany’s Hans Magnus Enzensberger and Spanish playwright Fernando Arrabal, this year’s programme is expected to be another major success for the festival. |
