Society
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Renovation of famous landmark dogged by controversy
No landmark in Prague is more famous than the 14th century Charles Bridge, which has undergone major renovation over the last two years - a project that has come under…
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Aleš Rumpel, head of the Mezipatra Queer Film Festival
This autumn, the Mezipatra Queer Film Festival will celebrate 10 years of showing gay and lesbian-themed films to the Czechs. The festival is held between October 23 and…
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A daily diet of history and hindsight
For the last week or so I have been religiously following one television programme every day. It’s not a soap opera that has got its claws into me but the Czechoslovak…
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Mailbox
This week in Mailbox: response to a recent news story, comments regarding Radio Prague’s website, learning Czech with Radio Prague’s SoundCzech programme. Listeners quoted…
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Magazine
Footwear specialists from the Tomáš Baťa University have made replicas of the shoes warn by the terracotta army warriors. Water pipe smoking is gaining popularity in the…
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Star-studded concert and re-enactment of November ’89 march among events planned for 20th…
One of the biggest events in Prague after the fall of communism was a now-legendary concert by the Rolling Stones at Strahov Stadium in 1990. They were received afterwards…
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Something was “in the air” ahead of Velvet Revolution, Havel tells world’s media
Václav Havel, who led Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution, discussed events at that time and developments since on Thursday, at his only public appearance ahead of the…
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Radio Prague woman to coordinate project collecting Czech- and Slovak- Americans’ stories
This Wednesday is reporter Rosie Johnston’s last day here at Radio Prague. Why? Because Rosie is heading to the United States, to undertake a new national project…
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Twenty years after: central and eastern Europe coping with communist legacy
How are countries of central and Eastern Europe coping with their communist legacies? Have their societies done well in the transition to democracy over the last two…
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Survey spotlights high level of corruption in Czech society
A wide scale poll has revealed that most Czechs have witnessed corruption. The survey results come hard on the heels of moves by corruption watchdogs to push the current…
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The bitter-sweet joy of supporting Kometa
A dream came true this season for ice hockey fans from Brno, myself included. Kometa Brno, the most successful Czech hockey club in history, returned to the top division…
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Mailbox
This week in Mailbox: Reception in Australia and New Zealand, comments regarding Radio Prague’s website, response to SoundCzech, special programming devoted to the 20th…
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