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Current AffairsPrague’s last metro proposal wins plaudits on the ground
Prague’s transport authority has come up with the idea of extending the
night time underground or metro services. The surprise suggestion comes
just weeks after they suggested the services end earlier. For the most
part, Czechs seem to have welcomed the proposed extension.
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SpotlightThe inside story of the history of Prague’s Pankrác prison
Pankrác is a byword in the Czech Republic for the large prison that stands
a little way outside the centre of Prague. The prison has been the focus
for much of the worst and some of the best that has happened over the last
120 years. Appropriately, some mementos have been stored for posterity.
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Current AffairsAnti-blast bins begin appearing in Prague metro stations over eight years after 9/11
All of the rubbish bins in Prague’s metro stations were removed for
security reasons in the wake of the September 11 attacks on the United
States. Now, over eight years later, they are slowly making a comeback,
after Prague’s authorities decided to invest in high tech bomb-resistant
bins for the city’s underground rail system.
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Current AffairsPrague fined for bungled Charles Bridge renovation
The renovation of Charles Bridge, one of Prague’s most significant
landmarks, has been hampered by serious mistakes, some of which are
irreversible. That’s the verdict of a regional authority on preservation
of historical monuments which reviewed the progress of the renovation, and
fined Prague City Hall over three million crowns.
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Current AffairsPrague set to host signing of US-Russian nuclear arms treaty
In two weeks’ time, news crews from around the world are set to descend
on the Czech capital for the signing of an important deal between the
United States and Russia on reducing their nuclear arsenals. The planned
summit comes a year after America’s president, Barack Obama, outlined his
policy on arms control in a major speech at Prague Castle.
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Current AffairsThree Gates project to open Mala Pinkasová street to the public
A new sculpting project is to open up one of the few original streets of
Prague’s former Jewish ghetto to the public. Sculptor Aleš Veselý’s
“Three Gates” will be located in what used to be the heart of the
neighborhood, near Pinkas synagogue. The project is slated to be finished
in 2011. Sarah Borufka has the story.
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SpotlightPetschek’s Palace, once the headquarters of the Nazi secret police
If you’re not looking for it then you’ll probably overlook the rather
nondescript building of the Ministry of Industry, near the top of
Prague’s Wenceslas Square. If, however, you are one of the few who read
Prague’s street-side memorial signs, you get the full impact of what the
dirty grey, rough-hewn building called Petschek’s Palace means to modern
Czech history: “In the time of the Nazi occupation,” it reads, “this
building housed the torture chambers of the Gestapo. Fighters for the
freedom of our country fought, suffered and died here. We will never forget
their memory, and will be loyal to their legacy. PEOPLE, BE AWARE”.
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