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Living Large: Czech animated film competes for European Film Awards
The Czech animated film Living Large, a co-production with Slovakia and France, is set to compete at this year’s European Film Awards, which will be presented on Saturday.
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Franz Kafka’s Prague: An Old Town childhood and youth
Franz Kafka was born in Prague in 1883 and spent his entire life in the city. His early years, and the life of his family, are closely linked to its Old Town district.
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Series on daughter of National Revival journalist shot in Czechia
A new mini-series dedicated to Zdeňka Havlíčková, the daughter of the famous Czech journalist Karel Havlíček Borovský, is currently being shot in Czechia.
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František: charcoal incense cone producing scent of Czech Christmas
One of the many Czech Christmas traditions is the burning of incense cones, known as Františeks, which originated on the Czech-German border more than 300 years ago.
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Czech NGOs fear stricter legislation will impact Ukrainian refugees
In connection with the World Refugee Day, the Czech office of the UN Refugee Agency hosted a debate addressing the current situation of Ukrainian refugees in Czechia.
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1937 Czech dramatization of White Fang restored in time for radio centenary
Until recently, it was thought that the oldest full-length radio play preserved in the radio archives was from after WWII. But that changed thanks to a chance discovery.
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Czech Radio revives tradition of live plays
Czech public radio broadcasting elied from its early days on the popularity of radio plays. Czech Radio has recently renewed the tradition.
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New Milan Kundera Library aims to draw European thinkers to Brno
The keenly awaited Milan Kundera Library had its grand opening this weekend on April 1, the day of the celebrated writer's 94th birthday.
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The best of Czech film music of 2022
In this edition of Sunday Music Show, we’ll look back at last weekend’s Czech Lion awards and listen to some of the music from the films that won the prestigious prizes.
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Czechs in Cambodia fighting child mortality and floods
Czechia has many friends in Cambodia. Hundreds of Cambodians have graduated from Czech universities and due to ongoing cooperation, the ties that bind remain strong.