Sunday, 26 May 2013

Radio Prague

Publisher Alexander Tomsky: Margaret Thatcher had an avid interest in East European affairs

Radio Prague |
10 April 2013
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Publisher Alexander Tomsky is an expert on East European affairs who fled Czechoslovakia after the 1968 Russian-led invasion.

Margaret Thatcher remembered

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10 April 2013
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Margaret Thatcher, the prime minister of Great Britain for 11 years and iconic 20th century politician, is being remembered worldwide, following her death on Monday at the age of 87.

Jirka Mrázek – trading in Communist-era design items with firm Nanovo

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9 April 2013
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The company Nanovo trades in classic design items from Czechoslovakia's Communist era.

AI launches Europe-wide campaign to end discrimination against Roma

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9 April 2013
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Marking International Roma Day on Monday, Amnesty International has just launched a Europe-wide campaign entitled Human Rights Here, Roma Rights Now.

Folk singer Jana Vébrová: the girl from the windmill

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8 April 2013
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This week Radio Prague's Sunday music show profiles Jana Vérova - a young musician whose music is both raw and poetic and deeply rooted in her place of birth –the former Sudetenland.

Nika Kupyrova: Creating myths of home and demons that hide within

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8 April 2013
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Nika Kupyrova has traversed Europe from East to West and back. Born in Ukraine and having grown up in Prague, she went on to study art in Edinburgh and Iceland. Now Nika lives and works in Vienna, and partly in Prague, creating installations and photographs of dream-like creatures and spaces. Currently, the young artist has an installation at the Windows Gallery in Vienna - the new art space of the Czech Center in Austria.

Hated and admired, Brno's Orloj lays a claim to fame

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5 April 2013
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It was meant to be the pride of Brno - the town's own astronomical clock to rival Prague's famous Orloj and attract tourists to the Moravian metropolis.

Native speakers in school system way down on '90s numbers

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5 April 2013
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Young teachers from the West whose main qualification was often the ability to speak English were common at Czech schools in the 1990s. But those days are gone.

Carsharing is growing in popularity in Czech cities

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5 April 2013
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Currently, there are two formalised carsharing services in the Czech Republic – the more traditional Autonapůl association based in Brno, and newly Sharujeme.cz, which offers a platform for more informal sharing between individuals in Prague.

Zeman hoists EU flag at Prague Castle

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4 April 2013
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Czech President Miloš Zeman has made a gesture to distinguish himself from his predecessor in the eyes of Europe. On Wednesday, he raised the EU flag above the historic Prague Castle and ratified the eurozone's rescue fund.
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