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Thousands pay tribute to deceased national pop icon Karel Gott
People from all corners of the country are streaming to Prague to pay their last respects to the deceased Czech pop legend Karel Gott, who died of leukaemia last week. By…
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Underground under Communism: It wasn’t only rock ’n’ roll – and Czechs liked it
The former political regime in Czechoslovakia deemed much of Western culture “damaging” and “ideologically subversive”, but authorities struggled in particular to control…
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Jiřičná creating special installation for Signal light festival held amid Gott mourning
The seventh Signal festival will again bring video mapping and light installations to the streets of Prague, every night from Thursday to Sunday. This year’s edition…
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In memoriam: Actress, Charter 77 signatory Vlasta Chramostová
Vlasta Chramostová, a theatre and film actress banned under communism from performing in public, died on Sunday at the age of 92. She was among the first Charter 77…
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Machonins’ granddaughter Marie Kordovská: I grew up in a “mini Kotva”
Architects Věra Machoninová and Vladimír Machonin designed some of the Czech Republic’s most distinctive modern buildings, including Prague’s Kotva department store and…
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In memoriam: Karel Gott, the ‘Bohemian nightingale’
Karel Gott, the undisputed king of Czech pop music, passed away this week at the age of 80. Over the course of a career spanning nearly six decades, the celebrated showman…
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Museum offers multimedia experience of fires that devastated Prague over centuries
The popularity of disaster movies shows how people are fascinated by catastrophes, natural and otherwise. Now there’s a permanent exhibition by the City of Prague Museum…
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Karel Gott to get funeral with state honours as singer’s death is mourned at home and abroad
The legendary Czech singer and pop icon Karel Gott passed away on Tuesday at his home in Prague surrounded by his family. As tributes to the singer pour in from at home…
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Prague exhibition highlights Kundera’s relationship to translations
An exhibition now running in Prague puts the spotlight on translated works by the Brno-born writer Milan Kundera. The French citizen, who turned 90 this year, was…
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Karel Gott’s Mona Lisa to be put up for auction
As tributes to the late Czech singer Karel Gott pour in from at home and abroad following news of his death on Wednesday, the Kodl Art Gallery in Prague has announced it…
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Czech pop music legend Karel Gott dies at the age of 80
Karel Gott, the undisputed king of Czech pop music, has died at the age of 80. The singer succumbed to acute leukaemia with which he was diagnosed earlier this year. The…
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Czech music legend Vladimír Mišík releases new album
After a break of six years, Czech music legend Vladimír Mišík is back with a new album. The LP, called Jednou tě potkám or I’ll meet you one day, was released in September…
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