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Bittersweet anniversary for Prague's Rokoko theatre

One of Prague's most venerable theatres is celebrating its 90th birthday this week. From playing host to such stars as Jan Werich and Jiri Voskovec in the 1930s to Helena…
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Prague Zoo celebrates 75th birthday

The Prague Zoo celebrated its 75th year in style this week, with festivities coinciding with the national holiday of St Wenceslas Day on September 28th. As Patrick Ryan…
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Jihlava welcomes back Olympic champion

Around two thousand people filled in the main square in Jihlava on Thursday evening to welcome home the only Czech gold medallist from the Olympic Games in Rio: judoka…
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Ambitious Karel Gott exhibition launches on the Vltava river

What is already being described as the Prague exhibition event of the year opened to the public on the banks of the River Vltava today. Gott My Life is a lavish tribute to…
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Czech-born video art pioneer Woody Vašulka dies at 82

Woody Vašulka, one of the pioneers of electronic and video art, has died at the age of 82. The Czech-born artist, who had lived in the United States since the 1960s…
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Telicka in Prague to hold talks with Gross The Czech Republic's European Commissioner Pavel Telicka has arrived in Prague, where he hopes to meet with acting leader of…
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Oldest traditional folklore festival comes to an end in Kyjov

The town of Kyjov, Moravia, celebrates the traditions of the surrounding region of Moravian Slovakia every four years with a folk festival. Thousands of people flocked to…
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Czechs give strong backing to EU entry as 77 percent vote "Yes"

It's a historic day for the Czech Republic - 77 percent of people backed EU entry in the country's referendum. Rob Cameron spent Saturday afternoon at Cerninsky Palac …
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Alternative Student Theatres

The 1990s marked a new process in theatre art - the search for Czech theatre's new artistic profile. The Czech theatre's transformation process is being stimulated by…
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Annual Prague Writers' Festival Begins

Now in its thirteenth year, the annual Prague Writers' Festival began on Sunday evening with a gala, once again drawing well-known writers from all over the world to the…
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New book examines Czech students' role in demise of Communist system

A new book entitled "Students and Communist Rule between 1968 and 1989" has just appeared on the bookshelves. The aim is to highlight the special role Czech students…
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Mailbox

In Mailbox this week: Hašlerky one more time, response on Facebook, differences between sound and text in Radio Prague's programmes. Listeners quoted: Tom Caprioli…
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British paedophile arrested in Prague Czech police on Tuesday arrested a dangerous paedophile from Britain, who is suspected of abusing underage girls, daily Právo…
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News Sunday, APRIL 30th, 2000

Those were the headlines, now for the news in more detail. CZECH-GERMANY-HAVEL-PRESS Czech President Vaclav Havel has warned that the restoration of civic society after…
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Jaroslav Rudis and the discreet charms of the Berlin U-Bahn

Welcome again to Czech Books. Now every little boy feels a frisson of excitement as he watches a train thundering past or disappearing into a tunnel, but by the time we…
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“A certain parallel…”: Seamus Heaney and the Czechs

There was much sadness last Friday at the news of the death of the great Irish poet, Seamus Heaney. He will be missed in the Czech Republic: his poetry was widely read…
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Pohadkovy svet: A guide to Czech Christimas fairytale viewing

St. Stephen's Day - better known as 'Boxing Day' -- became known as such because that was when churches opened their alms boxes to hand out money to the poor, in the…
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Antonín Dvořák opera takes to stage for only second time in 150 years

In 1870, Antonín Dvořák, who was yet to become one of the world’s finest composers, wrote his first opera called Alfred. The piece was only performed once, in 1938, long…
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Czech soldier killed in Afghanistan A Czech soldier was killed in the Afghan province of Vardak on Tuesday morning when he drove over a roadside mine with his car. His…
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Mailbox

Today in Mailbox: Radio Prague's writing contest, response to Radio Prague broadcasts, monthly listeners' quiz. Listeners/readers quoted: Roger Chambers, S J Agboola…
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Happy 2020 to Radio Prague International listeners the world over!

As the year draws to a close all of us here at the English department of Radio Prague International would like to thank our devoted listeners the world over for their…
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Back to (film) school in Uherske Hradiste

Summer in the Czech Republic is not just about swimming and sunbathing. During recent decades, film too, has become something of a summer ritual, and not only for its…
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Mailbox

This week in Mailbox we announce the winner of our April listeners' competition and we return to the debate on what makes good radio that we launched last week. We read…
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New book of soldiers’ letters and memoirs brings personal account of WWI

One of the new books out marking the anniversary of the end of WWI is a collection of soldiers´ letters, diaries and memoirs giving a personal account of life in the…
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Floods death toll rises to 12 The death toll from flash floods in parts of the Czech Republic has risen to 12: one person in southern Bohemia lost their life on Thursday…
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