Rob Cameron
@bbcrobc.bsky.social
BBC Prague correspondent. Writing and reporting on Czech/Slovak stuff. May contain views.
https://robjcameron.com/
https://robjcameron.substack.com/
https://robjcameron.com/
https://robjcameron.substack.com/
Pinned
Still thinking about Prague’s phantom swan thief.
Absurd, real, unresolved - and oddly revealing.
🦢
robjcameron.substack.com/p/theyre-ste...
Absurd, real, unresolved - and oddly revealing.
🦢
robjcameron.substack.com/p/theyre-ste...
February 8, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Still thinking about Prague’s phantom swan thief.
Absurd, real, unresolved - and oddly revealing.
🦢
robjcameron.substack.com/p/theyre-ste...
Absurd, real, unresolved - and oddly revealing.
🦢
robjcameron.substack.com/p/theyre-ste...
Reposted by Rob Cameron
The big lesson for the media and political classes from Mandelson is to stop putting these banal characters on a pedestal.
And here we are, with Cummings, saying nothing more interesting or insightful than the average X alt-right shit-poster. On a pedestal.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
And here we are, with Cummings, saying nothing more interesting or insightful than the average X alt-right shit-poster. On a pedestal.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
What is Dominic Cummings up to? | The Observer
Ten years on from Brexit, six years after Barnard Castle, the strategist thinks he has a plan to ‘set things on a profoundly different path’. Why does he still believe he has the answers?
observer.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 8:37 AM
The big lesson for the media and political classes from Mandelson is to stop putting these banal characters on a pedestal.
And here we are, with Cummings, saying nothing more interesting or insightful than the average X alt-right shit-poster. On a pedestal.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
And here we are, with Cummings, saying nothing more interesting or insightful than the average X alt-right shit-poster. On a pedestal.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Reposted by Rob Cameron
This is an immensely significant document that continues to get virtually no attention in US media—but lots abroad. In Jul 2015, Epstein arranged a meeting between a known highest-level Russian intel operative, Sergey Belyakov and Peter Thiel,
February 6, 2026 at 9:55 PM
This is an immensely significant document that continues to get virtually no attention in US media—but lots abroad. In Jul 2015, Epstein arranged a meeting between a known highest-level Russian intel operative, Sergey Belyakov and Peter Thiel,
150 swans have gone missing in Prague in the last 12 months.
Swan poachers have been caught on camera.
One of them has been identified as an ornithologist.
But the crime is low priority because ... how do you put a price on a swan?
robjcameron.substack.com/p/theyre-ste...
Swan poachers have been caught on camera.
One of them has been identified as an ornithologist.
But the crime is low priority because ... how do you put a price on a swan?
robjcameron.substack.com/p/theyre-ste...
February 6, 2026 at 4:04 PM
150 swans have gone missing in Prague in the last 12 months.
Swan poachers have been caught on camera.
One of them has been identified as an ornithologist.
But the crime is low priority because ... how do you put a price on a swan?
robjcameron.substack.com/p/theyre-ste...
Swan poachers have been caught on camera.
One of them has been identified as an ornithologist.
But the crime is low priority because ... how do you put a price on a swan?
robjcameron.substack.com/p/theyre-ste...
February 6, 2026 at 10:58 AM
They're eating the dogs.
They're eating the cats.
They're eating the cats.
February 6, 2026 at 8:13 AM
They're eating the dogs.
They're eating the cats.
They're eating the cats.
Eight years.
Their house has been demolished.
Their makeshift shine is now a memorial.
Those who were running Slovakia are back in power.
I've written about the murder of Ján Kuciak and his fiancée as a court hears the case for the third time.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/justice-de...
Their house has been demolished.
Their makeshift shine is now a memorial.
Those who were running Slovakia are back in power.
I've written about the murder of Ján Kuciak and his fiancée as a court hears the case for the third time.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/justice-de...
February 2, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Eight years.
Their house has been demolished.
Their makeshift shine is now a memorial.
