Society
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Mailbox
In Mailbox today: Radio Prague Christmas competition, Christmas carols on our website, problems with RealAudio broadcasts last weekend. Listeners quoted: Mark Schiefelbein…
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Unfamiliar with the familiar
I have to confess to being somewhat perturbed over the years with the Czech system of addressing people in either the unfamiliar or familiar. The system exists in several…
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Magazine
Hundreds of token gifts are being prepared for the country’s upcoming EU presidency. What does Baby Jesus look like? Leading Czech artists have had a go at painting him…
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Czech students enjoy a taste of Westminster in Prague
One thing that was not cultivated in communist Czechoslovakia was the art of public speaking. Anyone of a certain age will remember the endless monologues of party…
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Computer game puts Czech students in European leaders’ shoes
Not everyone has been happy with how the Czech government has planned for the country’s fast-approaching EU presidency, but have you ever wondered what, in such a…
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Akord project aims to improve doctors’ services
Endless queues at the doctors’ have long been a major complaint by Czech patients. Especially during the flu season, it’s not uncommon to wait an hour or more. But now…
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Svitavy – the birthplace of Oskar Schindler
You are not very likely to wander into Svitavy by chance. Located on both the major road and railway line connecting Moravia and eastern Bohemia, for most people Svitavy…
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Joseph Kohn – US mathematician who’s never forgotten Prague
2008 has been a year of anniversaries linked to milestone events which changed the course of Czech history – 1968, 1948 and 1938. In those years, many Czechs left their…
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The view from the driver’s seat
For years I was able to get by fairly easily in the Czech Republic without a car – everything was close by - or close enough. But not long ago, my wife and I took the leap…
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Magazine
Czech dogs discover tail-wagging beer! Who makes the best dumplings in the country? And, "Goebbels' snout" is on display in Prague – within an exhibition of vintage radios…
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‘More junkies than gangsters’ – Czech rap scene explored in new film
Česká RAPublika is a new documentary following the lives of some of the best-known names in Czech rap. Over the last three years, director Pavel Abrahám has followed the…
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Pop star Miro Žbirka releases hit songs collection in English
Pop star Miro Žbirka, nicknamed Meky, is one of Slovakia’s and the Czech Republic’s best-known recording artists, still producing music after more than 30 years. In the…
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