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...mass privatization schemes in the emerging markets of the former eastern bloc. He has always maintained his innocence. "I am a straight shooter," he told the Czech daily Mlada fronta Dnes last November. "I sleep well and don't think that I did anything wrong." But Jaromír Jindrich, the lead Czech prosecutor in the case, says Kozeny took advantage of the "naiveté and inexperience" of the Czech people after the fall of communism. "At that time anybody or anything coming from the West was looked up to without question." The Czech Republic has no extradition treaty with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chasing The Prodigal Son | 10/12/2003 | See Source »

...full month. Sokol Congresses, scheduled every six years, are much older than the modern Olympic Games and, like the ancient Olympics, their background is strongly national. The Czechoslovak Sokol, oldest national gymnastic organization in the world, was founded in 1862 by Philosopher Author Dr. Miroslav Tyrs and Dr. Jindrich Fügner. The name Sokol, meaning falcon, was adopted because it is the traditional name for Czech folk-song heroes. During the years of Habsburg dominance, Sokol groups served to keep Czech nationalism alive. When the World War broke out members filtered into Allied armies, formed Sokol legions to fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Optimist | 6/27/1938 | See Source »

...Antonin Dvorak The Sparrow's Party Antonin Dvorak Hymnus (Double Chorus) J. P. Foerster The Grim Guest (Double Chorus) J. Kricka On the Field Path J. P. Foerster "70,000" Leos Janacek National Folk-songs and Dances The Evening Star (Slovak) J. Kricka I Have No Joy (Czech) J. Jindrich The Presburg Barracks (Slovak) J. Kricka Tit for Tat (Czech Dance) H. Palla Cardas (Dance, dance and whirl ye around (Slovak) B. Pokorny

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRAGUE TEACHERS GIVE CONCERT TONIGHT | 1/11/1929 | See Source »

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