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When the United States ambassador to Prague, Craig Stapleton, took up his post at the end of August last year, little could he have suspected what horrors lay ahead for his country. Two weeks later, the World Trade Centre was in ruins and thousands of Mr Stapleton's fellow-citizens had been killed in terrorist attacks. Czech Radio's Pavla Kvapilova spoke to US ambassador Craig Stapleton on Tuesday, and began by asking him what he was doing when he first heard about the attack on New York.
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Current Affairs9/11: One Year Later
September 11th- a year has passed since that dreadful September Tuesday in 2001 when terrorists shocked the world - and changed it forever - by flying hijacked passenger jets into the Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington.
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Current AffairsProject bringing classic films to Czech schools
Why is the most important art form of the 20th century not being studied at Czech secondary schools? That is a question being asked by a group of people in the Czech film world, who have started a project to introduce classic films - accompanied by seminars and lectures - to the country's school system. The project is the brainchild of Jiri Kralik, the director of the Summer Film School in Uherske Hradiste. Ivo Andrle, who runs the independent cinema Aero in Prague, is also involved. I spoke to Ivo Andrle earlier, and asked him what was the basic idea behind the project.
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Current Affairs PR firms shown the door in "Internet for Schools" project
It was in the year 2000 that the Social Democrat government first proposed its ambitious Internet for Schools Project, a project aimed at increasing computer literacy among schoolchildren throughout the Czech Republic by providing 230,000 computers and internet connections for schools. While ambitious and certainly positive overall, the project has not been free of controversy, with the government failing to meet an important deadline concerning tenders for project suppliers Autocont and Czech Telecom. Later, the former Finance Minister criticised the project's soaring costs as disadvantageous for the state. Now, the new Education Minister Petra Buzkova has added fuel to the controversy by cancelling contracts with two public relations companies involved in creating media campaigns for the Internet for Schools project, allegedly because millions of crowns were being wasted. Jan Velinger has this report.
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Current AffairsNumber of teachers to be reduced
The birth rate here in the Czech Republic has been falling in recent years, and every year there are less and less new pupils enrolling at Czech schools. The new Minister of Education, Petra Buzkova, is planning to reduce the number of teachers, saying the money saved could be used to increase teachers' salaries. Alena Skodova has the story:
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Current AffairsNew school year starts on Monday
A new school year started in the Czech Republic on Monday, and it is an exceptional beginning of school this autumn, as many schools in the country could not open because they were damaged in the recent heavy floods. Alena Skodova has the story:
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Current AffairsU.S. embassy raising funds for post-flood aid
The U.S. embassy in Prague has been more than actively involved in trying to raise U.S. financial aid and humanitarian aid to the Czech Republic, recovering from recent catastrophic floods. Earlier today I spoke to U.S. embassy official Lisa Helling and asked her how the U.S. embassy's activities in finding and providing assistance were developing...
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Current AffairsGrowing violence among schoolchildren
Today is the last day of the school year in the Czech Republic-a day awaited by many youngsters with a mixture of anticipation and dread. The summer holidays loom ahead but before that they have to face their parents with this term's report card. Daniela Lazarova has the story.
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