NvB: Bored in Brno?: Here We Go

Here We Go

If you're interested and can decipher Czech, election results are posted at volby.cz.

The "Folklore and Society" party (no. 23) received 574 votes, all from South Moravia. Probably all the members of the folklore group I've attended and the residents of a couple villages.

The Greens got 6.29%, which is only about one percent less than the Christian Democrats! (6.2% of the Greens' total votes came from South Moravia, which is a fairly good showing--the third largest number only after Prague and Hradec Kralove.)

The results were close and it looks like the coalition between the the Social Democrats and the Communists, the large "leftist" parties, have 100 votes in parliament. An opposition coalition also has 100 votes. Prime Minister Paroubek threatens a walk out. One reader responded, "What's changing?"

Tags: Czech, elections

Posted 04 June 2006 at 17:40.

The Blog

What is "Bored in Brno"? a) the best Czech movie of 2003, b) a blog about Brno (the Czech Republic's second largest city) and my adventures in and observations of south and east Moravia. I usually post about music, arts, culture, and stuff in Brno; or, I talk about whatever; or, I may bore you.

There's a Czech saying about how you are a new person for every language you learn. Here's your chance to experience Czech vicariously and to become your new self, now conveniently available in English translation. (Or at least something reasonably close to English.)

If you have questions, suggestions, like what you see, or you're just plain bored, don't hesitate to leave a comment or e-mail me.

The Blogger

A graduate student in music and anthropology writing a dissertation about music in Moravia, the eastern third of the Czech Republic. At some point, the Czech Republic's "second city" (that would be Brno) captured my attention, and I've since been blogging about events, arts, music, and other stuff—basically whatever interests me in and around the cityscape. I'm not living in Brno now, but I keep up with the cultural pulse from afar as best I can.

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