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Sunday Music ShowSunday Music Show
Today’s Sunday Music Show looks back at the work of a great Czech
musician – a man of musically royal blood – who died last week at the
age of 81: the inimitable Josef Suk, a violinist who set the standard for
how Czech classical music is played everywhere in the world. Here to paint
a picture of how the maestro was regarded at home and abroad, and to
illustrate his import to classical music, is music journalist and critic Dr
Petr Veber, who heads the department of classical music at our sister
station Vltava. More
Current AffairsCzechs raise millions in Haiti aid, though Czech mission not imminent
The international aid effort is gathering pace for the victims of the
Haitian earthquake, and the Czech Republic is no exception; the government
has earmarked over one million dollars and private collections launched by
the country’s NGOs have also raised substantial amounts. But there’s
been criticism too, with some NGOs expressing frustration at being unable
to help.
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Current AffairsCzech aid to quake-stricken Haiti underway
The magnitude-seven earthquake that struck the Caribbean state of Haiti on
Tuesday is threatening to become one of the worst natural disasters in
recent memory, with death tolls estimated between tens and hundreds of
thousands. Thousands of more people remain buried in the rubble. There is
little water and a tragic scarcity of other resources that survivors need;
understandably most are under extreme emotional and physical strain. As the
gravity of the situation has grown clear, Czech charity organisations and
the state have begun organising their response.
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Current AffairsNew exhibition at Prague’s Jewish Museum offers chance to revive the Golem
An interactive exhibition which is to open at the Jewish Museum in Prague
on Thursday promises visitors a chance to revive a centuries’ old legend.
A sculpture by the famous Czech artist Petr Nikl invites people to try to
figure out the right symbol or word which would breathe life into the
famous Prague Golem – a legendary giant allegedly created by the 16th
century rabbi Loew.
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ArtsTwo-year international project “revisits” great Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů
Marking five decades since the death of the great Czech composer Bohuslav
Martinů in 1959, a major international project entitled Martinů Revisited
was officially launched on Thursday night with a concert at Prague’s
Rudolfinum. It features scores of events, both in the Czech Republic and
further afield, and will run for exactly two years, until December 12,
2010.
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Current AffairsArt collection stolen by the Nazis to return to its rightful owners
The art collection of Emil Freund, a Prague Jewish lawyer who was murdered
by the Nazis during the Holocaust, will return to his heirs in the United
States. After the Jewish Museum in Prague traced Emil Freund’s relatives
in 2001, it took them seven long years to clear the way for restitution.
But part of the collection is to stay in the Czech Republic – the Czech
authorities declared some of the paintings a national heritage which means
that they cannot leave the country.
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Current AffairsPeople in Need launch new campaign to raise funds for overseas development work
Prague-based Czech NGO People in Need this week announced the start of a
new charity campaign aimed at raising funds for development assistance
overseas. The fund will be used to help development in some of the world's
poorest countries and the scheme aims to get Czechs to donate on a regular
basis, not just when a head-line making crisis strikes.
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Current AffairsHavel in new bid to help EU money “trickle down” to pro-democracy groups
The former Czech president Václav Havel is in Brussels on Tuesday to
launch a new pan-European human rights initiative called the European
Foundation for Democracy through Partnership (EFDP). Mr Havel, who spent
years in prison as a dissident in the Communist era, is now spearheading a
campaign to make it easier for democracy and human rights advocacy groups
to access European funds. One of the members of the EFDP’s board is
Šimon Pánek, director of the Czech NGO People in Need. We spoke to him
earlier by telephone.
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