Czechs abroad
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Eva Jiřičná, part 2: Wenceslas Sq. “biggest loss” in post-1989 development of Prague
Stripped of her citizenship by Czechoslovakia’s Communist authorities after 1968, architect Eva Jiřičná, then in her late 20s, remained in London. In the UK her sleek…
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Eva Jiřičná, part 1: From a Protectorate childhood to Swinging London
Eva Jiřičná is perhaps the best-known living Czech architect. Her London-based firm Eva Jiricna Architects is famous for its sleek boutiques and dramatic staircases, while…
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František Janouch, part 2: Why the Velvet Revolution was “too velvet”
When Czechoslovak dissidents produced samizdat literature in the late communist period they did so in large part thanks to the material and financial support of the…
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Prime minister appeals to UK’s Theresa May to take action in face of attacks on foreigners
Recent attacks against foreign nationals, including the murder of a Czech businessman in London, have led Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka to appeal to his British…
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František Janouch, part 1: My work with Charter Foundation like wartime solidarity when dad was in…
A nuclear scientist, František Janouch is perhaps best-known for the Charter 77 Foundation, which he set up in exile in Sweden to provide dissidents in his native…
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Markéta Goetz-Stankiewicz: of unknown origin in a strange wood without leaves
This year’s George Theiner Prize, which honours people who have helped to promote Czech literature abroad, went to Markéta Goetz-Stankiewicz. At the University of British…
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Leading Czech endocrinologist follows his dream in the United States
Doctor Karel Pacák is an internationally recognized endocrinologist and the current head of the Medical Neuroendocrinology section at the National Institute of Child…
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Businessman Milan Kroupa on building a new life in Canada
One of the recipients of this year’s Gratias Agit Awards, handed out by the Foreign Ministry to those promoting a good name of the Czech Republic abroad, was Milan Kroupa…
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US Sokol helped organisation survive through dark times in Czechoslovakia, says first female…
The Sokol gymnastics organisation – motto: a sound mind in a sound body – became an important element in the Czech National Revival when it was founded in Prague in 1862…
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Legendary gymnast Čáslavská and illustrator Sís among recipients of Gratias Agit Award
At a gala ceremony on Friday, the Czech Foreign Ministry handed out the annual Gratias Agit awards to 16 people, Czech expatriates as well as foreigners, who are promoting…
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North Carolina language school becomes meeting point for Czech and Slovak expats
How to teach your children the Czech language and maintain it in an environment where everyone speaks English? That is a big question for the Czech expatriate community…
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Czech artist to revive ancient UK “clipping the church” custom in Birmingham
This Saturday a Czech artist living in the UK is set to revive an ancient British custom in a suburb of Birmingham. Tereza Bušková will lead hundreds of people in “…
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