Society
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Thomas M. Messer – former Guggenheim director, 88, recalls youth in Czechoslovakia, and much more
Thomas M. Messer was born in Bratislava in 1919 but moved to Prague at the age of four, when his father got a job teaching German Studies at Charles University. After…
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Mailbox
In Mailbox today: the planned controversial National Library building; the rising status of Czech cuisine; the “dancing king” of Cambodia; May competition question –…
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The peeping Tom of Vršovice
I sit and write this letter from Prague on my balcony, hoping that that grey cloud looming large at the end of the street comes no closer for fear of my laptop's survival…
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Not even this…
Welcome to SoundCzech, the programme in which listeners can learn about the Czech language through song lyrics. In this week’s edition, we look at an unusual, but common…
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Magazine
Five percent of Czechs are believed to be addicted to the internet. Czech salons have started offering “massages for two” and, a Czech town plans a huge birthday…
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Slavia take on Oxford University in exhibition match at new Eden stadium
The official opening of Slavia Prague's new stadium on Wednesday night was a momentous occasion for the football club, who for seven years had no ground of their own while…
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Woman who posed as girl set free but rearrested outside court
On Friday a court in Brno passed down a not-guilty verdict against Barbora Škrlová, a 33-year-old woman who posed as a 13-year-old girl, went on the run, and reappeared…
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National Gallery head rejects calls for his resignation
It is just under a month ago that some of the country’s most prominent artists and art critics sent a letter to the government calling for a change at the top of the…
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Helena Houdová – bridging the worlds of humanitarian aid and modelling
As a champion of animal rights and an advocate of green politics, Plzeň-born Helena Houdová was an atypical beauty queen when she became Miss Czech Republic in 1999. She…
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Czech Muslim community screen controversial Dutch film
A controversial documentary by Dutch far-right MP Geert Wilders, which this year sparked protests across the Muslim world, has been screened for the first time in the…
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Zlata Praha restaurant - a Czech (and Slovak) corner of New York
When Czechs began leaving the Upper East Side of Manhattan in the middle of the last century, many of them crossed the East River to Queens, the Astoria neighbourhood in…
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The role of the radio in the modern age
This year, Český Rozhlas or Czech Radio is celebrating its 85th anniversary. A number of special commemorative events and broadcasts are being planned for the coming…
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