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Velvet Blues: Czech and Slovak Romany story collection set for Frankfurt Book Fair
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (524+ words) Velvet Blues, a collection of 20th century stories by Czech and Slovak Romany writers, is set to be presented at October’s Frankfurt Book Fair, where this year Czechia will be guest of honour. I discussed the anthology with Karolína Ryvolová of…...
The Czech Republic can expect showers and thunderstorms this week, but no extreme temperatures
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (131+ words) The Czech Republic will see showers and thunderstorms this week, which in some places may be accompanied by torrential rain or hail. Temperatures will also drop compared with the previous period. The Czech Republic can expect showers and thunderstorms this…...
King of rock’n’roll Miki Volek: The extravagant blond in glasses who met a tragic end
1+ week, 1+ day ago (284+ words) The life of legendary Czech rock’n’roll singer Miki Volek could be summed up as a journey from hell to rock’n’roll heaven. However, he was able to enjoy the sweet taste of fame only to a very limited extent. His relatively…...
Five years after Mělník III closure, Czechia is replacing coal with cleaner energy
1+ week, 1+ day ago (257+ words) The unit was permanently shut down in 2021. Its turbine stopped for the last time in February, and on August 17 the plant was formally removed from the Czech energy system. The closure was followed by the dismantling of equipment and measures…...
From Poděbrady's transmitters to honouring Karel Gott: How Radio Prague conquered the airwaves (6)
1+ week, 2+ day ago (493+ words) From reflections in the ionosphere to the musical oasis of Interprogram. Dive into the history of Radio Prague, which connected countries and offered popular music in exchange for political proclamations. The remarkable reach of the technology was also confirmed by…...
Large carnivores confirmed across Czech-Slovak borderlands
1+ week, 3+ day ago (389+ words) Conservationists have published the results of their traditional winter survey of large carnivores along the Czech-Slovak border. Trackers covered nearly 200 routes ranging from five to 25 kilometres, confirming the presence of wolves, lynx and bears. In total, conservationists collected 274 confirmed records…...
Prague exhibition reveals how the Nazis sought to build the world’s largest Jewish book collection
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1760+ words) I spoke to historians Jana Jirásková and Jiří Blažek, both from the Documentation Centre for Property Transfers of the Cultural Assets of WWII Victims, and began by asking them why the Nazis went to such lengths to collect Jewish books,…...
Czech stargazers: Why does Czechia have so many observatories?
1+ week, 4+ day ago (673+ words) Radio Prague International Czech stargazers: Why does Czechia have so many observatories? This week’s solar eclipse and the Perseid meteor shower once again drew Czechs outside to look at the sky. They also highlighted something unusual about the country: Czechia…...
Radio Prague International
1+ week, 4+ day ago (388+ words) Drying wells and declining groundwater levels are affecting an increasing number of communities across Czechia. In some areas water utilities and fire crews have had to deliver drinking water to villages where inhabitants are dependent on their own wells. The…...
Drying wells and dwindling groundwater trouble more Czech communities
1+ week, 4+ day ago (388+ words) Drying wells and declining groundwater levels are affecting an increasing number of communities across Czechia. In some areas water utilities and fire crews have had to deliver drinking water to villages where inhabitants are dependent on their own wells. The…...