Group A leaders clash for top spot

Nandita F24 — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:10:21 +0200

Portugal and Czech Republic, Group A's two leading teams, face off for the first position in the group.

Modern art hijacks television

Julien — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:07:00 +0100

A group of artists in the Czech Republic are facing up to three years in prison for playing a practical joke. Last July, the ‘Ztohoven' art group hijacked a Czech television broadcast and introduced the image of an atomic cloud into a weather report. Early risers who were tuned into the morning programme were stunned to see the cloud rising in the midst of a peaceful country landscape.

The stunt caused outrage in the country, but it was also commended; the group was awarded the NG 333 prize by the National Gallery, with a cash bonus of €12,500. Yet despite their appraisals, the trial for ‘attempted scaremongering' and ‘the distribution of deliberately misleading information' is fast approaching for half a dozen of the artists. Our Observer for Eastern Europe talked to one of the elusive group's members about why they did it. See the original video and photos of past ‘offences' committed by the group.