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Czech LifeYoung Czech Vietnamese artists open the doors to isolated community
Probably the first generation of Vietnamese who have grown up in the Czech
Republic is now coming of age. Although students and immigrants from
Vietnam have been coming to this country since the 1970’s, the face and
lifestyle of the Vietnamese minority is changing, with the younger
generation helping to build a cultural bridge. A Prague studio called
Družina is hosting a month-long series of events entitled “Czech
Vietnam” that tries to bridge the gap between Czechs and their Vietnamese
neighbours. More
SpotlightVarnsdorf, a north Bohemian town in the path of Buddha
A town surrounded by deep pine forests, dotted with old timbered
German-style villas and occasional Communist-era prefab houses, a town
boasting many parks, a river, two churches – and the country’s first
Buddhist temple. This is Varnsdorf, a town of 16,000 in the northernmost
part of the Czech Republic. More
Business NewsBusiness News
In today’s business news: The head of the Erste Group predicts an
economic revival in the Czech Republic for the second half of 2012, foreign
direct investment into the country has reached 2.5 trillion Czech crowns
since 1993, carrier Czech Connect Airlines has filed for bankruptcy, a
SANEP poll finds that the majority of Czechs think the country’s
billionaires are corrupt, and food inspectors have confiscated 2.5 tons of
spring rolls containing mice droppings. More
Business NewsBusiness News
In Business news this week: Czech crown falls to its lowest to the dollar
since July 2010; Česká spořitelna withdraws from legal battle over
bankrupt lottery firm Sazka; Czech foreign debt reaches 49 percent of GDP;
sales of alcoholic beverages took another slump this year; and Czech
Republic’s Vietnamese community launches its own discount website. More
Current AffairsPrague Archbishop celebrates mass for Vietnamese community
One of the many Christmas masses celebrated over the past weekend was a
mass for the Vietnamese community celebrated by Prague Archbishop Dominik
Duka in Prague’s Žižkov district. It was dedicated to the Feast of the
Holy Family and attended by over a thousand Vietnamese who have embraced
the Christian faith. More
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