Society
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President shares own childhood memories of 1945 Prague Uprising at Czech Radio ceremony
Wednesday is the 65th anniversary of the start of the Prague Uprising, when thousands of people took to the streets in an attempt to liberate the city from Nazi occupation…
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Czechs in Afghanistan, Pt. IV: When in Afghanistan, do as the Afghans do
Today we continue our series on Czechs in Afghanistan. That series focuses primarily on the Czech humanitarian aid organisation People in Need, and for good reason: there…
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Skincare specialists offer free counselling against skin cancer
On Monday and Tuesday, skincare specialists set up a tent on Prague’s Wenceslas Square in order to raise awareness of the risks of skin cancer. Anyone walking by could get…
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Professor Lubomír Doležel – now retired doyen of Czech Studies in Toronto
Professor Lubomír Doležel, who was born in the Moravian village of Lesnice in 1922, is an internationally respected academic best known for his pioneering work in literary…
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Expo 2010 helps put Czech Republic on the map, says head of Czech exhibition in Shanghai
The Czech pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai, adorned with a plan of Prague’s Old Town made of hockey pucks, has seen a steady stream of visitors since it first opened its…
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Mailbox
This week in Mailbox we reveal the identity of last month's mystery man, quote from your correct answers and announce the name of the lucky winner. Listeners quoted: Ian…
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The long wait at Pankrác prison
I recently came back from a visit to Prague’s Pankrác prison. Such were the preliminaries and security checks that it was harder to get in than out. My mobile phone was…
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Magazine
Czechs have been asked to select the seven wonders of the Czech Republic. A new brain-teaser in the shape of a football has hit market shelves, and Nature turns a…
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Bonfires, broomsticks and barbecues: Czechs mark Witches’ Night
April 30 is Čarodějnice, or Witches’ Night. In the past, this date was believed to bring the arrival of spring. People would gather to burn bonfires in order to dispel…
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Czechs in Afghanistan, Pt. III: You have to ask the women where the water is, but how?
Say Afghanistan, and a whole range of difficult issues comes to mind, at the forefront of which is the position of women. In the next edition of Radio Prague’s special…
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Czech schools test new style of handwriting
Czech children spend a considerable part of their first year at school learning to write, more so than their contemporaries in Britain or France. That’s because in Czech…
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Czechs in Afghanistan, Pt. II: The “Afghan Czechs”
The idea of long-term humanitarian work in a developing country is not for it to be run ad infinitum by a team of expert foreigners. The work must eventually be put in the…
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