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01/25/2021Picture of the week
Closed storefronts alive with culture
Cirk La Putyka has enlivened closed storefronts via the #kulturunezastavis initiative (Culture can't be stopped). Actors, acrobats and musicians performed in Prague.
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01/25/2021
Demand for cross-country skis skyrockets as Czech winter centres remain closed
Closed ski centres have compelled Czechs to switch from downhill to cross country-skiing. Producers and retailers say demand has grown exponentially .
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01/25/2021
Czech high schooler masters Italian button accordion to win global contest
The accordion has played a central role in Czech folk music for centuries. Among those carrying on the tradition is 14-year-old Lucie Pudilová, who won CMA gold.
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01/25/2021
South Bohemia faces growing wave of illegal moldavite miners
Police in South Bohemia are increasingly struggling with illegal miners of moldavites, bottle-green gemstones found almost exclusively on the territory of Czechia.
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01/24/2021Anniversary of the Week
Anniversary of the Week
January 29 marks 130 years since the death of Ignác Šustala, Czech entrepreneur and the founder of a carriage company in Kopřivnice, which later became Tatra.
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01/24/2021
Zdeněk Mácal -a respected musical force at home and abroad
Zdeněk Mácal, one of the most prominent Czech conductors of the present day, first gained recognition abroad, and only later shone on the music scene in his native country.
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01/23/2021
Czechia in 30 minutes
New book by Petr Sís: "Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued".
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01/23/2021
“The two stories made it possible”: Petr Sís discusses Nicky & Vera
Nicky & Vera by Petr Sís is based on the stories of Sir Nicholas Winton and Vera Gissing, one of the children the Briton managed to save from Prague in 1939.
