Society
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Czech Republic to start vaccinating against swine flu next week
With a sharp increase in swine flu cases in recent days, hospitals across the country are bracing for an epidemic. The first batch of 95,000 swine flu vaccines arrived…
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New photography exhibition documents final years of communism
Rundown buildings, empty shop-windows and ever-present grayness – that’s the focus of a new photography exhibition called ‘Tady bylo Husákovo’ – ‘This Once Was Husák’s…
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March that sparked Velvet Revolution re-created in Prague
The people of the Czech Republic have been marking the 20th anniversary of the start of the Velvet Revolution, which led to the collapse of the country’s Communist…
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Czech FA chief recalls sport’s role in 1989 regime change
The world of sport was quick to rally to the calls for change after the brutal suppression of the students’ march on November 17. Within a few days footballers and ice…
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Prayer for Marta singer Kubišová recalls dramatic comeback during 1989's Velvet Revolution
Modlitba pro Martu, A Prayer for Marta, is a song that for many people will be forever associated with Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution of 1989. Performed by the 1960s…
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Velvet at the Film School – discussing the legacy of the Velvet Revolution
Our special programme marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of communism was recorded on November 9 in front of a live audience at Prague’s celebrated film and TV…
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Václav Havel and guests mark 20 years since Velvet Revolution
The former president and one of the key figures of the Velvet Revolution Václav Havel marked on Saturday the 20th anniversary of the fall of communism. A conference “…
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Memoirs of a revolutionary
Papers, TV and radio stations in the Czech Republic and other former communist countries are full of accounts by people who did something important during the time the…
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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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Magazine
Can you no longer remember what life was like under communism? A pub in Prague 3 offers the authentic experience – grubby walls, soiled tablecloths and rude waiters! And…
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Czech Bonnie and Clyde make headlines
It’s the kind of story that makes film scenarios - a husband and wife on the run after a daring escape from prison, just a few months after their wedding. But this story…
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Czech Republic braces for swine flu epidemic
Swine flu is back on front pages in the Czech Republic, with the health authorities reporting a steep rise in the number of cases this past week. Close to 500 people have…
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