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Today's Mailbox includes Topics: Listeners' technical problems. Prague will be the site of Japanese week in the beginning of November. Radio Prague listeners' competition…
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Česká zbrojovka to supply Egyptian police with more pistols The Egyptian interior ministry has asked the Czech arms producer Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod to supply the…
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Gratias Agit awards 2005

The Gratias Agit awards are presented every year to those who have helped promote the good name of the Czech Republic around the world. Laureates include Czechs and…
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The Vltavan Club, dedicated to the Vltava River and people around it, celebrates 140th anniversary

The Czech Republic’s oldest continually existing association, the Vltavan Club, has marked its 140th anniversary. Founded by timber rafters fishermen and other people who…
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We Still Breathe their Air

There have been Roma in Europe since the Middle Ages and today they make up one of the continent's largest minorities, in countries as far apart as Ireland and Russia…
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David Whiteman: the forgotten Czech story of the man who triggered World War I

When the Bosnian Serb Gavrilo Princip assassinated the heir to the Austrian throne in Sarajevo in 1914, he was just short of his twentieth birthday. Under Austrian law…
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Taking stock of democracy 30 years after the fall of communism

Thirty years ago Czechs took to the streets to demonstrate for freedom and democracy, for the chance to speak their mind without reprisals, to vote in free elections and…
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Klaus asks for reassurance Tymoshenko trial not political Czech President Václav Klaus has asked his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovich for reassurances that the…
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Pilsen to kick off year as European City of Culture in spectacular style

This Saturday, Pilsen will officially become 2015 European City of Culture. The project will kick off with a grand opening ceremony, featuring more than 150 artists from…
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Legendary gymnast Čáslavská and illustrator Sís among recipients of Gratias Agit Award

At a gala ceremony on Friday, the Czech Foreign Ministry handed out the annual Gratias Agit awards to 16 people, Czech expatriates as well as foreigners, who are promoting…
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Competition for public’s attention enormous in New York, says Czech Centre head

Nearly ten years ago, the Bohemian National Hall on the Upper East Side of Manhattan reopened its doors to the public, becoming the seat of the Czech Centre in New York…
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Daily news summary

Government approves broadened anti-smoking bill Anti-smoking legislation broadened to include a number of MP proposals from last week has been approved by the government…
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Recording the Past: Miloslav Disman’s Prague Speaks

One of the familiar voices that will forever be associated with Czechoslovak Radio belongs to Miloslav Disman, who worked here between 1930 and 1973, and who changed the…
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Czech ambassador: The best things about living in London? Oysters and football!

Libor Sečka is a seasoned Czech diplomat who has served as ambassador in countries such as Italy, Spain, Malta and China. At the start of 2016 he took office as Czech…
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Best of One on One 2009

In this special New Year’s Day programme, we look back at some of the best of our interview programme One on One in 2009. Among those featured: Catholic intellectual…
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Czech Radio centenary: Listeners send congratulations

On the occasion of Czech Radio’s centenary, we asked our listeners to let us know where they heard our special programme on that day.
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Dr Mila Saskova-Pierce - a Czech academic in Nebraska

My guest today is Dr Mila Saskova-Pierce, who works at the University of Nebraska's Department of Modern Languages. Dr Saskova-Pierce was born in Prague, but like many of…
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Korea looks at European modernity through 20th century Czech art

South Korea’s National Museum of Contemporary Art is currently putting on a large-scale showcase of Czech modern art. The exhibit 'Memory of Landscape I have never seen’…
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News

German government looks forward to cooperation with Zeman At a press conference the German Foreign Ministry’s spokesman said on Monday that the government is expecting…
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May Day without the Communists forever?

For decades Letna Plain was reserved on May 1st for the Communist Party - whether it was the totalitarian Communist Party of Czechoslovakia before 1989 or the Communist…
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Mailbox

This week in Mailbox: the origin of the name of Jan Zizka of Trocnov, Radio Prague jingles, North Korean workers in the Czech Republic, Skoda cars in winter. Listeners…
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Mailbox

In this week's programme: requests for Czech recipes, how to make "langos", Radio Prague's listeners' competitions. Listeners quoted: Lynda-Marie Hauptman, US; Arcadia…
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Magazine

Last week people in Prague gathered to watch an amazing spectacle - a re-enactment of the First Defenestration of Prague which took place 590 years ago. Fathers took their…
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Czech PM: no rush to join eurozone Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas has said the Czech government will not set a target for euro adoption. Speaking after Friday’s meeting…
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Daily news summary

Police say arms depot explosions unlikely to have been accidental The police are investigating explosions at an ammunitions depot in eastern Moravia last week as a case of…
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