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ArtsReprint of Otto's Encyclopaedia complete
In a café, just two numbers away from the Dum Panu z Kunstatu in Prague's
Old Town, two publishing houses, Argo and Paseka, announced this week that
their joint effort, that had lasted for seven years, has successfully come
to a head. The two publishers decided to reprint one as yet unsurpassed
work of Czech lexicography, the forty-tome Ottuv slovnik naucny or Otto's
Encyclopaedia which was first published between 1888 and 1908. At the end
of the 19th century, publisher Jan Otto drew together a team of leading
Czech academics who compiled a monumental encyclopaedia which till this
day remains the one source of information Czechs turn to if they need to
find for example everything about watermills. Milan Gelnar is the director
of the publishing house Argo, one of the two publishers of the reprinted
Otto's Encyclopaedia.
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Press ReviewPress Review
The coalition government is under pressure from all sides -can it possibly survive? That is the question which commentators are now addressing daily, depending on which way the wind happens to be blowing. Today Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla is seen as having triumphed in the clash of wills with trade unions, who have agreed to desist from further protest actions despite having received no significant concessions from the government. More
Current AffairsLong tradition of ore mining in Czech Republic coming to end
The Czech lands have a long history of ore mining, with the first attempts
dating back to the Stone Age. Although the Czech Republic's metal deposits
have not been exhausted, its mining industry is being phased out. The last
operating uranium mine will be closed down in two years. A comprehensive
study called "Ore and Uranium Mining in the Czech Republic" has
just been published; the study looks back at the history of mining in the
Czech lands and describes the evolution in mining technology, as well as
the impact of mining on the environment. According to its authors, all
prominent mining experts, the book is something of an epitaph to the Czech
mining tradition.
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Czech Books"The Lifted Veil" - George Eliot's Prague melodrama
George Eliot - the pseudonym of the great 19th English century novelist,
Marian Evans - is best known for her novels of rural England, so you may
be wondering why I mention her here on Radio Prague. The answer is quite
simple. One of her most dramatic narratives, The Lifted Veil, has a direct
link with the ancient city of Prague. In 1858, at a time when few English
people visited this part of Central Europe, Eliot, then in her late 30s,
spent a few days in the city on her way to Dresden. Prague made an instant
impression, as she wrote in her journal of the time: More
Czechs in HistoryMilan Simecka - letters from prison, manuscripts abroad
Every once in a while, and it is not often, one comes across a text that
both ideally captures its author but also comes to define a period. A text
that speaks with such frankness but also with finesse you find yourself
recalling its passages at odd, unexpected moments of the day. In today's
Czechs in History: a book of personal letters - written to one's loved
ones - a book from prison. We look at the life and work of journalist,
philosopher, and dissident Milan Simecka.
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Business NewsBusiness News
Prague blue-chips hit a three-year high earlier this week. Meanwhile, the
Czech crown fell to its lowest in over a year and a half against the euro.
The Czech central bank will most likely change its inflation targeting
policy. New Telecommunications Act forces former monopoly Czech Telecom to
rent last mile to competitors. Czech Telecom to sell off some assets. The
largest Czech coal-burning power station out of operation. Power Utility
CEZ eying mulls eastward expansion. Sixteen buildings in Prague's
Wenceslas Square are up for sale again.
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Stepping OutRock Solid
In the middle of the city, in Prague's Jama Street there is one bar you can
visit if you're in the mood for something a little unusual, that is, for
climbing up the walls. Confused? Well, let me explain: the so-called
Boulder Bar was launched for and by avid rock climbers two years ago with
the aim of providing practice space for beginners and experts to hone
their climbing skills. Fancy moves, hanging from various knobs, pegs,
handholds, and footholds, often falling to the thick padded ground - all
that is just part of the regular order of things. Since its inception the
venue has grown ever more in popularity among both climbers and
non-climbers interested in just hanging out. Some get a work-out on the
wall; others get a work-out of a different sort at the venue's bar.
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Press ReviewPress Review
A new bout of illness for President Klaus makes the front pages today -
"President Taken To Hospital" thunders MLADA FRONTA DNES,
accompanied by a large colour photo of Mr Klaus kissing his wife. There's
also a front-page photo of the presidential couple in PRAVO - there too
the story is big news. Only LIDOVE NOVINY and HOSPODARSKE NOVINY take a
more sober line - the former giving the story second place after the Greek
earthquake, and the latter barely mentioning it.
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Current AffairsPrague marks first anniversary of flood catastrophe
August the 13th, 2002, is a day most people in Prague won't forget in a
hurry - it began with wailing sirens and ended with the biggest deluge the
Czech capital had seen in five hundred years. Exactly one year ago Prague
woke up to find parts of the city underwater, and the effects of those
"five hundred year" floods are still with us today.
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One on OneJana Semeradova - on Czech design, Blok magazine, and a 'perfect place'
In this week's edition of One on One Jan Velinger's guest is Jana
Semeradova - the young, dynamic, and elegant director of a small Czech
media agency that publishes one of the country's leading design magazines.
Titled 'Blok' it focuses on design in all its forms: fashion,
architecture, interiors, and art. For Jana Semeradova - a graduate of
Charles University and Prague's film academy FAMU - design is no small
passion.
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