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SpecialMarkéta Irglová and Marek Irgl: Daughter and father on her Oscar success and much more
In this special programme, we meet the Academy Award-winning musician
Markéta Irglová and, for an unusual perspective on her success, her
father, Marek Irgl. As well as the impact of her Oscar win in 2008, the
subjects discussed include Markéta’s beginnings in music, how bandmate
and ex Glen Hansard has influenced her career, the writing of “Falling
Slowly”, her new solo project, and distance and family ties. More
SpotlightA day at the races in Velká Chuchle
“What’s a ‘chuchle’” was my first question, a reasonable question
I think, when I first learned I would be going to see a ‘big’ one, many
years ago. In the end it seems, the name of the premier Czech horse racing
flat-track, Velká Chuchle, doesn’t have any literal meaning, but it is a
synonym for a lovely Sunday afternoon. More
Business NewsBusiness News
In today’s business news: The Czech antimonopoly watchdog launches a
probe into the controversial Promopro contract, industrial production in
the Czech Republic has grown by 15.2 percent year-on-year, the average cost
of purchasing a vehicle continues to drop, former president Václav Havel
features in new ad campaign for the used car dealer AAA Auto, and the
Karlovy Vary airport will get a new departure hall. More
PanoramaBringing the Mongolian wild horse back from extinction
Prague Zoo this week announced an important step in its effort to help
reintroduce the critically endangered Mongolian wild horse to its natural
habitat. Four specimens – one stallion and three mares – born and bred
in the Czech Republic are to be transported to the Mongolian steppes to
enrich the gene pool of a small protected herd that is to help the
endangered breed survive. I met up with the zoo’s spokeswoman Jana
Ptacinska Jiratova to find out more about the project and how Prague Zoo
came to be involved in it.
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Science JournalCzech scientists uncover reason behind high incidence of abortions in mares
In this month’s edition of Science Journal: A team of Czech researchers
may have found the answer to a question that has puzzled veterinarians,
horse breeders and biologists for decades – why such a high percentage of
pregnancies in mares end in natural, chemically triggered abortions. A
recent study released by a Czech scientist suggests the answer may be that
keeping pregnant mares close to stallions at their home stable makes them
more likely to abort. More
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