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PanoramaA tour of Prague’s most important cemeteries
At this time of year, Prague’s cemeteries are carpeted with red and
yellow leaves, and in this chilly weather, you are quite unlikely to bump
into that many other visitors. Prague’s thirty-or-so city maintained
cemeteries offer a step back from the hustle and bustle and traffic jams of
the metropolis - and provide the visitor with a glimpse into the Czech
capital’s history as well.
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Current AffairsDescendant of Franz Ferdinand of Austria claims back Konopiste Castle
Seventeen years after the fall of communism, there seems to be no end to
court cases demanding the return of property confiscated in the last
century. The latest high-profile case is different, in that it goes back
not to the 1940s but as far back as 1921. The claimant, a descendant of an
Austrian noble family, is asking for the return of one of the Czech
Republic's best known castles, confiscated after the First World War. The
argument she hopes will win the case for her is a remarkable love story.
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Current AffairsRare medieval Jewish cemetery beneath Plzen shopping centre?
Almost six hundred years ago, the Jewish community in what is now west
Bohemia bought some land on the outskirts of Plzen, west Bohemia, to build
a cemetery. A few decades later the land was confiscated and the community
expelled. Since then, very little has been known about the location of the
burial site. But now, a team of archaeologists say the cemetery is right
beneath land that is to house a new billion-crown commercial centre. Dita
Asiedu reports:
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MailboxMailbox
Today in Mailbox: We introduce three new voices on Radio Prague and we read
from an e-mail by Elliott A. Sternbergh about Sternberk Castle. Also,
Wednesday is the deadline for your answers to our May competition.
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Current AffairsPaintings of a Prague Ghetto
One of the most famous attractions of Prague's Old Town is the former
Jewish Ghetto, a witness to the long and rich Jewish history of the Czech
capital, and also to centuries of discrimination. The gradual emancipation
of Prague's Jewish population began with the Enlightenment in the 18th
century. As some Prague Jews grew wealthier and more self-confident, as
well as more secular, the first portraits began to appear. Some depicted
the spiritual leaders of Prague's Jewish society but others showed well
off members of the community and their families. Now, to mark 100 years
since the foundation of the Prague Jewish Museum, a new exhibition has
been opened to display some of the finest examples of Jewish art from the
18th to the early 20th century.
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Talking PointEuropean Structural Funds: a micro-view from Benesov
When the Czech Republic joined the European Union on May 1st, 2004, the
doors to European Structural Funds opened. The money allotted to the Czech
Republic for projects in the 2004 - 2006 period stands at nearly 457
million Euros, or roughly 14-and-a-half billion Czech crowns. No small
potatoes. One of the key elements of Brussels' strategy is to promote
life-long learning in order to increase citizens' chances of employment.
In concrete terms, the political aim of the European Union is to eliminate
marked economic and social differences within individual regions of the EU.
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PanoramaThe highest 'Mitzvot'
There are some three hundred and forty known Jewish cemeteries in the Czech
lands. The thriving communities that once tended to their care were
virtually
wiped out during the Second World War. The ravages of time - but also
vandalism - have left many Jewish burial sites here a tangled mess of
cracked headstones and thick undergrowth. More
Business NewsBusiness briefs
More Czechs commuting long distances for work; EIU: Prague now ranks
world's 55th most expensive city for expats; Over one-quarter of past
decades' big investments located in Central Bohemia; Czech Republic too
slow in spending EU structural funds; Foreign trade surplus of 38bn for
first half of 2005; Czech crown reaches three-year high against the euro
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