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Economist Tomáš Sedláček: A positive look at the coronavirus crisis
The economy should be put in neutral gear and people should take a break. That is the key recommendation of Czech economist Tomáš Sedláček for the coming weeks. He is the…
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Report from the town of Žďár nad Sázavou
How does a partial lockdown feel in a small Czech town? The government declared a state of emergency more than a week ago. There is a ban on travel, schools are closed as…
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Teaching in the time of pandemic
There are about 1.5 million children and teenagers enrolled in Czech elementary and secondary schools. These days, as in other European countries, they must stay at home…
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Czech debate about Red Army monuments
Monuments to the Soviet Red Army, which were part of the townscape for many years, now find themselves at the centre of a fierce, protracted debate which appears to be…
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Art education in Czechia: envy of the world
The Czech Republic has a unique system of education in art. Tens of thousands of talented children attend hundreds of schools that specialize in music, performing arts…
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The Czech "radioactive" dillema
Czechia has substantial deposits of uranium. Radioactive ore was mined here in the second half of the 20th century. Most of it was sent to the former Soviet Union within a…
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“Universities in Czechia are open to whole new generations of young people”: Third-level education…
Czechia is aiming to boost its college student numbers. Even though the proportion of university graduates in the population has grown steadily in the past 30 years, the…
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Czech Puppetry Alive And Well
Puppet theater in Czechia and Slovakia is a way of conveying a vision of the world. That is one of the main reasons why UNESCO inscribed the art on its List of the…
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Christmas gingerbread from Pardubice
Czech Christmas is unthinkable without a vast variety of cookies. Typically, Czech households start baking them at the beginning of the festive season so that they can…
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The history of the “German Czechs”
Czechia used to have a large German-speaking population. The „Bohemian-Germans“, as they were called, inhabited especially the border region of the Sudetenland. However…
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