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Geometric abstraction reconsidered at the City Gallery Prague

The City Gallery Prague's House at the Golden Ring, is currently featuring the works of thirteen British artists at an exhibition called: "Supernova, geometric abstraction…
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This week we reveal the name of our May mystery Czech and announce the names of the four lucky winners as well as a brand new competition question. Listeners quoted: Li…
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A Czech town is on gnat alert! Twenty one gnat bites per minute. The Battle of Three Emperors to be re-enacted at Slavkov. Skoda Auto is to produce a new car for the young…
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Nečas says government cuts could slow growth next year The prime minister, Petr Nečas, says that government cost-cutting measures could cause growth in the Czech economy…
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PM Nečas concerned about new government officials’ record The Czech prime minister, Petr Nečas, has expressed concern about the high number of new ministry officials who…
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Today in Mailbox we announce the winner of Radio Prague's annual listeners' contest and read the winning entry.
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Zdeněk Mahler – part two

This is the second part of a special Czechs Today dedicated to the writer, journalist and filmmaker Zdeněk Mahler. Over the years, Mahler, who is 80, has worked at the…
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University educates new generations of Czech brewers

Many in the Czech Republic, which is home to the first pilsner, believe Czech beer is the best in the world. In the past, Czech brewers shared their expertise with the…
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Foreign minister Zaorálek attends special EU meeting on Iraq crisis Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs Lubomír Zaorálek is attending an extraordinary session of Foreign…
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Czech politicians call for change in wake of Brexit vote The politicians have reacted to Britains decision to leave the EU by emphasizing the need for change. Czech Prime…
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Today's topics include: Oil deposits in the CR, Charles University was founded 655 years ago, Prague's parks, Czechs on sick leave. Quotes from: John Miller, Maria…
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A seventy three year old granny from south Bohemia has won 20 million crowns in the lottery, a Czech town has introduced three dimensional zebra crossings to get drivers…
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Vote for best Christmas carol sent in by Czech expat communities abroad!

Czech expats the world over are taking part in a Best Christmas Carol competition. Give them your vote!
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A Prague poet “infinitely better known than Shakespeare”

In Czech Books this week we find out about the life and times of an English-born Renaissance poet who spent nearly all her life in Prague and in her time was more…
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African American poetry in Czechoslovakia, viewed through a Cold War prism

Dr Františka Schormová is developing her award-winning dissertation 'African American Poets Abroad: Black and Red Allegiances in Early Cold War Czechoslovakia' into a book.
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US Ambassador Bijan Sabet: What I experienced in Silicon Valley I’m seeing in Brno and Prague

Bijan Sabet became US ambassador to Czechia in early 2023. In an interview, the successful tech investor discusses a broad range of topics, both professional and personal.
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From 18 to 80: summer school in Poděbrady draws people with Czech heritage of all ages

For 30 years, the Summer Course for Expatriates has been bringing people with Czech ancestry from around the world to their ancestral home to get in touch with their roots.
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Bohdan Bláhovec – Sceptical Slammer and Pilsner Urquell

Welcome to Czech Books - and to Czech slam! Slam poetry first came into being in the United States in the 1980s and is basically a competition between performance poets…
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Czech film world focuses on traumatic life of Lída Baarová

Power, sex, and film world glamour, against the backdrop of the rise and fall of the Nazi regime. The story of Czechoslovak film actress, Lída Baarová, has it all. And it’…
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Kroměříž: a palace of bishops and filmmakers

There is a palace in Moravia like none other. You will find it in Kroměříž, not far from the banks of the Morava River. What used to be a summer representative residence…
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Lost and found in translation: writers discuss the complexities of literature across frontiers

Last month Prague hosted Bookworld, one of Europe’s major international book fairs. Writers from around the world, whose work covers a Babel of different languages…
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Post-WWII political leader Prokop Drtina subject of new biography

The 1948 communist takeover of Czechoslovakia remains a trauma for many Czechs today. Could the country’s fall under Soviet domination have been prevented? Why did…
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Growing Daisies: Second Run DVD helping “unknown” Czechoslovak films find new audiences

The UK's Second Run DVD recently celebrated 10 years of existence and 100 releases. About a quarter of the reissue company’s titles have been Czechoslovak films…
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Czech nobility under the spotlight in tv series

A series of eight programmes on public broadcaster Czech Television called Modrá Krev or Blue Blood is already around half way through. The series looks at the modern…
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US Sokol helped organisation survive through dark times in Czechoslovakia, says first female president Jean Hruby

The Sokol gymnastics organisation – motto: a sound mind in a sound body – became an important element in the Czech National Revival when it was founded in Prague in 1862…
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