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With a large English-speaking community, it's perhaps surprising that Prague does not have an English-language theatre scene like those that can be found in other major European capitals like Paris and Berlin. Now a new playwriting competition sponsored by The Prague Post could help rectify this situation. Offering a first prize of 20,000 CZK and productions for the three best scripts, it is hoped that this drama contest could boost interest in English-language theatre in Prague.

Last Tuesday the American Information Center presented a panel discussion about changes in the Czech Republic in the 16 years since the Velvet Revolution. Emphasis was placed on press freedom, the effect that the last 16 years have had on the quality of publications available in Prague today, and how those publications face new challenges in their struggle to survive. After the discussion, Alena Wratislavova talked to the organizer Jan Krc, who summarized some of the issues discussed.