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A Czech jeweller has created a replica of the Imperial Crown of the Holy
Roman Empire, a team of enthusiasts is building a miniaturized model of a
town which was razed to the ground to make way for coal mining and, a group
of Czechs have held a non-stop reading of the entire Lisbon treaty to prove
that it is readable. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarová.
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PanoramaBeseda Volnost: bringing Czech expatriates in Belgium together for over a century
The Czech expatriate organization Beseda Volnost was founded in the
Brussels pub of a Mr Antonín Trojan in 1904. Its membership has grown
some
from the original 29 Czechs who signed up to pay their half-a-franc yearly
fee back then, but the club’s mission remains more or less the same.
Over
the past century, Beseda has provided Czechs living in Belgium with a
means
of keeping their culture alive, and has raised funds for a number of good
causes such as the Prague floods in 2002. More
PanoramaRemembering Czech Expo success at the Brussels Atomium
Expo 1958 was the first global event of its kind after the Second World
War. Nearly 50 countries brought their latest scientific breakthroughs and
their most prized cultural offerings to Brussels to dazzle the millions of
people who visited the fair. The event is remembered proudly by Czechs –
with the Czechoslovak pavilion taking top prize. More
Current AffairsEU foreign ministers at Hluboká: Lisbon treaty a must for future enlargement of the bloc
The Czech EU presidency hosted an informal meeting of the bloc’s 27
foreign ministers over the weekend in Hluboká, south Bohemia. Although
Czech officials went into the meeting with an ambitious agenda it was the
Czech Republic’s own domestic crisis that inevitably drew the most
attention. Just days after the fall of the country’s centre-right
government EU foreign ministers sought reassurances regarding the Czech EU
presidency and the fate of the Lisbon treaty.
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Current AffairsCzech specialties prove popular in European Parliament canteen
Marks of the Czech Republic’s EU presidency can be found all over
Brussels, from David Černý’s controversial sculpture ‘Entropa’
hanging in the council’s Justus Lipsius building, right down to the food
on offer in the European Parliament’s canteen. On Thursday, parliament
employees were treated to the first in a series of special Czech dishes
–
I went along to wish them a bon apetit, or should that be
dobrou chut’? More
Current AffairsEU leaders gather in Brussels for summit chaired by Czech PM Topolánek
Leaders of the European Union are set to begin a two-day meeting in
Brussels aimed at agreeing a strategy for tackling the global economic
crisis. The meeting’s being chaired by Czech prime minister Mirek
Topolánek in his capacity as president of the European Council, and the
Czech Republic is under a lot of pressure to provide leadership at a time
when the EU is suffering from falling production and rising unemployment. More
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