http://radio.cz/en All the Latest Articles in English en Mon, 20 May 2013 18:06:00 +0200 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:06:00 +0200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Radio Prague CMS   http://radio.cz      http://radio.cz/assets/imgs/radiopraha-rss.png   200   200 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Radio Broadcasting cr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas) webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) http://radio.cz/en/news#10 The football club Baník Ostrava was saved from bankruptcy on Monday by the local city council. Mon, 20 May 2013 18:06:00 +0200 urn:uuid:3c0bd799-f450-54da-9773-cf527f5ed3cc http://radio.cz/en/news#6 The funeral service for the late Valtr Komárek will be held on Wednesday. Mon, 20 May 2013 18:05:59 +0200 urn:uuid:88f41ca4-4571-5afa-8dfc-cf506cdf0a44 http://radio.cz/en/news#1 The leadership of TOP 09 in Prague is set to meet on Monday evening to discuss the future of its coalition with the right-of-centre Civic Democrats at City Hall. Mon, 20 May 2013 18:05:58 +0200 urn:uuid:68f936cf-ea82-586d-8621-ef0f2205a55a http://radio.cz/en/news#2 President Miloš Zeman has explained why he refused to name as a professor a leading Czech intellectual. Mon, 20 May 2013 18:05:57 +0200 urn:uuid:373ad915-a6e9-5e6e-a5e8-63777eea4dac http://radio.cz/en/news#5 Descendants of shoe magnate Jan Antonín Baťa are demanding that the Czech state return billions of crowns worth of property to them. Mon, 20 May 2013 18:05:56 +0200 urn:uuid:15ff6f19-0bb2-5cbf-9d8f-4da8034fe97b http://radio.cz/en/section/sport/sports-news-2013-05-20 In Sports News this Monday: Zuzana Hejnová wins 400m hurdles at Diamond League meeting in Shanghai; Baník Ostrava football club come dangerously close to bankruptcy; Arsenal and Spurs said to be keen to snap up Czech striker Matěj Vydra; and Tomáš Berdych overcomes one bogeyman in Rome but can’t get past second. Mon, 20 May 2013 15:58:37 +0200 urn:uuid:2a873181-1048-5258-ab2e-9518413f5c4e http://radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/zemans-refusal-to-appoint-professor-sparks-outrage The Czech president, Miloš Zeman, has caused an outcry by saying he will not confer the title of professor on a Charles University academic. Czech heads of state normally just rubberstamp such decisions, and Mr. Zeman’s position on the appointment of Martin C. Putna is wholly unprecedented. The president has not been entirely clear on the reasons – but says he objected to a placard the academic carried in a gay pride march. Mon, 20 May 2013 15:56:08 +0200 urn:uuid:75a9e042-8f0d-5c03-b87a-69a8508a9e5b http://radio.cz/en/section/one-on-one/gisela-cheffer-i-even-sat-on-the-lap-of-some-nazis-of-course-they-had-no-idea-that-my-father-was-jewish Gisela Cheffer was born Gisela Duschinský in Brno in 1932. Her Viennese father was Jewish, which made her a target for the Nazis, and her baptism as a Roman Catholic very likely saved her life. She later came close to being forced to leave during the mass expulsion of Czechoslovakia’s German population after the war. But she stayed – until, that is, a meeting with a Finn led to a life abroad. Mon, 20 May 2013 13:16:08 +0200 urn:uuid:5e849759-8a95-542b-a53e-1b779319d718 http://radio.cz/en/section/news/news-2013-05-19 News 19.5.2013 Sun, 19 May 2013 21:30:09 +0200 urn:uuid:26ad63a4-b441-5b5b-b7f4-53d23cb0679b http://radio.cz/en/section/sunday-music-show/josef-spacek-unforgettable-at-prague-spring In this week's Sunday Music Show we feature works from Czech violin virtuoso Josef Špaček's debut. Sun, 19 May 2013 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:b1f9e6b1-6442-5eaf-b018-029a6acf0d02 http://radio.cz/en/section/news/news-2013-05-18 News 18.5.2013 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:29:59 +0200 urn:uuid:2e2215df-59d1-54d3-aaa5-20a268ce7b3a http://radio.cz/en/section/special/prague-students-bring-the-past-to-life-for-the-radios-90th-birthday It is exactly 90 years since the very first regular radio broadcasts in Czechoslovakia began on 18 May 1923. These were humble beginnings, starting in a borrowed scouts’ tent on the edge of Prague. But within just a few years, radio became