Culture
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Czech president attacks public television broadcaster, calls for debate over its future
Czech head of state Miloš Zeman is known for his controversial statements that keep him in the public eye. And this week he stirred up a strong response after suggesting…
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Charles IV birthday celebrations to peak at the weekend
The Czech Republic is celebrating the 700th anniversary of the birth of Charles IV, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor, whom Czechs perceive as the “father of the…
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Trabi Museum in Prague highlights the heyday of the communist-era plastic car
Last Saturday Trabant fans from around the country descended on Prague’s Motol district, in the western suburbs of the city, for the opening of the one-and-only Trabant…
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Reaching first final “already major improvement” for Czechs at Eurovision
Gabriela Gunčíková will make history in Stockholm on Saturday night when she becomes the first Czech to take part in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. The Czechs…
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New graphic novel gives story of Charles IV as a young man a Batman-like ‘sheen’
A new graphic novel has just been published to mark the upcoming 700th anniversary of the birth of the famous Czech ruler Charles IV. Entitled Charles IV: Master of the…
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Lenka Horňáková-Civade: From time to time history comes into the kitchen
Milan Kundera is not the only Czech novelist who has chosen to write in French. The writer and painter Lenka Horňáková-Civade has been in France for the last twenty years…
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Prague Design Week highlights design process from prototype to finished product
The third annual Prague Design Week 2016 kicked off in the Czech capital this week at Kafkův dům (Kafka’s House). Organisers of the event, which features more than 90…
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Czech exiles showcased at Anifilm
The annual Anifilm festival of animated film kicked off in the South Bohemian town of Třeboň on Tuesday. Over the course of next five days, hundreds of films, film…
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Swing scene now more vibrant in Europe than US, says NY-based dance instructor Milo Saidl
Recently the Prague Spring Swing Festival packed out the Grand Hall at the Lucerna Palace, confirming the dance style’s growing popularity in the Czech Republic. Milo…
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David Koller and the album of the year for 2015
In today’s programme we’ll be playing tracks of off the latest solo effort by David Koller – the legendary drummer and frontman for the rock group Lucie. His album…
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My Prague – Václav Havelka
Václav Havelka leads the guitar band Please the Trees, whose fourth LP Carp picked up the prestigious Apollo prize for Czech LP of 2015. The Krkonoše-raised singer and…
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Lazer Viking – Delivering grade A bubblegum on debut Radical Karaoke
On his Facebook profile Lazer Viking’s genre is listed as “slop pop/bubblegum punk/young oldies”. Going by his excellent 2015 debut Radical Karaoke, the colourful Czech…
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