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Ludvik Vaculik: a Czechoslovak man of letters

Ludvik Vaculik, one of the Czech Republic's greatest living writers turned 80 on July 23. Born in Brumov, a small corner of southeast Moravia, in 1926, Ludvik Vaculik…
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Norman Davies: revealing the many layers of a great Central European city

Norman Davies is one of the most influential contemporary historians of Central Europe. His writings on Poland have had a significant impact on our perceptions of the…
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Humanist Jan Tamas - world should be run by people power, not politicians

Rob Cameron's guest in this week's One on One is Jan Tamas, a member of the Czech humanist movement, and also the spokesman of "No to Bases", an initiative against the…
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New road tolls in CR: Do the drawbacks outweigh the benefits?

Given the Czech Republic's location in the heart of Europe, it has always been a major transit point for business. Naturally, the volume of traffic going through the Czech…
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Daily news summary

Czech Muslims stage prayers outside Interior Ministry Some 300 Muslims staged a prayer in Prague’s Letná Park outside the Czech Interior Ministry on Friday, in protest…
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Shockproof film festival gives star billing to B-movie schlock and gore

The Shockproof Festival is on at Prague’s arthouse cinema Aero. The festival, known for its focus on B-movie action films, gore, exploitation horror and more, this year is…
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Czech castles and chateaus celebrating Renaissance Nobility Year

With the start of the tourist season in April hundreds of castles and chateaus around the Czech Republic open their doors to visitors. The National Heritage Institute…
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Czech scientists develop unique hydrogel that promises faster healing of fractures

Prof. Josef Jančář and his team at CEITEC (Central European Institute of Technology) in Brno have developed a unique degradable hydrogel that should in due time make it…
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Magazine

In Magazine: an old Czechoslovak banknote, long out of circulation, is voted fourth best in the world; careful, frog on the road! Czech roads will soon get new animal…
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Changes in teaching and writing history in the past two decades

Last time in Czech History, Michal Pullmann discussed his research into Czechoslovak society in the 1980s. In this second in a two-part special, he reflects upon the…
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Exhibition marks 40 years in the life of Prague’s biggest housing estate

It is exactly forty years since the first inhabitants started moving into the Czech Republic’s biggest housing estate, Jižní Město in the south of Prague. The local…
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Pitting robots against robots in competitions from Bear Rescue to Ketchup House

This weekend saw the return of Robotic Day in Prague, organised for the 13th time by the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University. Teams, largely of…
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GoodAI’s Marek Rosa Part 2: An emerging artificial intelligence would have to understand our world without being motivated by human emotions

In the last edition of Czech Life, Marek Rosa - the founder and CEO of the Prague-based company GoodAI – discussed the means by which he and colleagues are working to…
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Mailbox

Today in Mailbox: Response to Radio Prague's programme dedicated to Czechoslovak Independence Day, monthly listeners' quiz. Listeners/readers quoted: Miles Hookey, Vlodek…
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Daily news summary

German Chancellor highlights common goals in Prague German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is in Prague within her post Brexit European tour, on Thursday met with Czech…
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Czech water management expert reflects on over three decades in Africa

Czech hydrogeologist Jiří Šíma is a leading expert in the field of water management. Since the mid-1980s, he has been involved in various water management and…
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Daily news summary

Czech PM welcomes von der Leyen’s election, Czech MEPs divided Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has welcomed the election of Ursula von der Leyen as the new president of…
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Daily news summary

Number of foreigners working illegally in Czechia doubles, most are Ukrainians An estimated 3,800 foreigners worked illegally in the Czech Republic last year, almost twice…
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Alice Masarykova

By Ian Willoughby Alice Masarykova was born on May 3 1879, the first child of the future founder and first president of Czechoslovakia, Tomas Garrigue Masaryk and his…
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News of Radio Prague

French Minister congratulates Zeman on progress The French Minister for European Affairs, Pierre Moscovici, informed Czech Prime Minister Milos Zeman during a meeting in…
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News Tuesday, MARCH 30th, 1999

Kosovo Albanian killed in Prague An Albanian businessman was shot dead late on Monday in a row that developed during a public rally in support of quick and peaceful…
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Young Czech scientist reveals impact of climate change on shorebirds

Shorebirds are birds commonly found along sandy or rocky shorelines, mudflats, and shallow waters all around the globe. But a study co-authored by Czech scientist Vojtěch…
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Magazine

An invention of the twenty-first century: the three minute date. No time to feel nervous and more than enough time if you don't fancy each other! A wild boar stops the…
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Magazine

The town of Bozi Dar is experiencing a gold rush! Students empty barrels of slime outside the Czech government headquarters. And - sorry about the inconvenience! …
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Business News

The Czech Republic's foreign debt grew by 81 billion in 2003 to 894 billion. Anti-monopoly office fines three largest Czech bakeries for cartel. The Czech government…
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