Those who were running Slovakia are back in power.
I've written about the murder of Ján Kuciak and his fiancée as a court hears the case for the third time.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/justice-de...
Their house has been demolished.
Their makeshift shine is now a memorial.
Those who were running Slovakia are back in power.
I've written about the murder of Ján Kuciak and his fiancée as a court hears the case for the third time.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/justice-de...
Miroslav Lajčák has resigned as advisor to Slovak PM Robert Fico after new messages emerged from Epstein files.
Screenshots show Lajčák (former ForMin & ex-president of UN General Assembly) discussing girls with Epstein.
Lajčák categorically denies claims.
www.aktuality.sk/clanok/2YbO4...
Screenshots show Lajčák (former ForMin & ex-president of UN General Assembly) discussing girls with Epstein.
Lajčák categorically denies claims.
www.aktuality.sk/clanok/2YbO4...
Prezidentské ambície aj sexuálne narážky po stretnutí s Lavrovom. Čo riešil Lajčák v správach s Epsteinom
Miroslav Lajčák sa v zverejnených Epsteinových spisoch objavuje častejšie, než by sa dalo očakávať pri bežnom diplomatickom kontakte. Jeho komunikácia s Jeffreym Epsteinom nebola sporadická ani výlučne pracovná – prebiehala opakovane a dotýkala sa nielen geopolitiky a medzinárodných tém, ale aj osobných otázok, žien a dievčat, ktoré sa v správach objavujú ako súčasť odľahčených, miestami provokatívnych rozhovorov. Nešlo pritom o okrajový motív, ale o jednu z opakujúcich sa tém komunikácie.
www.aktuality.sk
January 31, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Miroslav Lajčák has resigned as advisor to Slovak PM Robert Fico after new messages emerged from Epstein files.
Screenshots show Lajčák (former ForMin & ex-president of UN General Assembly) discussing girls with Epstein.
Lajčák categorically denies claims.
www.aktuality.sk/clanok/2YbO4...
Screenshots show Lajčák (former ForMin & ex-president of UN General Assembly) discussing girls with Epstein.
Lajčák categorically denies claims.
www.aktuality.sk/clanok/2YbO4...
January 30, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Investigative journalist Ján Kuciak & his fiancée Martina Kušnírová were 27 when they were shot dead in their home on Feb 21, 2018.
Four people have been convicted of their murders.
But the businessman accused of ordering the killing is not among them.
open.substack.com/pub/robjcame...
Four people have been convicted of their murders.
But the businessman accused of ordering the killing is not among them.
open.substack.com/pub/robjcame...
Justice delayed
The murder of a Slovak journalist and his fiancée goes to court for the third time
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Investigative journalist Ján Kuciak & his fiancée Martina Kušnírová were 27 when they were shot dead in their home on Feb 21, 2018.
Four people have been convicted of their murders.
But the businessman accused of ordering the killing is not among them.
open.substack.com/pub/robjcame...
Four people have been convicted of their murders.
But the businessman accused of ordering the killing is not among them.
open.substack.com/pub/robjcame...
Just back from Slovakia, where a court has begun re-examining the evidence against Marian Kočner, accused of ordering the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak (his fiancée was killed with him) in 2018.
This is the third trial - will justice be delivered?
New piece coming tomorrow.
This is the third trial - will justice be delivered?
New piece coming tomorrow.
January 29, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Just back from Slovakia, where a court has begun re-examining the evidence against Marian Kočner, accused of ordering the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak (his fiancée was killed with him) in 2018.
This is the third trial - will justice be delivered?
New piece coming tomorrow.
This is the third trial - will justice be delivered?
New piece coming tomorrow.
Notorious peddlers of Covid disinfo meet in the Czech parliament today.
The star guest is Slovak orthopaedic surgeon & MP
Peter Kotlár, who says the pandemic was a global conspiracy.
He's now the Slovak govt special envoy for investigating the pandemic.
⬇️
robjcameron.substack.com/p/enough-of-...
