Society
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The long shadow of the Munich Agreement
I’m standing in the exhibition hall of the Czech Senate and in front of me is an official copy of the Munich Agreement, the notorious 1938 document that ceded the Sudeten…
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Erik Best – Founder of The Fleet Sheet and Final Word
My guest in One on One this week is respected Prague-based journalist Erik Best. Erik came to Prague from the US in the early 90s after completing degrees in foreign…
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Historic towers returned to Malostranská beseda
Malostranská beseda – the former town hall of Prague’s historic Lesser Town is slowly but surely undergoing renovation that, once complete, will see the building restored…
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Will trams figure in Wenceslas Square's regeneration?
Could trams be reintroduced to Prague’s Wenceslas Square? The capital’s public transport authority would like to bring them back, after an absence of nearly 30 years. They…
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Original Munich agreement to go on display in Prague next month
This Tuesday marks exactly 70 years since the signing of the Munich agreement, under which Czechoslovakia’s German-speaking territories were sliced off and handed to…
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Mailbox
In Mailbox this week: The tragic death of the Czech ambassador to Pakistan in the Marriott bombing in Islamabad; an alternative Czech national anthem; Radio Prague’s…
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A journey to England twenty years later
Last week I spent a few days in England with my mother. She was invited to a class reunion at St Hilda’s College in Oxford, marking 40 years since matriculation and I went…
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Magazine
Two Czech woodcarvers are making a nativity scene for the Pope. Hate waiting at airports? Prague’s Ruzyne Airport offers passengers an exhibition of modern art on the…
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Art collection stolen by the Nazis to return to its rightful owners
The art collection of Emil Freund, a Prague Jewish lawyer who was murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust, will return to his heirs in the United States. After the…
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The continuing Czech love affair with Jean-Paul Belmondo
This week I had the opportunity to visit a French brasserie here in the Czech capital, the site for the launch of a new Czech book about famous French actor Jean-Paul…
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Czechs world leaders in export of tropical fish
Czechs do not eat a great deal of fish. However for some reason or other a great number of them are enthusiastic fish breeders. The Czech Republic belongs among the worlds…
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Disappearance of cable from train station turns spotlight on metal theft
Thousands of rail passengers in Prague have suffered delays this week, following the theft – not once, but twice – of important telecommunications cables. The copper…
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