Bruce Konviser

GlobalPost

Bruce Konviser covers the Czech Republic for GlobalPost. Konviser arrived in Prague in the waning days of Czechoslovakia, in 1992, and has chronicled the country's transition to democracy and Western integration. From London to Moscow to Tirana, Albania, and many points in between, he has written and broadcast news stories about political, social, commercial and environmental developments. His work has been published in more than two dozen newspapers and magazines, including Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times and Wall Street Journal Europe. He is also an on-air contributor to various broadcast outlets, including: CNN, France24, Deutsche Welle TV, Al-Jazeera, NPR, CBC (Canada) and DW (Germany). He covered the first round of NATO enlargement in 1999, when the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary joined the alliance. In 2000 he interviewed Lech Walesa during the waning days of his failed bid for another term as president of Poland, and he interviewed Czech President Vaclav Havel, before his departure from office in 2003. In 2002, when record-setting floods swept through Prague and the region, he did live, around the-clock, reporting for CNN and also began filing for NPR's "Newscast." A CASE Media Fellow in International Affairs at the University of Maryland at College Park, he has a master's in Communication: Journalism and Public Affairs from the American University in Washington, D.C. He has a bachelor's degree in communication and a minor in history from William Paterson College in Wayne, NJ.

Back to the future: Communist Party may gain power in the Czech Republic

Fed up with corruption, a disenchanted electorate could give the Communists their first real influence since 1989 in elections this week.

Back to the future: Communist Party may gain power in the Czech Republic

How the new Czech president is using a corruption scandal to stage a power grab

How the new Czech president is using a corruption scandal to stage a power grab

Czech memorial honors villagers for saving Jewish family from Nazis

Czech memorial honors villagers for saving Jewish family from Nazis

Czech president leaves office accused of treason

Czech president leaves office accused of treason

Fixing the Charles Bridge

Fixing the Charles Bridge
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Fears for Prague's Charles Bridge

An engineering marvel, the Charles Bridge suffers from shoddy renovations.

Fears for Prague's Charles Bridge
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Czech Republic leads Europe in meth labs

Some see disproportionate drug production as a small country still testing the bounds of freedom after communism.

Czech Republic leads Europe in meth labs
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American students hear Holocaust love story

Study tour brings high school students into contact with sites and survivors of World War II.

American students hear Holocaust love story
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Obama backs up pledge to reduce nuclear arms

A year after his announcement in Prague, Obama returns to sign treaty with Russia.

Obama backs up pledge to reduce nuclear arms
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Qatari prince sues Czech Republic

The case raises questions about separation of powers in the Czech judicial system.

Qatari prince sues Czech Republic
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Imbuing human rights with the glitz of a film fest

Vaclav Havel's human rights film festival has its biggest year yet.

Imbuing human rights with the glitz of a film fest
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NATO plans overhaul to better combat global threats

Czech Republic and other, newer member countries worry that their security may fall by the wayside.

NATO plans overhaul to better combat global threats
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After the Velvet Revolution, comes the next generation

Their parents overthrew a communist government, but some young Czechs aren't happy with the outcome.

After the Velvet Revolution, comes the next generation
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A journalist behind the Iron Curtain

How Iva Drapalova reported for the AP in Czechoslovakia between the Prague Spring and 1989.

A journalist behind the Iron Curtain
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Constitutional debate erupts as early elections are canceled

The Czech Republic hashes out exactly what the judiciary can and can't do in its still fledgling democracy.

Constitutional debate erupts as early elections are canceled