The star guest is Slovak orthopaedic surgeon & MP
Peter Kotlár, who says the pandemic was a global conspiracy.
He's now the Slovak govt special envoy for investigating the pandemic.
⬇️
robjcameron.substack.com/p/enough-of-...
Enough of experts
Parliament to host a meeting of Czech and Slovak conspiracy theorists
robjcameron.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Notorious peddlers of Covid disinfo meet in the Czech parliament today.
The star guest is Slovak orthopaedic surgeon & MP
Peter Kotlár, who says the pandemic was a global conspiracy.
He's now the Slovak govt special envoy for investigating the pandemic.
⬇️
robjcameron.substack.com/p/enough-of-...
The star guest is Slovak orthopaedic surgeon & MP
Peter Kotlár, who says the pandemic was a global conspiracy.
He's now the Slovak govt special envoy for investigating the pandemic.
⬇️
robjcameron.substack.com/p/enough-of-...
When conspiracy theorists are put in charge of public policy, the damage isn’t just theoretical.
New post on Peter Kotlár, Slovakia – and a warning for the Czech Republic.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/enough-of-...
New post on Peter Kotlár, Slovakia – and a warning for the Czech Republic.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/enough-of-...
Enough of experts
Parliament to host a meeting of Czech and Slovak conspiracy theorists
robjcameron.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:11 AM
When conspiracy theorists are put in charge of public policy, the damage isn’t just theoretical.
New post on Peter Kotlár, Slovakia – and a warning for the Czech Republic.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/enough-of-...
New post on Peter Kotlár, Slovakia – and a warning for the Czech Republic.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/enough-of-...
Six years on, Covid is back – not as a virus, but as politics.
New piece tomorrow.
New piece tomorrow.
January 22, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Six years on, Covid is back – not as a virus, but as politics.
New piece tomorrow.
New piece tomorrow.
Czechoslovak war heroes, anti-Communist resistance fighters, Jewish victims of the plague ...
Prague's graveyards are often chaotic places with many a mystery buried beneath.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/the-cold-h...
Prague's graveyards are often chaotic places with many a mystery buried beneath.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/the-cold-h...
January 17, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Czechoslovak war heroes, anti-Communist resistance fighters, Jewish victims of the plague ...
Prague's graveyards are often chaotic places with many a mystery buried beneath.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/the-cold-h...
Prague's graveyards are often chaotic places with many a mystery buried beneath.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/the-cold-h...
Did Margaret Thatcher really try to have a distant relative of Denis exhumed in Prague?
I wrote about this - and about the other unresolved stories lying in Prague’s lesser-known cemeteries.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/the-cold-h...
I wrote about this - and about the other unresolved stories lying in Prague’s lesser-known cemeteries.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/the-cold-h...
January 16, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Did Margaret Thatcher really try to have a distant relative of Denis exhumed in Prague?
I wrote about this - and about the other unresolved stories lying in Prague’s lesser-known cemeteries.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/the-cold-h...
I wrote about this - and about the other unresolved stories lying in Prague’s lesser-known cemeteries.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/the-cold-h...
The search for the headless corpses of resistance heroes.
A park built over Jewish graves.
And what happened to the body of the man who started the First World War?
Read on:
robjcameron.substack.com/p/the-cold-h...
A park built over Jewish graves.
And what happened to the body of the man who started the First World War?
Read on:
robjcameron.substack.com/p/the-cold-h...
January 16, 2026 at 8:11 AM
The search for the headless corpses of resistance heroes.
A park built over Jewish graves.
And what happened to the body of the man who started the First World War?
Read on:
robjcameron.substack.com/p/the-cold-h...
A park built over Jewish graves.
And what happened to the body of the man who started the First World War?
Read on:
robjcameron.substack.com/p/the-cold-h...
What lies buried in the cold hard ground?
New post coming tomorrow.
New post coming tomorrow.
January 15, 2026 at 11:52 AM
What lies buried in the cold hard ground?
