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Category: Czech RepublicBy nkulande on Mar 12, 2009 in Czech Republic | Comments Off
I believe the equality between the genders in the Czech Republic has greatly increased in the recent decades. From my point of view, the gender issues in the US and in the Czech are nearly identical. The society has been moving in the right direction and gender equality is one of the priorities of [...]
By nkulande on Feb 28, 2009 in Czech Republic | Comments Off
Czech Republic has been following the trends, moving toward a cleaner environment and sustainable industry practices. Things are moving, although there is still a lot to be done. I grew up in an environmentally undamaged area so my view is that of “things are good.”
By nkulande on Feb 12, 2009 in Czech Republic | Comments Off
By nkulande on Jan 30, 2009 in Czech Republic | Comments Off
When I first came to the Unites States as an exchange student during high school, for a long time, it seemed to me as though the biggest difference between the Czech Republic and the US is that you guys have peanut-butter and burritos and we don’t.
By nkulande on Dec 9, 2008 in Czech Republic | Comments Off
For the last two years I have written here about the Czech Christmas traditions. The gifts are brought by baby Jesus and his little angel helpers on the evening of the 24th, the traditional Christmas dinner is potato salad and a fried carp, who lives in a family bath-tub for about a week before [...]
By nkulande on Nov 19, 2008 in Czech Republic | Comments Off
Although the reaction of the Czech public to the victory of Barack Obama would be a little difficult to objectively generalize, we can, if we take a broad view, say that it was largely positive.
I have encountered three different views while talking to my friends from the Czech Republic.
By nkulande on Oct 15, 2008 in Czech Republic | Comments Off
The financial crisis and especially the struggle of the banking sector is not hitting Central and Eastern Europe as hard as some have expected.