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South Moravian town preparing for annual garlic festival
During the summer season many towns around the Czech Republic compete for
tourists by putting on all kinds of festivals. Some towns have arts
festivals of various kinds, while others celebrate all kinds of Czech folk
traditions. Food and drink are also common themes, with Trebic for instance
holding an annual potato festival. But surely one of the most unusual
events of its kind has to be the "festival cesneku", or garlic
festival, held every year in the town of Buchlovice in south Moravia.
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Daria In and Out - the life of a Czech prima ballerina presented both on and off-stage
Prima ballerina Daria Klimentova is undoubtedly one of the most popular
Czech dancers ever, with an impressive career in the Prague National
Theatre Ballet, the Cape Ballet Company in Cape Town, the Scottish Ballet
in Glasgow, and since 1996 the English National Ballet. On Tuesday, an
exhibition of 60 photographs opened to the public in the foyer of the
Albert Hall that depicts her career both on and off stage.
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Is the Czech press developing at the expense of quality?
Like Czech society, Czech media have also undergone a crucial change since
the fall of communism in 1989. But even though censorship disappeared with
the coming of democracy, the Czech press is now facing other challenges
mostly influenced by market economy conditions. What are the major papers
in the Czech Republic and what is their quality? More
Czech universities at a crossroads: questions of reform
With university entrance exams around the corner and the general elections
only 4 months away, there is growing attention on the Czech Republic's
system of higher education. There are some particular points of pride,
such as the fact that Charles University's medical schools receive
accreditation in the United States. Yet, there are also constant rumblings
about the need to reform the system.
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Historic building reopens on Prague's Wenceslas Square
The Melantrich building on Prague's Wenceslas Square will forever be
associated with one of the most significant periods in Czech history.
Leading figures in the Velvet Revolution, such as Vaclav Havel and
Alexander Dubcek, addressed delirious crowds from one of its balconies in
November 1989 on a day that will be remembered by Czechs for generations
to come.
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Mixed results for Czech Republic in OECD education report
Tuesday saw the release of the latest OECD "Education at a
Glance" report, which came out simultaneously in all member
countries. The report, which uses a wide variety of factors to compare
levels of education, was presented in Prague by Michaela Klenhova of the
Institute for Information on Education.
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New Sunday newspaper hopes to change Czech reading habits
In places like Britain and America, Sunday broadsheet newspapers are
something of an institution. They usually come packed full of extra
supplements, which keep whole families occupied as they while away the
lazy hours of this traditional day of rest. Now the Czech Republic has
seen a similar Sunday publication hit the shelves of newsagents around the
country.
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