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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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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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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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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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News

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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Meeting of foreign ministers in Prague fails to resolve dispute over refugee quotas A meeting of foreign ministers of the Višegrad Four, Germany and Luxembourg in Prague…
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Cabinet backs welfare payments for laid off OKD workers The government has approved special welfare payments for workers laid off by the bankrupt mining company OKD. Under…
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“Planes were landing every 50 seconds”: The Finnish friends who got caught up in the 1968 invasion

Finns Pentti Avomaa and Markku Pekonen were students when they visited Prague in August 1968, keen to learn about Communist Czechoslovakia’s liberal reforms at first hand…
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Multi cultural cabaret

Most ethnic minorities in the Czech Republic have their own string of cultural activities throughout the year but on two occasions they mix with other minorities for what…
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Mailbox

This week in Mailbox: the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain, reception in New Zealand, listeners’ response to possible budget cuts, trying to contact Mr…
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Yoyo Store founder Jan Kordovský on the ups and downs of the Czech yoyo scene

Fidget spinners may be all the rage right now but if your hands are free maybe it’s time for a bigger challenge, something requiring skill and dedication. The yoyo. The…
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Czech Radio celebrates its hundredth birthday: a journey into the archives

A hundred years ago, on 18 May 1923, listeners were first able to hear regular radio broadcasts from Prague. We take a journey through the radio archives.
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Czech ambassador to Paris: Asking for reform is a testimony of European commitment

Czech ambassadors from around the world congregated in Prague this week for their annual round of consultations. Among the foreign policy issues on their agenda were…
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Ivan Hartl: A one-man international branch of the Czech underground

Ivan Hartl has been living in the UK since the late 1960s. From there he helped run banned literature into his native Czechoslovakia with Palach Press, as well as…
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The Prague Literature House: “a developing story”

Until the middle of the 20th century, the territory of today’s Czech Republic had always been bilingual and the country has a huge German literary legacy. Adalbert Stifter…
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Today's Mailbox includes: Topics: Radio Prague's new broadcasting schedule. The Antonin Dvorak Museum. Prague's Vysehrad castle. The city of Usti nad Labem. Quotes from…
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111 Places in Ostrava You Shouldn’t Miss – unusual guide to North Moravian capital

A new book called 111 Places in Ostrava You Shouldn’t Miss takes you on a tour of the north Moravian city, highlighting some of the less obvious targets.
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Josef Škvorecký – Part 2 – ’68 Publishers and writing in Canada

In this week’s Arts enjoy Part 2 of our look at the life and work of renowned author Josef Škvorecký, who died at the age of 87 earlier this month. I continue my…
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This week we find out the name of June’s mystery Czech and also the name of the lucky winner. Listeners quoted: Richard Cooke, Xiu-Ping Qian, Chun-Quan Meng, S. J. Agboola…
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This week in Mailbox: the mystery lady from September’s quiz is revealed and we find out the names of the four winners who will receive small gifts from Radio Prague for…
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Hanif Kureishi – the famous British author on Prague, Islam and multiracial societies in Europe

Undoubtedly the most famous guest at this year’s Prague Writers’ Festival, the British novelist, screenwriter and playwright Hanif Kureishi rose to international fame in…
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Czech region with most UNESCO heritage sites may be one you've never even heard of

Vysočina can proudly boast that it has more UNESCO World Heritage sites than any other Czech region. An area of rural idyll, its largest city still only has 50,000 people.
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My Prague – Lukáš Houdek

Lukáš Houdek is a man of many activities. The coordinator of the government’s anti-racism Hate Free Culture project, he is also a photographer and curator as well as…
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Architectural historian Barbara Peacock: in Britain we had no idea about the richness of the Czech cultural heritage

British architectural historian Barbara Peacock was recently honoured with a Point of Light Award by Prime Minister Theresa May for her work in helping to repair, preserve…
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