Culture
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Kundera to receive state prize, but ties with homeland remain strained
Possibly the best-known living Czech writer, Milan Kundera, will receive the State Prize for Literature on Thursday for his famous work "The Unbearable Lightness of Being…
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Jan Reich - Czech photographer, author of "Disappearing Prague"
In 2006, photographer Jan Reich's publication Bohemia - an extensive series of artistic landscapes throughout the Czech Republic - won the main prize in the country's…
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Prague's Astronomical Clock threatened by salt
The Orloj, or Astronomical clock, on the Old Town Square is one of Prague's major tourist attractions. Every hour, the square fills with tourists who watch two small…
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Karel Kryl: folk singer-songwriter whose work embodied the Czechoslovak struggle for political…
Karel Kryl, singer, songwriter and poet, was the most prominent Czech folk musician of the last fifty years. His well-known songs are to this day sung in pubs and around…
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Leading international festival of documentary film at Jihlava celebrates 11th anniversairy
This Tuesday sees the opening of the 11th Jihlava film festival. The festival in the small town where Bohemia meets Moravia is one of the biggest of its kind in central…
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Once screening and concert among highlights of this year's Music on Film festival
One of the highlights of Prague's cultural calendar in recent years has been the Music on Film Film on Music (MOFFOM) festival. It brings together often hard to find music…
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'The Wanderer in the Labyrinth': New exhibition charts Komensky's life and work
The 17th Century Czech philosopher and scholar Jan Amos Komensky, or Comenius, is an iconic figure in this country, and is famous throughout the world for his influential…
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Harrowing family photo wins Czech Press Photo 2007
The winners and runners-up in the prestigious Press Czech Photo 2007 - excellence in Czech photography in categories in everything from current affairs to nature to sport…
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Ales Brezina - from Martinu to Menzel to Milada Horakova
Today's guest for One on One is Ales Brezina, the head of the Bohuslav Martinu Institute in Prague. Mr. Brezina has spent the last twelve years compiling, annotating and…
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Encore: Tally-ho from an 18th century Bohemian
In this edition of Encore we find out how today's French horn differs from the horns of 18th century Bohemia, we have more from the composer who wrote a Requiem for Mozart…
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New exhibition recreates communist era flat design
When you enter the gallery of the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague these days, it is as if you have stepped back in time. Students of the university have…
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Czech House to open in Brussels
On Thursday afternoon, a new centre for the Czech Republic, known as the Czech House, opens its doors to the public in Brussels. It will become the address of the Czech…
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