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Prague’s Faust House: home of alchemists and other peculiar residents
Prague’s Faust House, located on the southern side of Charles Square, is associated with a plethora of mysterious stories and legends.
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Czechs launch suicide prevention plan after spike during coronavirus pandemic
On average over 1,300 Czechs take their own lives each year. With signs of a spike during the coronavirus crisis, the goverment has approved a prevention plan.
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‘Eternal Hope’ festival celebrates legacy of Czech-born composers at Nazis’ ‘model camp’ in Terezín
A unique festival dedicated to Gustav Mahler and later Jewish composers interned by Nazi Germany in a north Bohemian ghetto gets underway this Sunday. Organised by the…
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New film recreates encounter between Masaryk and Karel Čapek
Little over a week before the centenary of the establishment of Czechoslovakia, a freshly released film brings the state’s founder to the big screen. Talks with T.G…