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PM Babiš to hold confidence vote on July 11 Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has said his centrist ANO party and the centre-left Social Democrats plan to sign a coalition…
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Karel Schwarzenberg's funeral takes place with state honours in St. Vitus Cathedral

The official funeral mass for Karel Schwarzenberg took place with state honours in St. Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle on Saturday afternoon.
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New exhibition highlights 25 years of concert photography by artist Ivan Prokop

This Thursday saw the opening of a new show in Prague highlighting 25 years of concert photography by independent Czech photographer Ivan Prokop. The respected artist has…
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The Czech invasion of ‘Wilson City’

Welcome to Wilsonstadt, an independent Central European city of 400,000 Germans and Hungarians, and a few Slovaks thrown in for good measure. Named after US President…
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Valuable Dvořák score comes home to New York

The manuscript of Antonín Dvořák’s famous cello concerto has gone on display at the Czech Centre in New York, launching a month-long celebration of the centenary of…
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Presidential vote and Czechoslovak past among themes at 22nd Jihlava documentary festival

This year’s edition of the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival gets underway on Thursday. While the country’s top documentary event opens with a film focused…
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The Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences - still building bridges between Czechs at home and abroad after 46 years

In the days of communism the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences, the SVU, was one of the most important emigre organizations and one that was despised by the regime…
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Press Review

It's impossible to glance at any of today's papers without appreciating the triumph of Jiri Novak shouting in joy after downing tennis star Andre Agassi at the Masters…
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Czechs mark Velvet Revolution anniversary with spectacular celebrations

On Sunday, Czechs commemorated 30 years since the start of the Velvet Revolution. Emotions were high at times as politicians paid tribute to the demonstration on November…
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Nineteen people intoxicated by dangerous synthetic drug Nineteen people, including a 15-year-old boy, suffered acute intoxication after consuming synthetically made…
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Brass bands, beer and a famous boulevard: Czech links with Mexico

In this programme we go south of the border, to explore some intriguing Czech literary and other cultural links with Mexico, stretching right back to the days of the…
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Popular Let’s Dance festival returns for fifth year

The Let’s Dance Prague International Festival, focusing largely on oriental dance including genres such as tribal, and styles like funky jazz, flamenco, flirt or street…
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Saving the statues of the National Theatre, and a pot-smoking pontiff comes to Prague

In the arts this week, we report on a public drive to raise funds for the restoration of the statues of the National Theatre. We also take a look at The Pope Smoked Dope…
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Mass production of meta-amphetamine still biggest problem for drug police The mass production of meta-amphetamine in illegal laboratories remains the biggest single…
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Czechs mark Sts Cyril and Methodius Day Some 30,000 Czechs commemorated on Saturday the 1145th anniversary of the arrival of the Christian missionaries Cyril and…
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Slovenia celebrates "Preseren Day"

Not too many countries have a national anthem, which is at once a drinking song - and a call for peace. Slovenia does. On Tuesday, Slovenia celebrates "Preseren Day" in…
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Bahna 2003: Day of the Ground Forces to attract thousands of visitors

This Saturday, Bahna u Strasic - between the cities of Prague and Pilsen - will be turned into a massive military training base to celebrate Ground Forces' Day. All day…
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Josef Myslivecek

By Alena Skodova.
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Multicultural project highlights Prague’s historic diversity

For nearly 20 years, the Multicultural Centre Prague has been involved in promoting human rights and respect for cultural diversity. Their activities and projects focus on…
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Vit Havránek - head of the Tranzit Display gallery in Prague

My guest today on One on One is Vit Havránek, head of the Tranzit Display gallery in Prague. Vit opened up this space for contemporary art last November, after working for…
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Dagmar Peckova releases CD with arias from Carmen

Last month, the internationally famous Czech mezzosoprano, Dagmar Peckova, launched a new CD, featuring the most popular arias from George Bizet's opera Carmen. The CD…
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Czech and Slovak top officials attend ceremony at Prague’s Vítkov Memorial Czech and Slovak top officials, among them Czech President Miloš Zeman and Slovak President…
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FinMin: more budget cuts might be needed in the wake of EU debt crisis Additional budget cuts of up to 15 billion crowns, or more than 870 million US dollars, might be…
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Ceska Kamenice named "historic town of the year" for 2005

Every year the Association of Historic Towns and Villages in the Czech Republic holds a competition, to award the town it feels has done most to preserve its architectural…
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Bedřich Smetana’s Vltava marks 145 years since its premiere

The first public performance of Vltava, one of the best known pieces by Bedřich Smetana, took place 145 years ago today. The famous composition, also known by its English…
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