central to the lives of millions of Czechoslovaks and over the decades the archives here in the Czech Radio headquarters have become an Aladdin’s Cave of sound, a living audio source for anyone wanting to research into twentieth century Czechoslovak history. For our 90th birthday, we joined forces with a group of journalism students in Prague to bring some of these voices from the past back to life. Sat, 18 May 2013 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:4ac8068b-72c8-5aab-a068-35525c9d421a http://radio.cz/en/section/news/news-2013-05-17 News 17.5.2013 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:40:58 +0200 urn:uuid:43d88192-b0c8-5038-9a66-5e9d19a21209 http://radio.cz/en/section/arts/best-selling-author-robert-fulghum-all-the-real-writing-happens-when-i-am-doing-other-things It’s no secret that American writer Robert Fulghum loves the Czech Republic and that his books, published by Argo, have proven immensely popular here. He has been back at least ten times over the years to promote his work, from his famous All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten to his latest, Memories of One Adventure. Fri, 17 May 2013 15:56:48 +0200 urn:uuid:b9157a89-4c84-5f60-b88b-b50029bee2bd http://radio.cz/en/section/economic/business-news-2013-05-17 Business news: the Czech economy is in record-long recession, the government pledges to help farmers, ČEZ launches arbitration proceedings against Albania and Freedom Tax Day will come two days later this year. Fri, 17 May 2013 15:55:11 +0200 urn:uuid:36c81b51-74b5-596a-a1da-bed42e4cc6da http://radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/swiss-oust-czechs-at-worlds Earlier this week, hockey fans hoped that the Czech national team had finally found its legs in a 7-0 drubbing of Norway. But that was as good as things would get. Although the Czechs avoided the embarrassment of an early exit and made the quarterfinal, they again faced tournament’s biggest surprise this year, the Swiss, and were defeated. Fri, 17 May 2013 15:52:59 +0200 urn:uuid:a1ec8bfa-7002-52d8-b50f-286185385ebf http://radio.cz/en/section/news/news-2013-05-16 News 16.5.2013 Thu, 16 May 2013 21:30:10 +0200 urn:uuid:3aa5de9c-1dbe-5079-b98f-73f2e5921a4d http://radio.cz/en/section/panorama/pianist-diana-fanning-i-want-people-to-know-about-leos-janaceks-piano-music Organized by the International Dvorak Society, the American Spring music festival (April 8th to July 4th) annually brings internationally renowned soloists and music ensembles to a broad audience in the Czech Republic, with concerts and master classes taking place in dozens of towns and villages around the country. Among this year’s performers is pianist Diana Fanning from Middlebury College, Vermont whose recent piano recital featured music by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček. When she visited Radio Prague’s studio shortly after the recital we talked about her passion for a composer whose music many find hard to understand. Thu, 16 May 2013 16:24:46 +0200 urn:uuid:dbffb626-0050-5232-a277-e2dfc02e78f8 http://radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/neo-nazi-fighter-pulled-from-martial-arts-show-as-media-sponsors-protest The organisers of a martial arts show in Prague have bowed to pressure from the media and sponsors and cancelled an appearance by a Hungarian fighter who’s covered from head to toe in Nazi tattoos. Attila Petrovszki, a Mixed Martial Arts fighter from Hungary, had been due to appear at the event - his tattoos covered in a T-shirt - on Friday; now organisers are looking for a replacement. Thu, 16 May 2013 15:35:21 +0200 urn:uuid:4ca14a7d-057d-554c-b5a0-3338e468ec78 http://radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/join-us-on-saturday-in-celebrating-our-90th-birthday This weekend we’ll be celebrating 90 years since the first regular radio broadcasts in Czechoslovakia, and we’ll be bringing you a special programme. David Vaughan has been working with a group of Prague journalism students, to discover some of the forgotten gems hidden in the radio archive. He tells us more about Saturday’s special programme. Thu, 16 May 2013 15:35:20 +0200 urn:uuid:560c176e-381a-57c8-bf97-38fd701ceff2