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Rescuing a museum submerged under eight metres of water - a Central Bohemian miracle.
The little town of Roztoky, just a few kilometres north of Prague is a perfect place for a day trip from the city. Its main landmark is the old castle - originally a…
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Remembering Eva Svankmajerova through a weird and wonderful Surrealist novella
This October the Czech Republic lost one of its greatest artists, with the death of Eva Svankmajerova. She was probably best known for her painting and her collaborative…
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From the Czech Republic with love: a giant Christmas tree for Malta. Drumming up voter support: opposition leader Mirek Topolanek dresses up as Santa Claus. And - put…
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Tickets on sale for Prague Spring 60th anniversary celebrations
Every May, thousands of music lovers from around the world flock to the Czech capital for the Czech Republic's biggest and most renowned classical music festival - the…
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An old-fashioned Advent: Not your grandma's carp and potato salad
Fried carp and potato salad is today the 'bread and butter' of any traditional Czech Christmas meal. But this was not always so. Pious Czechs once used to fast at…
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New Prague festival presents the best of short film
"In general, people think that short films are made by amateurs or are experimental projects. In our programme we really have well crafted stories about people - really…
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Stanislav Kolibal celebrates his 80th birthday with a new exhibition.
At the age of eighty Stanislav Kolibal is still active, testing new approaches and ideas. This year he has devoted himself to painting and his work is now on display in…
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A lost work by Martinu turns up after 80 years
It is the dream of every musicologist to rediscover a lost work by a great composer. This is just what happened to Eva Velicka from Prague. Four months ago while…
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The unbelievable story of a 17th-century cameo
Lost, stolen, sold, discovered in an antique shop, confiscated, ruined by a flood and finally restored and returned to its owner - that's the turbulent story of a 17th…
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Czech Nativity scenes
Nativity scenes celebrating the birth of the baby Jesus have a long tradition in the Czech lands, dating back to 1560, when the first such scene was introduced here by the…
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Bittersweet anniversary for Prague's Rokoko theatre
One of Prague's most venerable theatres is celebrating its 90th birthday this week. From playing host to such stars as Jan Werich and Jiri Voskovec in the 1930s to Helena…
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Music piracy decimating Czech music industry
Latest figures show that record sales by Czech artists this year have dropped by nearly 25% to 116 million CZK or 4.7 million USD. Given that this figure covers all…
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