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Current AffairsHarry Potter film may be made elsewhere as actor's parents worry about Prague's seedy side
There was great excitement when it was announced that the fifth in the
blockbuster Harry Potter film series - the Order of the Phoenix - was
going to be filmed here in Prague. But there have been reports this week
that the parents of Daniel Radcliffe, who plays the main role, don't want
him to film in the Czech capital. The reason: the city's reputation as a
seedy centre of the international sex industry. More
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A tornado hits Trebom village. The town of Cheb organizes a cream-cakes
free for all. And THUNDERBOLT - the car that stole the show at the Brno
car show last weekend. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Letter from PragueThe changing face of Wenceslas Square
Wenceslas Square -a place visited by millions of tourists every year - has
been captured on thousands of postcards over the years, pictures which
document its transformation. At the start of the twentieth century people
could still ski down the square in winter. For the less athletic, there
were horse drawn carriages and in the 50s you could hop on one of the open
trams riding up and down the square so slowly it was possible to hang on to
the bottom step and feel the wind in your face. It was the construction of
the Prague metro in the late 70s which radically changed the face of
Wenceslas Square. With underground transport there was no more need for
trams and the last tram wove its way down the square in 1980.
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Current AffairsDay of Czech Statehood commemorates patron saint of Czech nation
September 28th is St Wenceslas Day, commemorating the Czech nation's patron
saint, Prince Wenceslas, or Vaclav. He was slain by his own brother in the
year 935 near Prague. But Prince Vaclav was not the only man of that name
who played an important role in Czech history.
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Current AffairsHistoric building reopens on Prague's Wenceslas Square
The Melantrich building on Prague's Wenceslas Square will forever be
associated with one of the most significant periods in Czech history.
Leading figures in the Velvet Revolution, such as Vaclav Havel and
Alexander Dubcek, addressed delirious crowds from one of its balconies in
November 1989 on a day that will be remembered by Czechs for generations
to come.
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A recent survey on love affairs at the workplace has produced some
surprising results. Two passenger boats collide on the Vltava river. And,
cooks prepare for the annual apple pie contest. Find out more in Magazine
with Daniela Lazarova
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Letter from PraguePrague's sidewalks - no place for a farm girl in high heels!
Not only does summer bring smog and sweaty trams to Prague, it also sees
the return of women in open-toed high-heels tettering across cobblestones.
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Metro-sexuals in Prague - men who are ready to undergo the torture of chest
and back waxing! Swooning over an actor? Buy his old T-shirt in the
Celebrity Shop and the Dinosaur Park in Pilsen gets a new flying reptile.
Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Current AffairsGrand sculptures take root on Wenceslas Square
Prague's busy Wenceslas Square is now host to the international festival
"Sculpture Grande 2004", which opened this week under the very
loose theme of European integration. Brian Kenety went along to the
vernissage at the Gallery Art Factory and has this report.
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