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Current AffairsPrague’s florists on St. Valentine’s Day
All over the world couples are celebrating - and singletons are doing their
best to ignore - the fact that February 14th is St. Valentine’s Day. The
romantic festival has no real tradition in the Czech Republic, though in
recent years, it has been becoming more and more popular. The Czech
capital’s florists in particular have been enjoying a good day’s trade.
Zuzana is an employee at one of Prague’s most up-market florists:
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SoundCzechHeavenly love
You’re listening to SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s weekly programme in
which you can learn Czech phrases through song lyrics. Today we’ll be
listening to a song from the 1960s called “Ach, ta láska nebeská“, in
English “Heavenly love” or “Love made in heaven”, sung by the
legendary Czech singers Waldemar Matuška and Eva Pilarová. The title of
the song is also today’s featured phrase.
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A priest tells his parishioners: sorry, I've fallen in love. Czechs are
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Current AffairsDo Czechs prefer Valentine's Day to May 1st ?
February 14th is St Valentine's Day, a holiday marked by lovers throughout
many parts of the world. On the day, many send cards (as many as one
billion by some estimates) while others opt for flowers or chocolates. But
here in the Czech Republic, Valentine's Day is a much more recent
phenomenon, and you may be surprised to learn that even now most Czechs
mark another day as the day of love.
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A man wearing a kilt mounted St. Wenceslas' horse this week. A Swedish news
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he wearing Wonder-pants? Czech men discover "push-up"
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ABC of CzechLove and Marriage, Czech Style
Some of you may be in love with a Czech, some of you may want to marry a
Czech. So in this ABC of Czech, we bring you the Czech words that you need
to bridge the gap between love and marriage...
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Current AffairsPassion or profit? - Czech opinions on Valentine's Day
Despite the fact that St. Valentine's Day only became known relatively
recently in the Czech Republic, it is continually increasing in
popularity, and the familiar merchandise which accompanies it is gradually
appearing more and more in shop windows. As a consequence there has been
lively debate regarding whether or not companies and retailers exploit the
festival in modern times for commercial purposes, thus tarnishing its true
meaning for many people. Radio Prague takes a look into how Czechs
perceive the day of lovers.
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