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Preacher Petr Wagner on Saint Wenceslas, Czech atheism, and spreading his beliefs through punk

Petr Wagner is the front man of Czech Christian punk group Goro, a presenter on Český rozhlas station Radio Wave, and a Hussite preacher based in Čerčany, near Prague…
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Kurdějov, one of the oldest winegrowing communities in the country

South Moravia is well-known for its wine, which has been produced there at least since thirsty Roman soldiers far from home began doing so in the 2nd century. Move forward…
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Cabinet to discuss revised budget on Monday The Finance Ministry has put forward a new draft of the 2013 state budget, being discussed by the cabinet on Monday…
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Prague’s Rudolfinum Gallery explores the reality of contemporary British painting

A new exhibition at the Rudolfinum Gallery in Prague presents the work of 12 contemporary British artists. Entitled Beyond Reality: British Painting Today, the exhibit…
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The Fort above the Black Forests - Kostelec nad Černými lesy

This week s spotlight focuses on one of the main centres of forestry in the Czech Republic and an oft overlooked pearl of Bohemian cultural heritage. Christian Falvey…
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Prime Minister calls on education minister to distance himself from ministry official’s insults Prime Minister Petr Nečas has called on the Education Minister, Josef…
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Church restitution bill approved in first reading The Chamber of Deputies passed the government´s bill on a property settlement between the state and the Church in a first…
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Topolanek and Bursik lobby for UN Security Council seat Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and Environment Minister Martin Bursik are in New York on Monday, drumming up…
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Dance in a digital age

Accompanied by a jarring electrical soundtrack and a bewildering laser display, Petra Hauerova took to the stage in Prague's Ponec Theatre last Friday to present her…
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Dora Slaba - fifteen years at Radio Prague ended by events of 1968

Born in the Sudetenland, Dora Slaba spent World War II in England, returning with far better English than her Czech school teachers. She later put her language skills to…
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Czech Republic leads region with crowdsourcing but full potential still to be tapped

Since its modest beginnings several years ago, crowdsourcing has become a popular financing tool among Czechs. Hundreds of mainly artistic and cultural projects have been…
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A farm in Strahovice gives the unemployed work-satisfaction and a sense of belonging

For two years now the Salvation Army has been operating a project unique in the Czech Republic –a farm that gives close to two dozen unemployed people work satisfaction…
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Czech kids climb obesity rankings as activity levels slide

A recent comparative study by the World Health Organisation shows that some 80 percent of Czech schoolchildren do not get enough physical activity. As a result a growing…
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Rekola four years on: Bold pink bikes in the public space capture imagination of cyclists from Prague to Brno

What began as Rekola, the NGO, is now an NGO-slash-successful socially-conscious business. If you need to get quickly from A to B in Prague or a number of other Czech…
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Czech NGO teaching children in the Himalayas to play hockey

The Czech NGO Brontosauri v Himalájích has been helping the village of Mulbekh, in Little Tibet, for ten years now. Attention is focused around the local primary school…
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Prague Castle exhibition puts spotlight on Czech Impressionism

What claims to be the biggest ever exhibition of Czech Impressionism has just started at Prague Castle. It puts on show 520 works by 78 artists with the aim of revealing…
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Czech construction sector pins hopes on radical changes to building approvals

The clock’s ticking down on the current coalition government, so there was something of a celebratory air when one of its milestone pieces of promised legislation got…
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Czechs borrow to widen vocabulary

How has the Czech language developed over the past four decades? What expressions do we borrow from other languages and which words have fallen into oblivion? These are…
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Amid consumer frenzy, Czechs urged to give someone a “real gift” for Christmas

The NGO People in Need is active in more than 30 countries the world over, giving immediate aid in humanitarian crises, helping communities threatened by malnutrition…
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Czech women released after two years in captivity say it is hard to believe they are finally free

Two Czech women who were kidnapped in Pakistan in 2013 returned home on Friday after the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation IHH secured their release. The good news…
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Czechs cling to literary traditions in spite of new technologies

March is national reading month in the Czech Republic, with special events taking place all around the country. There has always been a strong reading culture in the…
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Czechs cheerlead talks on EU-US free trade zone

A trade agreement embracing around half of the world’s gross domestic product – that it the goal of ongoing negotiations over an almost seamless free trade zone that could…
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Daily news summary

Family tried to block new gun license received just month before man kills eight The family of the gunman who shot eight people dead in an apparent random attack on a pub…
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The First Defenestration of Prague - what was it and why did it happen?

600 years ago, an angry crowd stormed Prague’s New Town Hall and threw its councillors out of the window. The event, which has since become known as the First…
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News Tuesday, JANUARY 26th, 1999

Kavan dismisses criticism of official stance on racism Czech foreign minister Jan Kavan has dismissed criticism of Czech official stance on racism voiced by some US…
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