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Plans to erect an imaginative office building designed by the iconoclastic American architect Frank Gehry have provoked sharp opposition in Prague from those who fear that idiosyncratic contemporary architecture will […]

THE Czech Republic's two stock markets are only just beginning, considerably later than those in neighboring Hungary and Poland. But while the markets in those two countries are trading in […]

The granting of a private television license in the Czech Republic -- the first nationwide private broadcasting permit in Eastern Europe -- has set off a bitter controversy over control […]

Czech authorities are expected soon to announce a contract with the Westinghouse Electric Corporation to upgrade the safety equipment at the not-yet-completed Temelin nuclear power plant in southern Bohemia. The […]

The introduction of a value-added tax on goods and services in the Czech and Slovak republics has resulted in higher prices than predicted, prompting criticism of the two Governments and […]

Three years after the fall of Communism and the unbanning of his books in Czechoslovakia, Milan Kundera has still not allowed any of his novels written after 1968 to be […]

In February 1990, just three months after the fall of Communism, Grady Lloyd, arrived here to lead a program that has brought hundreds of eager young American and Canadian volunteers […]

During four decades of Communist rule, tens of thousands of people in coal-producing northern Bohemia were ordered out of their villages to make way for expanding open-pit mines. The policy […]

Even before the revolutions of 1989, rap began penetrating Eastern Europe through cracks in the Iron Curtain. Within the last year, the first rap recordings in local languages have been […]

The Vatican has revoked the status of about 300 underground priests in Czechoslovakia who were secretly ordained to keep the Roman Catholic faith alive during the decades of Communist rule. […]

The Procter & Gamble Company announced today that it was buying Czechoslovakia's biggest soap and detergent manufacturer, the Rakona Company. The move is the first large American acquisition in this […]

ON the border between Poland and Czechoslovakia lie the highest mountains in Central Europe, the Tatras. Last spring, a friend and I spent six days in the Polish part of […]

Resolving an 11th-hour dispute, Volkswagen A. G. has closed what appears to be the biggest Western investment deal in Eastern Europe by buying a majority share in Skoda, the Czechoslovak […]

Czechoslovakia has begun screening more than 1,000 top officials -- Parliament members, Government ministers and their aides -- to discover which ones were informers for the secret police under the […]

Czechoslovakia today chose Volkswagen A.G. to become a partner with the Skoda automobile company in what seems likely to be the biggest Western investment in Eastern Europe, outside of what […]

Czechoslovak voters sent a warning today to Civic Forum, President Vaclav Havel's political movement, by giving an unexpected salute to the Communist Party in this country's first free municipal elections […]

A full year after the democratic revolution in Czechoslovakia, this country's leading department store is still struggling almost daily to stock Western products eagerly sought by shoppers. Even so, the […]

In a concrete workshop hall in the maximum-security prison here, inmates in blue cotton prison pants and jackets recently cheered enthusiastically as a leading Czech country-western singer performed such favorites […]

LEAD: The Rolling Stones, once denounced by the former Communist Government of Czechoslovakia as a capitalist money-making machine, performed before an enthusiastic audience of 107,000 who ignored a heavy rain […]

LEAD: The first Albanians allowed out of their country in its refugee crisis said today that the success of earlier asylum seekers and a desire to escape repressive Communist rule […]

LEAD: The Soviet Union was accepted today as an observer in the world organization that oversees international trade, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. The Soviet Union was accepted […]

LEAD: Air travel in Europe will come to a 'near standstill' by the end of the decade if radical improvements are not made, a study released today predicts. Air travel […]

LEAD: ALTHOUGH Prague is well accustomed to a brisk tourism, it has a permanent shortage of hotel rooms and one of the highest hotel occupancy rates of any city in […]

LEAD: Davidoff International, whose Havana cigars are among the most expensive and prestigious in the world, has formally ended relations with Cuba. Davidoff International, whose Havana cigars are among the [...]

LEAD: King Michael of Rumania, who has been living in exile for 42 years, wants his throne back. King Michael of Rumania, who has been living in exile for 42 […]

LEAD: In response to growing demands from developing countries, a United Nations environmental organization is conducting talks aimed at drafting a treaty to regulate the international shipment of hazardous wastes. […]

LEAD: The United States seems certain to overtake West Germany and become the world's biggest exporter this year, the head of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the world […]

LEAD: While the United States and other countries intensify their war on drugs, two European countries, Switzerland and the Netherlands, are adhering to a much more liberal approach to their […]

LEAD: IN northern Italy, within sight of Mont Blanc, is the country's largest natural reserve, the Gran Paradiso National Park. The park is named for one of the mountains within […]

LEAD: Austerity measures imposed on the poorest countries by the International Monetary Fund as a condition for new loans, have produced no results, according to a United Nations report. Austerity […]

LEAD: Each time an airplane is about to leave the airspace of one European country for that of another, an air traffic controller must usually make a time-consuming phone call […]

LEAD: International talks intended to reduce protectionism in tourism and transportation began last week, with much enthusiasm for change but a widespread reluctance to dismantle barriers. International talks intended to […]

LEAD: Western and Southeast Asian countries have agreed to put off action on a proposal that is expected to lead to more restrictive treatment of Vietnamese boat people. Western and […]

LEAD: The United States came under sharp and virtually unanimous criticism today at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade for its threat to impose trade sanctions on Japan, Brazil […]

LEAD: Trade negotiators here are considering a compromise proposal aimed at ending the voluntary restraint agreements that many nations including the United States use to protect their industries against an […]

LEAD: The World Health Organization today set aside a Palestinian application for admission as a member state. The application had been strongly opposed by Israel and the United States. The […]

LEAD: More than 80 trading nations today adopted negotiating guidelines for textiles, agriculture, and two other areas, clearing the way for the resumption of suspended international trade talks. More than […]

LEAD: Ending a stalemate in international trade talks, negotiators at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade agreed in principle today to curb Government farm subsidies and agricultural import barriers. […]

LEAD: Hoping to put teeth in its mechanism for settling disputes, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade adopted measures today that its officials said would strengthen its credibility and […]

LEAD: Switzerland's Federal Banking Commission said in a report today that it intends to tighten regulations against money laundering. Switzerland's Federal Banking Commission said in a report today that it […]

LEAD: AIDS experts meeting under the auspices of the World Health Organization have established guidelines for the testing of AIDS vaccines, W.H.O. officials said today. AIDS experts meeting under the […]

LEAD: Overcoming opposition from the Afghan guerrillas, United Nations officials say they believe they will be able to start flying food and medicines to Kabul, the Afghan capital, in the […]