Czechs abroad
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‘Don’t give up!’: Alice Ždrale, head of the Czech and Slovak School of Pittsburgh, on language and…
Just over 100 years ago, the American steel town of Pittsburgh was host to a memorandum of understanding between the nation’s Czech and Slovak immigrant communities to…
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Prague conference highlights importance of teaching Czech children abroad about their roots
This week Prague has been hosting the 11th International Conference of Czech Schools Abroad. The regular event is organised by the Czech School Without Borders, an NGO…
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Krajané: Draft law eases path to Czech citizenship for descendants of exiles, emigres stripped of it
The Senate has passed a draft law that would make it easier for the children and grandchildren of exiles from Communist Czechoslovakia to obtain Czech citizenship. The…
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Julie Urbišová: Once thrown during Mardi Gras, Czech beads are still to be found in New Orleans…
Journalist Julie Urbišová has just published a book entitled Doma v NOLA, or At Home in NOLA, with NOLA meaning New Orleans, Louisiana. Having first visited the city on a…
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Bohdan Pomahač: Transplanted kidneys’ half-life is about 15 years – we can’t expect faces to last…
Bohdan Pomahač led the team that carried out the first ever full transplant of a human face in the United States. The Boston-based plastic surgeon recently received the…
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New book offers Czech children growing up abroad picture of home
For the past seven years, Denisa Haubertová Šedivá has been living in Brussels with her husband, Czech ambassador to NATO Jiří Šedivý, and their two children. While…
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The Czech National Trust celebrates five years: “We just let people know we have volunteer work and…
The Czech National Trust celebrated five years of existence on Tuesday with an international conference at Strahov Monastery in Prague. According to delegates, the…
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Miloš Krajný: The idea of doctors receiving gifts was funny in Canada
Dr. Miloš Krajný is one of a number of people who have just received the Gratias Agit, the Czech Foreign Ministry’s award for those who have promoted the good name of the…
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“These people work selflessly for the good name of our country”: 2019 Gratias Agit awards presented…
The Czech Foreign Ministry has just presented its Gratias Agit awards honouring individuals and groups that promote the good name of the Czech Republic internationally…
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Czech and Slovak Museum in Cedar Rapids forms bridge between the past with the future
The National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, prides itself on bringing Czech and Slovak expats more in touch with their roots, as well as…
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Memorial event puts Prague’s toppled Marian Column back in spotlight
An event at the Strahov Monastery took place on Tuesday to celebrate the statue of the Virgin Mary in Exile, which was placed in its garden exactly 25 years ago. The…
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Old Czech New York – a guided tour
A century ago the Czech community in New York was centred around the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Indeed, an estimated 40,000 Czechs lived in the area known as Yorkville…
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