Society
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Jakub Cigler – one of the men behind the proposed makeover of Wenceslas Square
Our guest for One on One this week is Jakub Cigler, one half of the duo behind Cigler-Marani – an award-winning firm of architects whose elegant designs have helped them…
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Jedlička’s Institute for disabled children celebrates 95th anniversary
Institutionalized care for disabled people in the Czech Republic goes back almost a century to the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Ninety-five years ago in April of…
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Mailbox
This week in Mailbox: Special QSL card marking Czech Radio’s 85th birthday, the mysterious duo Petr and Pavel, the most famous Czech ballet dancer. Listeners quoted…
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Mall culture
Recently on the internet I came across the comment that Prague’s days as a consumer black hole were over, making clear, once and for all that mall culture had arrived…
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Magazine
The Czech PM is refused admission to a disco in Cyprus, a young girl studying to become a pastry chef has made a perfect chocolate copy of Chaumont Chateau on the Loire…
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From octopus to the catwalk
Architect Jan Kaplický may never see his controversial winning octopus or “blob” design for a new national library in Prague come to fruition. But rather than wallow in…
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Parliament deputies celebrate Czech St. George’s day
Thursday’s session of Parliament was like no other. Dozens of deputies exchanged their suits for scout uniforms to mark “den svatého Jiří” or St. George’s Day – St George…
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Choirmaster walks free despite being found guilty of sexually abusing 40 girls
A verdict in the East Bohemian city of Hradec Králové left many women’s rights activists - and others – puzzled and angry on Wednesday. In the culmination of a long legal…
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Bohemian National Hall in New York to open soon
After many years of discussion and planning, extensive renovation work on New York’s Česká Národní Budova (Bohemian National Hall) is finally close to completion. Later…
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VONS veterans meet to remember campaign against Communist repression
Thirty years ago, on April 24th, 1978, seventeen Czechoslovak citizens got together and decided to form an organisation called VONS – the Committee for the Defence of the…
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Senator accused of defamation retains political immunity
The Czech Senate’s immunity committee decided on Tuesday not to hand independent Senator Liana Janáčková over for prosecution. Mrs Janáčková stands accused of defamation…
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Egon Hostovský, "a European among the sprinklers"
For Czechs, the 20th century was a turbulent time. Independent Czechoslovakia was founded in 1918 only to later fall victim to the two great tyrannies of modern history –…
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