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Czech LifeLove Across Cultures: Relationships between Czechs and Foreigners
In the past 20 years, Prague has attracted a number of foreign
professionals, and many of them settle here permanently. With the Czech
capital growing more international, relationships between locals and
foreigners have also become more common. In this edition of Czech Life, we
speak to some of those intercultural couples about their experiences and
their everyday relationship life. More
One on OneRachel Kanarowski – at just 30, editor of a major glossy magazine
Rachel Kanarowski has the kind of job that must make her the absolute envy
of her peers. At only 30, she is the editor-in-chief of the Czech version
of InStyle, a major international women’s magazine. At the magazine’s
offices, we discussed shopping in Prague and the Czech take on style. But
first Kanarowski described the unlikely sounding way in which the
opportunity to enter the business arose, and how she made the most of that
chance. More
One on OneCounsellor Gail Whitmore – even some gay Americans come to Prague for its tolerance
New York native Gail Whitmore, a classically trained opera singer, “came
to Prague for four days in 2001 and just never went home.” Since then she
has involved herself in activities from singing (in which regard she’s
known as the “Human Jukebox”), moderating and radio hosting, to her
prime profession as a counsellor, dealing particularly with crisis
prevention and street harassment. Most recently she was involved in the
Prague Pride festival, where she manned both the stage and the crisis
hotline. With quite a lot to talk about then, I started with the question
everybody must surely ask her first: More
One on OneBrazilian-born journalist Fabiano Golgo on Czechs, censorship and being a provocateur
In this edition of One on One, Jan Richter’s guest is the Brazilian-born
journalist Fabiano Golgo. When he first came to Prague nearly 15 years ago,
he came as a cultural anthropologist to study the Czech people, a subject
that never ceases to amaze him. Since his arrival, however, Fabiano Golgo
has earned quite a reputation on the Czech media scene. More
One on OneA new position on the Czech media market
In this week’s One on One we talk to Brian Kenety, the editor of the
English language edition of a newly launched website which is seeking to
carve out a niche in the field of politics and business news. The new kid
on the local media block made its official debut at the start of the month. More
One on OneRachel Kanarowski – at just 30, editor of a major glossy magazine
Rachel Kanarowski has the kind of job that must make her the absolute envy
of her peers. At only 30, she is the editor-in-chief of the Czech version
of InStyle, a major international women’s magazine. At the magazine’s
offices, we discussed shopping in Prague and the Czech take on style. But
first Kanarowski described the unlikely sounding way in which the
opportunity to enter the business arose, and how she made the most of that
chance. More
One on OneMisha Glenny - UK writer with close ties to Prague
The English journalist and writer Misha Glenny is perhaps best known for
his work covering the disintegration of Yugoslavia and the hit 2008 book
McMafia. His first book The Rebirth of History, published in 1990, focused
on the post-communist political landscape of Eastern Europe, including
Czechoslovakia, a country with which he had a close association. Indeed,
Glenny had studied Czech in Prague, and remembers with fondness his time
here in the early ‘80s. When we spoke recently at the close of the Forum
2000 conference in the city, he recalled his very first visit, towards the
end of 1980. More
One on OneNew York Times' Dan Bilefsky: Communism, sex and Roma are not clichés in covering Eastern Europe
In the early 1990s, Prague was in the spotlight of international media with
scores of foreign correspondents reporting on developments in free
Czechoslovakia. Since then, the Czech Republic has become a member of the
EU and NATO, and has lost much of its attraction for foreign journalists.
One of the few foreign correspondents based in Prague today is Dan
Bilefsky, who covers the region of central and Eastern Europe for the
International Herald Tribune and the New York Times. When we met, I asked
Dan Bilefsky why he was based in Prague.
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Current AffairsCzech government shakes up employment rules for foreign workers
The Czech government has moved to crack down on foreign workers who
overstay their welcome in the country. At the same time it has set up a new
system for attracting qualified foreign workers.
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