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Czech Made:The Sugar Cube
In the first part of our Czech Made series we bring you the story of the sugar cube invented by Jakub Krystof Rad in 1843 on the territory of present day Czechia.
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“This is a story about any society”: New book details world of Terezín Ghetto
In her new book The Last Ghetto: The Everyday History of Theresienstadt Anna Hájková draws on extensive research to recreate the world of Terezín.
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Swimming stadium in Podolí declared national cultural monument
The swimming stadium in Prague’s Podolí, one of the iconic examples of Czechoslovakia’s 1960s architecture, was recently declared a national cultural monument.
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In memoriam: Lubomír Kaválek, Czech chess grandmaster who helped Fischer win ‘Match of the Century’
Lubomír Kaválek, won Czechoslovak and US national championships once ranked no. 10 in the world, penned a Washington Post chess column for a over quarter century.
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Czech anthropologist in Svalbard: “It will be quite painful to leave”
For nearly two years, Czech anthropologist Zdenka Sokolíčková has lived in Svalbard with her family, studying how local people perceive the effects of climate change.
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Czech researchers heading to Antarctica despite Covid-19 pandemic
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Czech scientists from Masaryk University in Brno are heading for their annual expedition to Antarctica.
