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Current AffairsCzech Compatriots of all ages gather in Dobruska
Thanks to a programme organized by Prague's Charles University and the
Foreign Ministry, Czech emigres, expatriates and their descendants can
come the Czech Republic to study Czech language and culture. For more that
ten years every August, the summer school has been held in Dobruska a
small town in eastern Bohemia nestled in the Orlicke Mountains. Heather
Bowne went along. More
Current AffairsCzech emigres gather in a small town in East Bohemia
What could possibly bring forty-two people of all ages, shapes and sizes from different corners of the world to the little Czech town of Dobruska in the foothills of the Orlicke Mountains? The answer is simple. In one way or another they all have roots going back to the Czech Republic, and they are in Dobruska on scholarships given by the Czech Foreign Ministry, to spend a month learning the language of their forebears, and getting to know the country that they--or their ancestors--left many years ago. went to meet some of the students and teachers, and they told him of their impressions.
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