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From Daruvar to Vancouver: Czechs tread the boards on five continents

Julek Neumann is a man of many talents: theatrical director, actor, journalist, playwright and poet. He is currently writing, directing and acting with a number of Czech…
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In Magazine: a football field cut in half by the Czech-Austrian border, Czech politicians get invites to a session on moral reform, a Czech chef gives the country’s troops…
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Large Czech milk farms ideally suit our needs, says owner of Gran Moravia cheese factory

The small Moravian town of Litovel is home to the world’s largest hard cheese factory. Since 1996 when the Italian company Orrero set up its production there, its Gran…
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My house is my castle: the best and worst in village architecture

You may know the feeling – you return to your native village after a long absence and come across an eyesore – a building that screams “money, power and influence” and…
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Fulmaya, the Girl with Skinny Legs: a documentary for the big screen about an actress’s unusual Nepalese 'journey'

In this week’s In Focus, we look at a successful new documentary called Fulmaya, the Girl with Skinny Legs. The film is a portrait of Slovak actress and musician Dorota…
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News

Zeman says EU should be tougher on terrorism During a speech at Humboldt University in Berlin, President Miloš Zeman came out in support of a common EU defense system and…
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ANO’s plans of one of several unknowns thrown up by elections

The weekend’s general election delivered a slap in the face to the established Czech political parties. Indeed, much of the electorate seemed to use their ballots as a…
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Jan Kaplicky - a Czech architect turning "future systems" into reality

Today we meet Jan Kaplicky, who is regarded by many as the greatest Czech architect of his generation. Readers in the UK will surely know his amazing Selfridges building…
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16th annual summer school in Dobruska

The variety of people found at Charles University's Czech summer language school is vast. Some have a Czech parent, but live in faraway countries and return here to make a…
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Jack Stack - an American at the helm of one of the Czech Republic's biggest banks

As chairman and CEO of Ceska Sporitelna bank, Jack Stack is one of the best known foreign businessmen in the Czech Republic. As well as being personally popular, he is…
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Czech military base in Basra comes under fire The Czech military base in Basra, southern Iraq, was hit in a missile attack on Monday. No one was injured in the incident…
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Nation divided over plan to locate US radar base 70 km from Prague

The United States' plan to extend its missile defence system to Central Europe has not only angered its old Cold War adversary Russia, it's also prompted a lively debate…
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Magazine

The latest fad in the Czech Republic: seven mile boots. Tomato battles in the town of Radvanice and the summer exhibition Sculpture Grande has one exhibit less - a six…
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Czech leaders condemn assassination of Benazir Bhutto Czech political leaders have condemned the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. President…
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The Black Ambulance and other urban legends

Did you know there was a black ambulance riding around Czechoslovakia during the 1980s, kidnapping children for their organs? Ask any Czech who lived at that time and they…
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Czech adventurers seek to cover Siberia’s frozen Lake Baikal in a month

Two intrepid Czechs, Vašek Sůra and Pavel Blažek, are at the start of what will probably be a month long trip to travel the length of the world’s deepest lake – Siberia’s…
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One bug-hunter sentenced to three years in Indian jail, while second walks free Two scientists found guilty of illegally collecting insects in India were sentenced by a…
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Czech ambassador meets with EU Commission, Canadian counterpart over visas The Czech ambassador to the EU, Milena Vicenová, has met with representatives of the European…
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Government and trade unions meet over doctors’ deal The government has called for doctors’ unions to call off the threat to quit en masse from hospitals at the end of the…
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Radim Špaček, director of Walking Too Fast: if you wait long enough it will happen

The psychological thriller Walking Too Fast recently triumphed at Czech Lions, winning five awards including best Czech film of 2010. The movie, set in the early 1980s…
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Ruling coalition survives no-confidence vote The centre-right coalition government survived a vote of no-confidence in the lower house of Parliament on Tuesday night. The…
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The Ungelt, and a thousand years of multicultural Prague

In the jumble of alleyways that is Prague’s Old Town, if you look carefully, you’ll make out the form of the ancient fortress of Ungelt, built over with baroque and…
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Officials mark 66th anniversary of Prague Uprising Prime Minister Petr Nečas, senior parliament officials and cultural figures on Thursday attended a commemorative event…
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Lower house speaker steps down over dubious loan The speaker of the Czech Parliament’s lower house, Social Democrat Miloslav Vlček, stepped down on Thursday over…
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Egon Erwin Kisch – the Raging Reporter

One of Prague’s best known German-language authors was Egon Erwin Kisch, who was born in the Czech capital 125 years ago this Thursday. His excellent style and original…
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