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Czech Museums

Radio Prague International has selected 10 Czech museums that you may not necessarily find in your guidebooks.

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History

Czech oral history project Memory of the Nation celebrates 20 years

Czech oral history project Memory of the Nation celebrates 20 years

Anniversary of the Week

October 1896: The first film is screened in Prague
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Culture

90th anniversary of birth of Czech queen of chanson Hana Hegerová
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Science and technology

Czech archaeologists help scientists discover Hepatitis B affected humans in pre-historic times

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The Czech Books You Must Read

Kafka, Čapek, Kundera and Havel, these are all world renowned names, but what about all the others? How well are Czech authors actually known abroad?

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Anniversary of the Week

Wimbledon winner and ice hockey world champion Jaroslav Drobný born 100 years ago

Jaroslav Drobný was part of the Czechoslovak ice hockey team that won the World Championships in 1947. He would go on to win Wimbledon in 1954 – as a citizen of Egypt.

Culture

History

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Rare “toadstone” of myth found in already priceless 13th century Reliquary of St. Maurus

The St. Maurus reliquary is among the nation’s greatest treasures. The recent discovery on the shrine of an inlaid magical “toadstone” makes it all the more priceless.

Travel

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Classy and Bohemian – Prague City Tourism rebrands Czech capital and launches new design

Prague City Tourism has unveiled a new marketing concept with which it wants to present the Czech capital to domestic and foreign tourists.

Czechs abroad

Picture of the week

Velká Pardubická steeplechase takes place for 131st time

The Velká Pardubická steeplechase is one of the oldest sporting events in Europe, dating back to 1874. This year it was won by Talent, ridden by Pavel Složil Jr.

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The Miracles of Evolution

'The Miracles of Evolution'|Photo: Zoé Samin, Radio Prague International
'The Miracles of Evolution'|Photo: Zoé Samin, Radio Prague International
'The Miracles of Evolution'|Photo: Zoé Samin, Radio Prague International
'The Miracles of Evolution'|Photo: Zoé Samin, Radio Prague International
'The Miracles of Evolution'|Photo: Zoé Samin, Radio Prague International
'The Miracles of Evolution'|Photo: Zoé Samin, Radio Prague International
'The Miracles of Evolution'|Photo: Zoé Samin, Radio Prague International
'The Miracles of Evolution'|Photo: Zoé Samin, Radio Prague International
'The Miracles of Evolution'|Photo: Zoé Samin, Radio Prague International
'The Miracles of Evolution'|Photo: Zoé Samin, Radio Prague International
'The Miracles of Evolution'|Photo: Zoé Samin, Radio Prague International
'The Miracles of Evolution'|Photo: Zoé Samin, Radio Prague International
'The Miracles of Evolution'|Photo: Zoé Samin, Radio Prague International
'The Miracles of Evolution'|Photo: Zoé Samin, Radio Prague International
'The Miracles of Evolution'|Photo: Zoé Samin, Radio Prague International
'The Miracles of Evolution'|Photo: Zoé Samin, Radio Prague International
'The Miracles of Evolution'|Photo: Zoé Samin, Radio Prague International
'The Miracles of Evolution'|Photo: Zoé Samin, Radio Prague International
'The Miracles of Evolution'|Photo: Zoé Samin, Radio Prague International
'The Miracles of Evolution'|Photo: Zoé Samin, Radio Prague International
'The Miracles of Evolution'|Photo: Zoé Samin, Radio Prague International
'The Miracles of Evolution'|Photo: Zoé Samin, Radio Prague International

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Video of Prague Zoo celebrates 90th anniversary

Prague Zoo celebrates 90th anniversary

Štěpán Hulík | Photo: Martin Melichar, Czech Radio

EP15: Štěpán Hulík

Štěpán Hulík shot to attention almost a decade ago when, still in his 20s, he wrote Burning Bush, a big-budget mini-series helmed by the great director Agnieszka Holland.

Photo: archive of Wels family

No Night So Dark: Part Seven

Ida, Rudolf and Martin Wels are deported to the Terezín ghetto. Nearly eighty years later, Colin Wels reads through their last correspondence.

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