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Current AffairsInternet newsletter offers Czech-American news, hard-to-find products
Numerous newspapers and magazines serve the Czech community in the United
States, from "nationwide" publications such as Americke listy to
regional titles like Czech Nebraska. There are also several internet
websites and email newsletters, such as the weekly Dumpling News; it is
produced by Zora Pergl, a woman of Czech descent based in Florida. I asked
her how Dumpling News has been received since its launch in April last
year.
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Current AffairsCzech Republic asks ex-pats in US to help abolish visas for Czechs
This week hundreds of thousands of Czech Americans will open envelopes from
the Czech Embassy in Washington asking them to join a campaign to abolish
US visas for Czech citizens. For years the Czech Republic has striven to
be included in the US waiver programme, which would put relations on an
equal footing, but so far in vain. Now it is asking Czech ex-pats in the
United States to bring the matter to the attention of their congressmen.
Jakub Skalinik of the Czech Foreign Ministry explains what the campaign
aims to achieve:
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Current AffairsSVU in Ceske Budejovice
The south Bohemian city of Ceske Budejovice has seen a large influx of
foreigners this week, especially Americans of Czech heritage. The annual
congress of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Science is underway in
Ceske Budejovice from June 25th to July 2nd.
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Current AffairsCzechs abroad call for introduction of postal vote; turnout expected low at embassies
According to estimates, some two million people of Czech extraction live
outside the Czech Republic. Some 300,000 out of those have Czech
citizenship and are therefore entitled to elect deputies to the lower
house of the Czech parliament. It was not always the case. Czechs living
abroad had their first chance to vote in the previous election four years
ago after a law had been passed to that effect. But fewer than 4,000 of
them turned up to cast their ballots at the Czech Republic's embassies and
consulates around the world. Expectations are similar this time around.
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Current AffairsCzech Republic marks Tomas Garrigue Masaryk Day
March 7th is Tomas Garrigue Masaryk Day in the Czech Republic. It's a day
which marks the birthday of Czechoslovakia's first president, and gives
many a chance to remember his role in this country's history.
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MailboxMailbox
This week in Mailbox we read from your answers to Radio Prague's November
competition question and we announce the name of the winner. You will also
find out the new question for December. We read from e-mails sent by Don
Schumann, US; David Eldridge, UK; Arcadia Wylie, New Zealand; Andrew Dral,
US; Mary Krenek, US; Mukesh Tekwani, India.
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Current AffairsCzechs catching up with West, says Ivana Trump on rare visit to Prague
Ivana Trump is one of the best known, and wealthiest, Czechs in the world.
A member of Czechoslovakia's skiing team at the beginning of the 1970s,
she later became a model, before marriage to American property tycoon
Donald Trump brought her huge international fame. Now Ivana Trump is back
in the Czech Republic, where she is due to take part in a business awards
ceremony this weekend. I asked Ivana Trump, who had her mother by her
side, if she often comes home.
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Czechs TodayCharlotta Kotik: an exceptional Czech New Yorker
In Czechs Today I am delighted to introduce Charlotta Kotik, the Curator of
Contemporary Art at the world-renowned Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York
City. Energetic and quick on her feet, she encouraged me to stay for a
meeting she had with an artist to discuss a future project. A painter
showed sketches of iconic figures, such as Vincent Van Gogh, interpreted
by an autistic student he works with. Their conversation was just the
beginning of creating a future exhibit.
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MailboxMailbox
In this week's Mailbox: Report on Slovak nationalist politician Andrej
Hlinka on Insight Central Europe; village of Horni Benesov considers
giving honorary citizenship to US presidential candidate John Kerry; Radio
Prague's listeners' contests. Listeners quoted: David Eldridge, Sharon
Curtis, Nooreddin Ahmed.
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