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Current Affairs'Harry Potter' and 'Lord of the Rings' top list of Czechs' favorite books
And the winner is: "Harry Potter," and not by a nose. In a
nationwide survey of nearly 100,000 people, Czech readers have named the
English author J.K. Rowling as having penned their favorite book.
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Hockey fans at the opera? Believe it or not Czechs are producing an opera
about their 1998 hockey victory at the winter Olympics in Nagano.
Democratic presidential frontrunner John Kerry and his distant relations
in Europe: the American who is so popular three European states are laying
claim to his ancestors. Czech chefs give the public a taste of the best
-and demand recognition! And, the price of a condom rocks Parliament. Find
out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Press ReviewPress review
The situation in Haiti, where the UN Security Council authorized the
deployment of a multi national force, fills the front pages of all Czech
dailies. "The fall of a dictator", reads the lead headline in
today's Mlada Fronta Dnes reporting that Haiti today is a mixture of
euphoria and chaos. Closer to home, the situation in eastern Slovakia,
where the Roma minority has been looting shops in protest of lowered
social benefits, remains at the centre of attention.
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ArtsArts news, Kids in refugee camps turn to art to cope with new environment
In this week's edition of the Arts, we look at a unique way in which
children in refugee camps are helped to adjust to their new environment.
First, though, some of the stories making headlines in Czech arts and
culture:
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One on OnePavel Medek - translating the adventures of Harry Potter into Czech
Who wouldn't jump at the chance to translate the adventures of Harry
Potter? In Czech the distinction of translating the world-famous series is
jointly held by two brothers - Vladimir and Pavel Medek. Recently, I was
able to sit down with Pavel Medek, who worked on the third book in the
series and is now busy translating J.K. Rowling's latest - much darker -
instalment - anxiously awaited by Czech children: 'Harry Potter and the
Order of the Phoenix'. Indeed Potter-mania is just as common in the Czech
Republic as everywhere else! I began by asking the charismatic translator
if he recalled impressions the first time he was introduced to the Harry
Potter world.
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MagazineBelieve it or not
Why did it take a postcard twenty years to get from Los Angeles to
Prostejov in the Czech Republic, what happened to make three people
disappear down a black hole as they sat in a cinema watching a late night
movie and what is Scheherezade doing in a baroque castle in western
Bohemia? In this week's Magazine Daniela Lazarova brings you some of the
whacky and attention grabbing stories that you won't find in our news
bulletins.
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Business NewsBarrandov Studios: Hollywood of the East
The focus of this weeks economics report is the Czech film industry, more
specifically the Barrandov studios. Film production has a long and
successful history in the Czech Republic. All these films were filmed and
produced at the legendary Barrandov Studios in the South-West corner of
Prague. Today the studio has become so popular with Hollywood productions
that it is often referred to as the Hollywood of the East. I recently
visited the studio's and caught up with marketing director Matous
Forbelsky. He explains the interesting history of Barrandov Studios.
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