Culture
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Prague exhibit depicts the most iconic buildings of Central Europe‘s socialist modernism
A new exhibition has opened up in the Czech Centres Gallery. Featuring over 100 images and a number of three dimensional models it gives visitors the chance to study the…
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Church and social historian Tomáš Petráček on Czech secularism, Slavic paganism, and Easter as a…
In a wide-ranging interview at the start of Holy Week, leading up to Easter, the Roman Catholic priest Tomáš Petráček – a leading church and social historian – talks about…
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Hradišťan sings Easter songs and carols
Our Easter Sunday music show is dedicated to an album called Studánko Rubínko or Ruby Well by the band Hradišťan, one of the country’s most respected performers of folk…
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Moravian Easter – a celebration of new life
Traditional Easter celebrations in the Czech Republic have a strong religious connotation. However, many of the customs connected with this season date back to pre…
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Czech Easter traditions explained
Easter in the Czech Republic is a colourful mix of Christian and pagan traditions. People savor both the spiritual dimension of the holiday and celebrate the coming of…
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Children’s publishing house Albatros marks 70th anniversary with special collection
This week marks 70 years since the establishment of the famous children’s books publisher Albatros. As part of the anniversary, Albatros has released a collection of some…
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Unfinished piano piece by Antonín Dvořák completed by AI programme
More than a hundred years after his death, fans of Antonín Dvořák have a chance to hear a new piece by one of the greatest Czech composers. An artificial intelligence…
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Operators: Millions spent every year on fire safety at Prague’s St. Vitus Cathedral
Attention has been focused on fire safety elsewhere following Monday’s devastating blaze at Paris’s Notre-Dame. The Czech equivalent, Prague’s St. Vitus Cathedral, is…
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Festival showcases Czech films around US and Canada
Czech That Film, an annual festival of contemporary Czech films, is currently underway across the United States and Canada. The largest Czech cultural event in North…
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Lazer Viking – Decidedly not a Drag on latest release
Lazer Viking are very much the brainchild of Jakub Kaifosz, who also records with Wild Tides and is a Radio Wave DJ. Following Radical Karaoke (2015) and Flesh Cadillac …
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Prague’s DOX to commemorate Tiananmen Sq. massacre with unveiling of Liu bust
A bust of the late Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo is due to be unveiled at Prague’s DOX gallery this coming Monday. The ceremony is part of an…
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Journey to the Beginning of Time – Czechoslovakia’s 1950s Jurassic Park digitally remastered
Sixty years after first being shown in cinemas, Karel Zeman’s time-travel adventure movie Journey to the Beginning of Time is set to grace cinema screens again. The film…
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