Society
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Vintage Czech aircraft reaches North Pole
At the weekend two Czech pilots made history by flying a vintage Czech aircraft to the North Pole. The small twin-engine plane known as the Morava L-200 flew first took…
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Charles University celebrates 660th anniversary
Monday marks 660 years since the founding of Charles University, the oldest university in Central Europe. On this day back in 1348 Emperor Charles IV issued an edict…
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Zuzana Ondomišiová: pro-Tibetan activist in Prague
My guest this week is Zuzana Ondomišiová who runs an organisation called Portala, which promotes Tibetan cultural issues in the Czech Republic. With the recent protests…
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Prague authorities crack down on vermin
The other day Prague saw the beginning of a six-month programme of “deratizace”, meaning rat extermination, and to my ears an amusing word. The Czech name for somebody who…
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Magazine
Jalta Hotel celebrates its 50th birthday in communist style, the first space travel agency opens in Prague and, that’s not a helicopeter – its a snowglider! Find out more…
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Students prefer Prague
Apparently Prague is not just a favourite destination for the millions of tourists who descend on the city each year, but also for the majority of students in the Czech…
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Bohemian bagpipe tradition focus of documentary Call of Dudy
Dudy is the Czech word for the bagpipes and Call of Dudy is the title of a documentary film focused on the Bohemian piping tradition. Featuring lots of great music and…
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Sokol Minnesota celebrating 125th anniversary
The Sokol gymnastics organisation was founded in Prague in 1862 during the Czech National Revival, and is still active today in the Czech Republic, and elsewhere. This…
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Tatra plans to renew production of its legendary models
The Tatra car manufacturer in Kopřivnice is planning to renew production of some of its legendary models. The boss and co-owner of Tatra, American Ronald Adams, would like…
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Steve Lichtag – Up close & personal with the Great White
Steve Lichtag, 54, is a respected Czech-American filmmaker who has travelled the world mapping everything from activity on coral reefs to the life of the Blue Whale. But…
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Dozens of valuable artworks returned to Czech Republic
It’s not everyday you are given a budget of 10 million crowns (624,000 USD) and told to spend it all. But that’s exactly what a group of Czech art experts were ordered to…
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Violence and vandalism in famous football derby result in extensive damages, arrests
Observers are calling it one of the worst incidents of hooliganism by fans in Czech football history, a rampage that marred what should have been a classic contest between…
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