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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.
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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
playing a crazy new sport -woodkopf. And, clearing the way for Santa: an
owl drops down the chimney of a restaurant in Zatec. Find out more in
Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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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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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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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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MagazineSearching for love: fairy tales and real life
Spring is here and love is in the air - in this week's Magazine we'll take
a look at two very different forms of courtship. One is an amateur
children's performance of The Beauty and the Beast with its prescribed
happy end and a more modern fairy tale - a radio competition in which a
young woman picks her future husband in the course of a single weekend
spent in the mountains.
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