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Czech firms seek opportunities in Texas during Deputy PM Havlíček’s US trade mission
Deputy PM Karel Havlíček is in Texas with more than 50 Czech companies seeking business opportunities and new partnerships in one of America’s fastest-growing markets.
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Lasvit’s Herbarium unveiled as Czechia’s official gift to the United Nations
Starting this week, Czechia has a new gift on display at the United Nations in New York. The glass installation was officially unveiled on Monday by President Petr Pavel.
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US premiere of Smetana’s Dalibor staged at Bard SummerScape with all-American cast
More than 150 years after its Czech debut, Bedřich Smetana’s opera Dalibor was performed for the first time in the United States.
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Texas flood disaster: Czech rescue team joins search for missing
Thursday marks the fourth day Czech firefighters have been assisting in the search for missing persons in flood-devastated central Texas.
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Czech tramping songs echo across the Atlantic
Czech tramping, a unique cultural tradition born over a century ago, is still going strong—even across the Atlantic.
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Alfons Mucha exhibition opens in Washington before touring the US and Mexico
A major exhibition of Alfons Mucha’s posters and banners has opened in Washington. It will then travel across the United States and Mexico for nearly two years.
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Czech-Americans as divided by Presidential election as the rest of the US
Around 1.5 million Americans claim Czech identity. Czech Radio spoke to some of them and here is a snapshot of their opinions before the historic presidential election.
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Czech-Slovak store in NY warms the hearts and stomachs of expats far from home
The Czech-Slovak mixed goods store on Jackson Street in New York is a haven for many expats craving the taste of things Czech that are hard to get far from home.
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Chicago opera company takes on Janáček’s Jenůfa
One of the greatest Czech operas, Jenůfa by Leoš Janáček, is currently being staged at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
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Team of enthusiasts producing bilingual book of fairytales for Ukrainian children
Czech children’s writer Petr Březina has put together a bilingual book of children’s fairy tales for Ukrainian children who have found a new home in the Czech Republic.