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11/20/2024

Czechia in 30 minutes (November 20, 2024)

News; PM Fiala's "salaries like in Germany" plan raises eyebrows; head of Czech delegation on this year's COP29; journalist Igor Pomerantsev discusses his life and work.

Petr Fiala speaks at COP 29 | Photo: Office of Czech Government

11/20/2024

Jakub Ferenčík,
Lukáš Matoška

Climate

Europe cannot reduce emissions alone, says head of Czech COP29 delegation

Organizers of COP29 have not shown great optimism. The atmosphere has not been helped by the re-election of Donald Trump, leaving climate agreements hanging in the balance.

Illustrative photo: Tomáš Adamec, Czech Radio

11/20/2024

Danny Bate

Business

“Salaries like in Germany”? PM’s economic aspirations met with disbelief

PM Petr Fiala's plan to deliver “salaries like in Germany” has met with criticism. Danny Bate spoke to Lukáš Kovanda, chief economist at Trinity Bank, about the reaction.

Igor Pomerantsev | Photo: Ian Willoughby, Radio Prague International

11/20/2024

Ian Willoughby

Prague Talk

Igor Pomerantsev: The BBC, and Daniel Defoe, helped me understand democracy

Prague-based Russian poet and broadcaster Igor Pomerantsev discusses his close ties to Ukraine, where he still runs a poetry festival, Russian expanionism and far more.

11/19/2024

Czechia in 30 minutes (Nov 19, 2024)

News, Fair Trade in Czechia, 5,000 crown banknote auctioned off for record sum, Fragile House project.

Photo: Luděk Peřina, MFDNES + LN / Profimedia

11/19/2024

Danny Bate,
Vojtěch Bidrman

Business

Czechoslovak 5000-crown note sells at auction for record-breaking 25.68 million crowns

A Czechoslovak 5000-crown banknote from 1919, was sold at auction on the 15th of November for 25.68 million crowns, the most expensive paper money ever sold in the country.

Memorial to the murdered children of Lidice | Photo: Ondřej Tomšů, Radio Prague International

11/19/2024

Daniela Lazarová

Society

Public collection underway to preserve bronze group sculpture of 82 murdered Lidice children

Eighty-two years after the Lidice massacre, people are contributing to the reconstruction of the Lidice Memorial that serves as a memento to future generations.

Photo: Daniela Honigmann, Radio Prague International

11/19/2024

Vít Pohanka

Society

Six thousand kilometers of bananas: Fairtrade Czechia and Slovakia celebrate 20 years

Fair trade, the idea that shoppers should pay a fair price for crops grown in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way, is gaining recognition in Czechia.

Nicolaas Uys | Photo: Barbora Navrátilová, Radio Prague International

11/19/2024

New address: Czechia

“I love giving back to the community here”: Nicolaas Uys on rugby, biltong and bringing together South Africans in Czechia

Nicolaas Uys has made a successful life for himself in Prague, with a business selling biltong, and as a cornerstone of the South African community in the city.

"Fragile Home" | Photo: Hana Řeháková, Radio Prague International

11/19/2024

Jakub Ferenčík

Culture

"Fragile Home": using mixed reality to show impact of Russia's war on everyday life in Ukraine

Mixed reality may revolutionize storytelling by blending the physical and virtual worlds. I spoke with Ondřej Moravec about the reception of his new MR project thus far.

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