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Classical music fans are gearing up for one of the most prestigious events
in the cultural calendar – the Prague Spring International Music
Festival, which gets underway on Thursday evening. Founded in 1946, as a
newly-liberated Czechoslovakia was emerging from six years of war and Nazi
occupation, the festival has survived communist dictatorship and the
commercial pressures of capitalism to remain the country’s preeminent
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SpotlightSummer Czech language courses in Dobruška
For many Czechs, the eastern Bohemian town of Dobruška evokes the Czech
National Revival, a time when the Czech language was on the verge of
extinction. A local merchant, immortalized in the novel F.L.Vek by the
Czech writer Alois Jirásek, worked tirelessly in and around Dobruška to
promote the Czech language and literature. Today, a different kind of Czech
revival is taking place in the town. For the last 20 years, Prague’s
Charles University has been organizing summer language courses for expats
at this particular venue.
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