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Current AffairsNo McDonald's at Prague Castle, just cheaper shops and restaurants
A report in the newspaper Mlada Fronta Dnes containing details of plans to
modernise the Prague Castle complex caused a minor stir this week. The
paper claimed the plans included everything from new shops and restaurants
to a hairdressers and even a branch of McDonald's! The article hasn't gone
down well with the President's Office, which has accused the paper of
blowing things out of proportion. Chancellor Jiri Weigl is the Head of the
President's Office.
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Current AffairsPrague Castle older than presumed
Since 1925, a team from the Czech Academy of Science's Institute of
Archaeology has been accompanying all building activities at Prague Castle
with excavation work to find important objects and clues that point to the
castle's historical development. Now, almost eighty years later, they have
drawn a surprising conclusion from recent discoveries, which will soon
require text books to be re-written. Dita Asiedu has the story:
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Czechs in HistoryThe Builders of St Vitus' Cathedral
Hello and welcome to Czechs in History. In today's edition: a look at
Prague's most distinctive landmark St Vitus' Cathedral, ever visible above
the city's Little Quarter, its Gothic and Neo-Gothic spires reaching above
the Prague Castle, its most precious jewel and centrepiece. We look at how
it was commissioned and constructed and how it survived times of turmoil
and war. This site for coronations and final resting place for saints
and kings of Bohemia - a cathedral unparalleled in importance in the Czech
lands.
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ArtsTerezin Film Festival, Terezin Memorial, Arts news
In this week's Arts, Dita Asiedu looks at how the Terezin Memorial is
faring one year after the devastating floods, invites you to a film
festival in the town of terezin and an exhibition of photographs in
Prague, and reports why Czech President Vaclav Klaus may have to wait
longer than expected before moving into his office at Prague Castle:
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Press ReviewPress Review
There are a number of different curious stories covered by today's press,
one of the most interesting the re-emergence of a legal battle involving
the Church vs. the State to determine ownership rights of Saint Vitus'
Cathedral. The cathedral, whose foundation stone was laid in 1344, but was
only fully completed in the early 20th century, is the most dominant
feature in the Prague skyline rising above famous Prague Castle,
recognisable to anyone who has ever spent more than five minutes in the
Czech capital.
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Current AffairsRespect Festival no longer to be held at Prague Castle says President
Music lovers in Prague will be sad to hear the news that the annual Respect
ethnic world music festival will not be held at Prague Castle. President
Vaclav Klaus announced this week that he no longer wanted to support the
music festival. But, the festival will still go ahead this year, Prague
City Hall has come to the rescue.
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Current AffairsCountry's biggest bell falls silent after elections
And now, moving on to something lighter, but still connected - albeit tenuously - to the elections. As you've just heard, Czechs went to the polls a week ago, in an election which saw the Communist Party clinch their biggest share of the vote since 1989. Just four hours after the polling stations closed, however, a bell in Prague's St Vitus cathedral fell silent - which the more superstitious people of this country saw as an omen of impending doom. Dita Asiedu has more:
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