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Author of more than 40 books survived Nazi concentration camp as a child and later became an active member of the literary underground during communism
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Bono receives major US award for work tackling poverty, injustice
U2 singer awarded Fulbright Prize for International Understanding
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Spirituality and religion provide a kind of sustenance that allows people to change, even in halting, imperfect ways
Communists kicked out of Czech parliament for first time since 1948
Voters hand defeat to PM Andrej Babis’s ANO party and back opposition group Together
Zappa: Love or hate him, Frank Zappa deserves respect
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EU plagued by erosion of democracy inside and outside its borders
Europe Letter: A row is brewing over the best way to tackle brazen flouting of rule of law
David McWilliams: Johnson’s UK and Milosevic’s Yugoslavia – spot the difference
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The Irish Times view on Government formation: the Greens should take their chance
Politics, we are told, is the art of the possible. But it is also, Vaclav Havel said, the art of the impossible – of making the world a better place
Czechs and Slovaks celebrate Velvet Revolution and denounce current leaders
More than 200,000 people rally in Prague against populist premier and president
Russia and China, controversial friends of the Czech president
Milos Zeman’s ties with Putin and Jinping run counter to principles of the 1989 Velvet Revolution
New generation of protesters links Slovakia with 1989 spirit
Velvet Revolution anniversary finds Slovaks demanding change after journalist’s murder
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