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Vojtěch Merunka – Developer of Interslavic language spoken in The Painted Bird

One of the most striking aspects of director Václav Marhoul’s new film The Painted Bird is the language spoken in it. The characters communicate in Interslavic, or…
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“We see ourselves standing in a desert” – Afghan describes life under Taliban and her journey out

What Afghans miss the most is freedom, says Zakia, an Afghan woman with Czech residency who managed to leave the country.
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“There is good, better and then there is the USSR.” – New book depicts life in communist Czechoslovakia through memories of people who experienced it

A new book on Communist Czechoslovakia was launched under the auspices of the Minister of Foreign Affairs at Prague’s Czernin Palace this week. Titled Czechoslovakia…
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Michael Žantovský on his new book “Havel”

Michael Žantovský is the author of a newly published book on the former Czech president simply entitled “Havel” available in both Czech and English. He is one of a few…
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Panama-born Aileen Rodriguez on living in Prague and working in health care tech during COVID-19

Health care technology professional Aileen Rodriguez is from Panama but now lives in the Czechia. She shared her impressions of life in Czechia and its COVID-19 response.
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Michael O’Loughlin: Europe as an infinite circle whose centre is everywhere

For the Irish poet Michael O’Loughlin, Europe is not just a place on the map. The Europe of his poetry is a labyrinth of ideas, memories and languages. Its borders are…
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“Our strengths lie in similar fields”, says Czech ambassador to Canada

Bořek Lizec has been serving as the Czech ambassador to Canada since 2019. Radio Prague International caught up with him to discuss Czechs in Canada and bilateral relations
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Czech planetary defence lead Nikola Schmidt: “It is never good to go public about an asteroid threat”

For nearly two years now, a group of Czech scientists and academics has been working on a national planetary defence strategy for the Czech Republic, funded by a…
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Vladimír Dzuro: The ex-Prague detective who made a groundbreaking war crimes arrest in former Yugoslavia

As a war crimes investigator in former Yugoslavia Vladimír Dzuro took part in the exhumation of a notorious mass grave in which 200 massacred Croats had been dumped. He…
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The Meaning of Czech Independence Day

Welcome to our special extended programme marking the October 28th national holiday in the Czech Republic. Ninety-five years ago today, Czechoslovakia declared its…
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