News
20-05-2013 18:06 CEST | Jan Velinger
- The leadership of TOP 09 in Prague is set to meet on Monday evening to discuss the future of its coalition with the right-of-centre Civic Democrats at City Hall.
- President Miloš Zeman has explained why he refused to name as a professor a leading Czech intellectual.
- Descendants of shoe magnate Jan Antonín Baťa are demanding that the Czech state return billions of crowns worth of property to them.
- The funeral service for the late Valtr Komárek will be held on Wednesday.
- The football club Baník Ostrava was saved from bankruptcy on Monday by the local city council.
Current Affairs
Zeman’s refusal to appoint professor sparks outrage
Martin C. Putna holds the sign ‘Catholic queers salute Bátora’, photo: Czech Television
The Czech president, Miloš Zeman, has caused an outcry by saying he will not confer the title of professor on a Charles University academic. Czech heads of state normally just rubberstamp such decisions, and Mr. Zeman’s position on the appointment of Martin C. Putna is wholly unprecedented. The president has not been entirely clear on the reasons – but says he objected to a placard the academic carried in a gay pride march. More
(04:00)One on One
Gisela Cheffer: “I even sat on the lap of some Nazis. Of course, they had no idea that my father was Jewish”
Gisela Cheffer was born Gisela Duschinský in Brno in 1932. Her Viennese
father was Jewish, which made her a target for the Nazis, and her baptism
as a Roman Catholic very likely saved her life. She later came close to
being forced to leave during the mass expulsion of Czechoslovakia’s
German population after the war. But she stayed – until, that is, a
meeting with a Finn led to a life abroad.
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(13:20)Sunday Music Show
Josef Špaček – unforgettable at Prague Spring
In this week's Sunday Music Show we feature works from Czech violin
virtuoso Josef Špaček's debut. More
(29:20)Arts
Best-selling author Robert Fulghum: all the ‘real’ writing happens when I am doing other things
It’s no secret that American writer Robert Fulghum loves the Czech
Republic and that his books, published by Argo, have proven immensely
popular here. He has been back at least ten times over the years to
promote
his work, from his famous All I Really Need to Know I Learned in
Kindergarten to his latest, Memories of One Adventure. More
(07:00)Marketplace
Planned university reform seeks to improve cooperation with industry
Czech universities are set for the biggest change in years. After several
failed attempts in the past, the Education Ministry is finalizing reform
legislation that should help universities adapt to the changing
environment; the reform seeks, among other things, to diversify the
universities and change their financing. It should also improve cooperation
between universities and industry. But how does the business sector see the
ministry’s efforts?
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(09:26)Sections
Topics
Sports News
Sports News
In Sports News this Monday: Zuzana Hejnová wins 400m hurdles at Diamond
League meeting in Shanghai; Baník Ostrava football club come dangerously
close to bankruptcy; Arsenal and Spurs said to be keen to snap up Czech
striker Matěj Vydra; and Tomáš Berdych...
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(03:19)
Special
Prague students bring the past to life for the radio’s 90th birthday
It is exactly 90 years since the very first regular radio broadcasts in
Czechoslovakia began on 18 May 1923. These were humble beginnings,
starting
in a borrowed scouts’ tent on the edge of Prague. But within just a few
years, radio became central to...
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(29:37)
Current Affairs
Swiss oust Czechs at Worlds
Earlier this week, hockey fans hoped that the Czech national team had
finally found its legs in a 7-0 drubbing of Norway. But that was as good
as
things would get. Although the Czechs avoided the embarrassment of an
early
exit and made the quarterfinal,...
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(02:50)
Business News
Business News
Business news: the Czech economy is in record-long recession, the
government pledges to help farmers, ČEZ launches arbitration proceedings
against Albania and Freedom Tax Day will come two days later this year.
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(03:25)
Panorama
Pianist Diana Fanning: I want people to know about Leoš Janáček’s piano music
Organized by the International Dvorak Society, the American Spring music
festival (April 8th to July 4th) annually brings internationally renowned
soloists and music ensembles to a broad audience in the Czech Republic,
with concerts and master classes...
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