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PanoramaDžíny, hamburgry and komputry: is Czech under threat from English?
‘English is attacking Czech from all sides’ one newspaper columnist
recently despaired, while others talk of Czech’s ‘battle for
survival’ in a world in which ever more English is spoken. From terms
like ‘setobox’, ‘vygooglovat’ and ‘mobil’ on the one hand to
words like ‘sorry’, ‘byzy’ and ‘lůzr’ on the other, English
does seem to be making an impact on today’s Czech. But are these English
borrowings really a threat to the Czech language, or do they enrich it
instead? I asked some Czechs for their opinion: More
Current AffairsPrague Archbishop celebrates mass for Vietnamese community
One of the many Christmas masses celebrated over the past weekend was a
mass for the Vietnamese community celebrated by Prague Archbishop Dominik
Duka in Prague’s Žižkov district. It was dedicated to the Feast of the
Holy Family and attended by over a thousand Vietnamese who have embraced
the Christian faith. More
Current AffairsReligion, ethnicity ignored by many Czechs in latest population census
Over the past decade, Czech society has seen a number of interesting
changes and trends, as shown by preliminary results of the 2011 population
census which were released on Thursday. The figures show the country’s
population grew a little, mainly due to migration. Czechs are also more
educated than they used to be, and many more of them live alone. If
people’s answers in the census are to be trusted, more people declared
themselves to be Jedi knights than Romanies. More
Czech LifeLove Across Cultures: Relationships between Czechs and Foreigners
In the past 20 years, Prague has attracted a number of foreign
professionals, and many of them settle here permanently. With the Czech
capital growing more international, relationships between locals and
foreigners have also become more common. In this edition of Czech Life, we
speak to some of those intercultural couples about their experiences and
their everyday relationship life. More
One on OneChristopher Harwood – professor of Czech at Columbia University
Christopher Harwood is a lecturer in Czech at Columbia University in New
York. When I met him at his office on Columbia’s Upper West Side campus,
we discussed Czech literature, the difficulties of learning Czech, and how
Professor Harwood himself had become good enough at the language to teach
it at one of the world’s leading universities. More
PanoramaMy Neighbor, My Enemy : problems of coexistence
In this week’s Panorama :a play at Prague’s National Theatre highlights
the problems of coexistence between ethnic Czechs and the Roma minority,
Karlovy Vary protesting against too many foreign language signs, and, Czech
politicians make headlines from here to Belgrade. More
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