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Czech Republic
Of Czechs, Sex, and Wrecks 
Random musings on the U.S. soccer team, World Cup prostitution, and Big Ben's bad bike crash.
June 15, 2006
Under Reconstruction
How Eastern Europe's evangelicals are restoring the church's vitality.
October 13, 2005
Czech Churches Protest Against Law Bringing Religion Under State Control
New legislation limits church projects, gives government jurisdiction over opening places of worship.
January 1, 2002
Slovakia's Catholics and Lutherans Reach Agreement on Baptism
Signing clears the way for the common celebration of other inter-church accords.
June 1, 2001
Ten Years After the Velvet Revolution Czech Monasteries Struggle to Survive
Legal issues, no middle generation of monks and nuns limit expansion.
May 10, 2000
Vaclav Havel, Playwright Dissident Czech President...Who Is This Man?
A new biography of Václav Havel fills in important blanks, but omits his theology
January 1, 2000
Czech Republic's deal with 16 religious groups signed
Govt. will pay 59 billion koruna ($3.1 billion) in financial compensation over the next 30 years and give back 56 percent of the religious property now held by the state (Associated Press)
Czech parliament votes to return confiscated church property
The law envisages handing churches land, property, and financial compensation worth about $7 billion over a period of 30 years (Reuters)
Czech Gov't to Pay Back Religious Groups
More than 22 years after the fall of Communism, the Czech government agreed Wednesday to pay billions of dollars in compensation for property seized by the former totalitarian regime. (Associated Press)
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