Society
-
Magazine
Make those rotten products look good! The hypermarket chain store that risked consumers health by selling old meat and salamis. A Czech town builds a 10,000 euro bridge…
-
Prague 6 appeals to dog-owners to clean-up after their pooch
Who let the dogs out?! And who, after letting them out, forgot to scoop up afterwards? That's a question addressed by a new campaign launched by the Prague 6 town hall. It…
-
Back to the 'homeland' and straight to the Archives
Founded nearly twenty years ago in a Sokol community hall in America's heartland, the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International now boasts close to four thousand…
-
Nandanie and Asoke Weerasinghe - From Sri Lanka to Prague in the 1960s
In today's One on One I speak to Nandanie and Asoke Weerasinghe. Both are successful professionals in Alberta, Canada, thanks to their determination and a good education…
-
Has the media been painting a dark picture of life after sixty?
Is there a qualitative difference between the various stages of the life cycle? Why do most Czechs believe that the elderly have no life? A study conducted throughout 2004…
-
South Moravian town preparing for annual garlic festival
During the summer season many towns around the Czech Republic compete for tourists by putting on all kinds of festivals. Some towns have arts festivals of various kinds…
-
Daria In and Out - the life of a Czech prima ballerina presented both on and off-stage
Prima ballerina Daria Klimentova is undoubtedly one of the most popular Czech dancers ever, with an impressive career in the Prague National Theatre Ballet, the Cape…
-
Is the Czech press developing at the expense of quality?
Like Czech society, Czech media have also undergone a crucial change since the fall of communism in 1989. But even though censorship disappeared with the coming of…
-
Czech universities at a crossroads: questions of reform
With university entrance exams around the corner and the general elections only 4 months away, there is growing attention on the Czech Republic's system of higher…
-
Historic building reopens on Prague's Wenceslas Square
The Melantrich building on Prague's Wenceslas Square will forever be associated with one of the most significant periods in Czech history. Leading figures in the Velvet…
-
Mixed results for Czech Republic in OECD education report
Tuesday saw the release of the latest OECD "Education at a Glance" report, which came out simultaneously in all member countries. The report, which uses a wide variety of…
-
New Sunday newspaper hopes to change Czech reading habits
In places like Britain and America, Sunday broadsheet newspapers are something of an institution. They usually come packed full of extra supplements, which keep whole…
