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Current AffairsWeek of Charter 77 marks 35-year-anniversary of the anti-communist human rights manifesto
This week marks the 35-year-anniversary of the founding of Charter 77, an
informal civic initiative against the communist regime. Many of its
signatories would later become important figures in post-communist Czech
society, such as philosopher and playwright Václav Havel, who was elected
the country’s first president after the revolution. Now, the anniversary
of the charter is being honored in Prague with a week-long commemoration,
the Week of Charter 77. More
Sunday Music ShowSunday Music Show
In today's edition
we look back at some of the most popular Czech bands in the 1990s, after
the so-called Velvet divorce between the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Bands
and performers you’ll hear include the rock group Lucie, folksinger
Jaromír Nohavica, jazzman Jiří Stivín and more. More
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This month in Mailbox we read from your letters of condolence on the death
in December of the former president Václav Havel, we read from your
feedback regarding Radio Prague's programmes and we quote from your answers
to January's mystery Czech quiz question. Listeners/readers: Michael
Fanderys, Jayanta Chakrabarty, Stephen Hrebenach, Steve Olear, Hans Verner
Lollike, Mary Lou Krenek, Jaroslaw Jedrzejczak, Charles Konecny, Vladimir
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