Society
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Czech musician proposes an alternative national anthem
‘Kde domov můj’ or ‘Where is my home’ is a song familiar to every Czech, whether he lives at home or abroad. It is the Czech national anthem. However, this particular…
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Czech expatriates meet in Prague to swap experiences
A two-day conference for Czech expatriates has just come to a close in Prague. The event attracted dozens of Czechs who left their homeland for a range of different…
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The case of the exchanged babies frays nerves, raises questions
It is a saga that has dragged on for almost two years - a pair of babies from Brno were accidentally exchanged at birth and given to the wrong parents. The mistake was…
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Capital, Central Bohemia see epidemic-level rise of Hepatitis A cases
Since the beginning of the year the Czech capital and Central Bohemia have seen a marked increase in the incidence of Hepatitis A, a disease that can be caught off…
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Wenceslas Square looks both to the past and future
In a tent at the bottom of Wenceslas Square, a month-long project is has just got underway looking at the square both past and future. Prague’s main thoroughfare is set to…
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Deputy PM's Roma plan raises eyebrows
Jiří Čunek, the country’s Deputy PM and Minister for Regional Development has been in trouble several times for his actions and statements regarding Czech Roma. This week…
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The Jan Hus Church in New York – a remnant of the Upper East Side’s Czech past
The Jan Hus Presbyterian Church and Neighborhood House is to be found on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. It takes its name from the great Czech religious reformer Jan…
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Singer Karel Buriánek on the state of the Czech pop scene
My guest for One on One this week is Karel Buriánek, the frontman of Czech indie rock band Sunshine. Karel, or Kay as he is known to his fans, has worked in graphic design…
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Mailbox
Today in Mailbox: Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic or Czechia – what’s in a name?; response to a recent Letter from Prague; the proposed US radar base in the Czech Republic…
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Carp tasting in Třeboň
One of the highlights of my week was a visit to Třeboň, South Bohemia, in pursuit of carp on Monday. I had high hopes for the town itself, with all of my colleagues…
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French connections and European visions
Hello and welcome to Czech Books, which this week has a French accent. It would be hard to overstate the very important and longstanding relationship between the Czech and…
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Magazine
In this week’s edition of Magazine: a Czech student becomes a big hit on the internet with a video in which he throws himself against a wall; people are stealing plastic…
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