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Love and Marriage, Czech Style
Some of you may be in love with a Czech, some of you may want to marry a Czech. So in this ABC of Czech, we bring you the Czech words that you need to bridge the gap…
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Writer Padraic Kenney discusses his book "A Carnival of Revolution" and the events of 1989 in…
Almost fourteen years ago, the communist regimes of Central and Eastern Europe came crumbling down, starting a new era in the history of Europe. In Czechoslovakia, the…
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Mailbox
This week's topics: Dean's last day at Radio Prague. Dagmar Havlova court case. Czech who spied for the Nazis. Czech Astronomy Society. Constitutional Court. Synagogues in…
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Press Review
Just one day to go before the referendum on the Czech Republic's accession to the European Union, and all of the daily newspapers are understandably filled with reports on…
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Fab prefabs: a look at the panelaky
Communist-era housing in the Czech Republic is typified by the apartment buildings known in Czech as "panelaky," or panel buildings. While the communist system that bore…
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A Polish "yes" to EU membership, just before Czechs decide
An important step in the expansion of the European Union was made this weekend, when Poland - by far the largest of the ten candidate countries - voted a clear "yes" in a…
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Press Review
The front pages of the Czech dailies today offer a mixed bag of photos and reports. Lidove Noviny takes a religious note on its page one: it has a large photo of Pope John…
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The changing face of panelaky
Hundreds of thousands of Czechs live in "panelaky" - the concrete panel apartment buildings that were constructed during the communist era. These buildings are often…
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The Cesky sen hypermarket: the Czech dream that didn't come true
For the past couple of weeks, advertisements all over Prague have heralded the opening of a new hypermarket called Cesky sen, or the Czech Dream. The opening was…
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New book looks at transgender experience in Czech society
"I'm just trying to describe the current situation of our minority here in Czech society - I mean the transgender minority - because I think the situation could, for sure…
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