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In 1998 Prague and eight other European cities were granted the title "European City of Culture 2000". The title helped increase awareness and funding for various cultural events to be held in the Czech capital in the millennium year, including music, dance, theatre, film, architecture, literature and multimedia events. This week saw the first proper evaluation of the "Prague: European City of Culture 2000," and went along to check out the results.

In a few days' time, the third annual international festival "One World" will open in Prague, featuring documentary films devoted to human rights. spoke with its organizers, and has this report: