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SpotlightStará Boleslav - the town where St Wenceslas was slain
In this week's Spotlight we will travel to the small town of Stará Boleslav
just northeast of Prague. According to legend, it was in this town that the
Přemyslid Prince Wenceslas, later St Wenceslas, was slain by his own
brother Boleslav in the 10th century. More
Business NewsBusiness News
In this week’s Business News: the Czech Republic finds itself in a
recession; women are earning a quarter less then their Czech counterparts;
bankruptcy declaration reach a four year high; computer sales are set to
soar in 2012 and a new law is giving the government the muscle to tackle
shady employment practices. 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
PanoramaCzechs and the Internet
Computers and the internet have become an integral part of our lives to
such an extent that it is hard to imagine how we ever managed without them.
However a recent survey conducted by the Czech Statistical Office shows
that Czechs are still lagging behind many EU states when it comes to
computer literacy and internet access. More
PanoramaPanorama
In this week’s edition of Panorama: a student orchestra packs concert
halls with famous movie soundtracks, a computer as a work of art, chocolate
as the ultimate gourmet experience and kangaroo Vendelín becomes a
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Current AffairsSpecialists at Defence University make use of Xbox technology to create new military visualisation system
Specialists at the Defence University in Brno have developed a new system
for the Czech military to improve planning as well as the real-time
monitoring and control of missions in the field in 3D. Most intriguing is
that the system makes use of technology from Microsoft’s Xbox gaming
console but applies it to real-world situations including the battlefield. More
SpotlightSt. Martin in the Wall
I had never really been inside or had a proper look around, but I was sure
the small church of St Martin in the Wall would have an interesting story,
if for no other reason than its ancient appearance and peculiar name. Just
off the central Národní třída is a classic Prague alleyway that’s
tucked away from the shopping boulevard, neatly dividing the centuries from
one another, and there you’ll find it. One of the oldest churches in the
city, St Martin in the Wall is one of those relatively few landmarks whose
story can transport you all the way back through the ages to the beginnings
of the Czech metropolis. More
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