New post coming tomorrow.
New post coming tomorrow.
The word “dollar” traces its roots back to a silver-mining town in what is now the Czech Republic.
That history says more about Czech attitudes to money than most policy debates.
I wrote about it here:
robjcameron.substack.com/p/crownland
That history says more about Czech attitudes to money than most policy debates.
I wrote about it here:
robjcameron.substack.com/p/crownland
January 9, 2026 at 2:46 PM
The word “dollar” traces its roots back to a silver-mining town in what is now the Czech Republic.
That history says more about Czech attitudes to money than most policy debates.
I wrote about it here:
robjcameron.substack.com/p/crownland
That history says more about Czech attitudes to money than most policy debates.
I wrote about it here:
robjcameron.substack.com/p/crownland
The Czech attitude to the euro now feels less like policy and more like political identity.
The government wants to change the constitution to keep the crown – forever.
New piece on why postponement became permanent – and why I’ve made my peace with the Kč.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/crownland
The government wants to change the constitution to keep the crown – forever.
New piece on why postponement became permanent – and why I’ve made my peace with the Kč.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/crownland
Crownland
Czechs cling to revered national currency
robjcameron.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:29 AM
The Czech attitude to the euro now feels less like policy and more like political identity.
The government wants to change the constitution to keep the crown – forever.
New piece on why postponement became permanent – and why I’ve made my peace with the Kč.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/crownland
The government wants to change the constitution to keep the crown – forever.
New piece on why postponement became permanent – and why I’ve made my peace with the Kč.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/crownland
After 20 years in the EU, euro postponement feels less like strategy and more like political identity.
New piece coming tomorrow.
New piece coming tomorrow.
January 8, 2026 at 4:00 PM
After 20 years in the EU, euro postponement feels less like strategy and more like political identity.
New piece coming tomorrow.
New piece coming tomorrow.
PM Andrej Babis says his country will _not_ scrap the so-called 'Czech ammunition initiative' that has contributed greatly to keeping Ukraine's war effort going.
Czech taxpayers will no longer contribute to the scheme, but the country will keep its coordination role, he said.
x.com/AndrejBabis/...
Czech taxpayers will no longer contribute to the scheme, but the country will keep its coordination role, he said.
x.com/AndrejBabis/...
January 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
PM Andrej Babis says his country will _not_ scrap the so-called 'Czech ammunition initiative' that has contributed greatly to keeping Ukraine's war effort going.
Czech taxpayers will no longer contribute to the scheme, but the country will keep its coordination role, he said.
x.com/AndrejBabis/...
Czech taxpayers will no longer contribute to the scheme, but the country will keep its coordination role, he said.
x.com/AndrejBabis/...
Mukachevo/Мукачево/Munkács. It’s been in Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Kingdom of Hungary, Soviet Union and now Ukraine.
January 3, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Mukachevo/Мукачево/Munkács. It’s been in Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Kingdom of Hungary, Soviet Union and now Ukraine.
Reposted by Rob Cameron
For a good read on Central European stuff - sometimes fun, sometimes political, but always smart - subscribe to @bbcrobc.bsky.social 's substack!
This week’s post is about maps, memory and how borders are quietly weaponised - from Hungary to Russia.
⬇️
robjcameron.substack.com/p/maps-matter
⬇️
robjcameron.substack.com/p/maps-matter
January 2, 2026 at 6:03 PM
For a good read on Central European stuff - sometimes fun, sometimes political, but always smart - subscribe to @bbcrobc.bsky.social 's substack!
This week’s post is about maps, memory and how borders are quietly weaponised - from Hungary to Russia.
⬇️
robjcameron.substack.com/p/maps-matter
⬇️
robjcameron.substack.com/p/maps-matter
January 2, 2026 at 5:34 PM
This week’s post is about maps, memory and how borders are quietly weaponised - from Hungary to Russia.
⬇️
robjcameron.substack.com/p/maps-matter
⬇️
robjcameron.substack.com/p/maps-matter