Society
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Exceptional French painting fails to interest Czech art collectors
This weekend a painting by a famous French Fauvist painter Maurice de Vlaminck was sold at an auction in Prague’s Dorotheum for 5.3 million crowns (approximately 280,000…
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The joys of the winter season
According to one of the old Czech weather proverbs, November 11 is the first day on which we can expect snowfall, as Saint Martin arrives in the country on his white horse…
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Mailbox
This week in Mailbox: Masaryk Avenue in Mexico City; Czech puppeteer Jiri Trnka; Prague public transport fare hikes; Gipsy.cz on SoundCzech. Listeners quoted: Fernando…
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Magazine
Ratatouille is not only filling cinemas –it has started off a craze among Czech kids for pet rats! Wondering what the underworld looks like? The town of Jihlava organizes…
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Czech university from the perspective of a foreign student
Last academic year, more than 24,000 foreign students enrolled at Czech universities. More than 6,000 of them signed up for courses in the capital, at Prague’s Charles…
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Czech marihuana consumption down but still highest in Europe
The consumption of marihuana in the Czech Republic along with other illicit substances has dropped, according to the annual report by the European Monitoring Centre for…
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Novelty on Prague transport system: tickets by SMS
Many visitors to Prague praise the city’s public transport system, which is reliable, comprehensive and relatively easy to navigate. But buying tickets can sometimes be a…
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A tour of Prague’s most important cemeteries
At this time of year, Prague’s cemeteries are carpeted with red and yellow leaves, and in this chilly weather, you are quite unlikely to bump into that many other visitors…
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Lesbian publishing house opens in Prague
This month, the first lesbian publishing house opened in the Czech Republic. LePress has a portfolio of two titles so far, both translations from American originals. The…
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Czech kosher beer goes to Israel
When the famous Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal wrote about the Nymburk brewery in his novel “Cutting It Short”, he probably didn’t expect that one day its beer would make it…
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Czechs send humanitarian aid to Bangladesh
Czech humanitarian organizations as well as the Czech Foreign Ministry have decided to send aid to Bangladesh. The country was hit by a disastrous cyclone last Thursday…
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Sale of cigarettes to minors a continuing problem in Czech Republic
Smoking among youth in the Czech Republic continues to be a major problem, with studies showing that the number of those in grades seven to nine who have experience with…
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