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Current AffairsApples studded with nails found in Prague zoo gorilla enclosure
The gorillas at Prague Zoo were the focus of media attention around the
world a couple of years ago, when they were constantly monitored on the
internet, in a parody of reality TV shows like Big Brother. Today Prague
Zoo's gorillas remain very popular with the Czech public. However, it
seems not everyone likes them - on Tuesday apples studded with nails were
found in their enclosure, and officials say the apes could have suffered
serious injury.
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Prague is to get the first Buddha Bar Hotel in the world! A lamb with six
feet is born on a Czech farm. And, Prague elects its Metro-sexual of The
Year. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Astronomers have called off the hunt for a precious meteor. Need a regional
costume from Bohemia, Moravia or Silesia? We know where to get it. And,
Moravia's most popular majorettes. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela
Lazarova.
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Not sure how to give birth? It's on the internet! Not feeling well? You
need more health insurance cards! And, a black widow arrives unannounced
in the Czech Republic. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Current AffairsWeather for the birds
Friday, December 22, is technically the first winter day here in the
Northern Hemisphere. But looking out of the window in Prague, one would
hardly guess it's nearly Christmas time. Daytime temperatures are well
above zero degrees Celsius, there's no sign of snow whatsoever, and plants
have become so confused that some have started to blossom again. Owing to
the unseasonably warm weather, we can still see species of birds around
that should have left Central Europe weeks ago. More
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Czech farmers have produced white carrots! Kafkaesque administration: a
non-existent bridge gets officially abolished. And whatever happened to
the boy who played the young Amadeus in Milos Forman's famous film? Find
out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Current AffairsPrague Zoo celebrates 75th birthday
The Prague Zoo celebrated its 75th year in style this week, with
festivities coinciding with the national holiday of St Wenceslas Day on
September 28th. As Patrick Ryan reports it was well worth the visit.
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Current Affairs"Prague Squirrel" project invites children to count squirrels in parks
The European red squirrel used to be plentiful in the Czech lands, to the
extent that they were seen as a menace: hunters were allowed to shoot them
as they caused damage to vegetation. In the 1970s experts noticed that the
numbers of squirrels in the countryside had dropped. Since then it appears
that the species converged on towns where they adapted to life in parks and
are often fed by people.
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One on One"Everything is possible!"- Daniel Gulko on the Letni Letna circus festival and "Moby Locked Up"
This week sees the return of the Letni Letna circus festival to Prague's
Letna park, a festival attracting top-notch and avant garde theatre and
circus ensembles from both the Czech Republic and abroad. American
performer Daniel Gulko - of the Cahin-Caha Company - is one of the more
well-known performers who will be premiering a solo work-in-progress
inspired by Herman Melville's "Moby Dick". It's titled Moby
Locked
Up, about an oil tanker captain who unhappily sinks his ship.
Jan spoke with Daniel recently about the show, but began by asking how he
saw the importance of Letni Letna, now in its third season. More
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