http://radio.cz/en/article/156307 en Sat, 04 May 2013 02:01:00 +0200 Sat, 04 May 2013 02:01:00 +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/article/156307 One old proverb goes: “The way to a man's heart is through his stomach”. It may be true, that good cooking can win a man’s love. The pastry chef Iveta Fabešová believes that when it come to women, it is the cooking itself that can bring them closer together. The author of a number of popular cookbooks, Iveta decided to test out this hypothesis in a new multi-media, and multi-flavored, project Mothers and Daughters, or Matky a dcery in Czech. Sat, 04 May 2013 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:484b1c87-fdbe-57a3-bce6-e509bf43f1cd http://radio.cz/en/article/156013 Probably the first generation of Vietnamese who have grown up in the Czech Republic is now coming of age. Although students and immigrants from Vietnam have been coming to this country since the 1970’s, the face and lifestyle of the Vietnamese minority is changing, with the younger generation helping to build a cultural bridge. A Prague studio called Družina is hosting a month-long series of events entitled “Czech Vietnam” that tries to bridge the gap between Czechs and their Vietnamese neighbours. Sat, 20 Apr 2013 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:ad5d0079-b53f-5322-b7da-7588c6bfc3c9 http://radio.cz/en/article/155283 You can meet them at a managers’ meeting and behind the counter at a store, they are vital part of the Czech automotive industry but are also among the leaders in most other sectors of Czech society. Twenty years after the velvet divorce, Slovaks are a major presence in the Czech Republic, especially in its cities. Beside job opportunities, one of the things that bring young Slovaks to this country are the universities. What attracts them to a Czech education? And how do they perceive their lives in a country that is so much like their own? Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:01:00 +0100 urn:uuid:274bf3ea-cf34-5d7f-a20b-359db7dbe82c http://radio.cz/en/article/154779 Two weeks ago in Czech Life we met former TV journalist Petr Bělík, known for his work on the programmes Obcanské judo and Víkend at commercial broadcaster TV Nova. Highlights included how he became the first reporter to train with the country’s rapid response force, as well as how difficult they made it for him to smash down a barricaded door. Today, we move on to what Petr is doing now which is game development and design, a surprise move into a new profession in which he has so far excelled. Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:01:00 +0100 urn:uuid:79f4bcee-c80c-5fbf-82e2-a06c6632ff6d http://radio.cz/en/article/154525 Viewers of commercial broadcaster TV Nova probably couldn’t pick Petr Bělík out in a crowd but many will remember moments from his many reports. As a journalist in the late 1990s, Petr investigated countless cases of injustice almost every week on the programme Občanské judo (Citizen’s Judo) and later took the plunge in the highly-popular and creative show Víkend, where he reported on everything from digging for coal with miners to training with URNA, the Czech rapid response force. Sat, 09 Feb 2013 02:01:00 +0100 urn:uuid:50eedbc8-1424-5af1-b5d5-18a86c838fc2 http://radio.cz/en/article/153279 Collecting as a hobby is popular in the Czech Republic as it is throughout the world: the country has no shortage of those who collect prints, coins, stamps, and works of art. But the country also boasts a high number of collectors focussed on more unusual items: from pocket diaries to fruit & vegetable labels, from historic puppets to paper tissues. The country’s Curiosity Collectors’ Club, based in Prague, was founded more than 40 years ago, and now has 1,000 members. Recently, I caught up with the group’s chairman Ladislav Likler to learn more about the art of collecting – specifically collecting the “unusual”. Sat, 15 Dec 2012 02:01:00 +0100 urn:uuid:04f8fc7b-9e2e-5971-b67a-d3a1dfee4649 http://radio.cz/en/article/152752 In our age of celebrity chefs and cookbooks for all skill levels and wallet sizes, we may sometimes forget that food was an important element of life surrounded by special rituals, beliefs and values for many a decade. In this edition of Czech Life I decided to find out what importance food had a hundred or so years ago in this region. In order to do that, I headed to the ethnographic department of the Czech National Museum, where the exhibit Krmě - jídlo – žrádlo, or Dish-Meal-Grub is currently on display. Sat, 24 Nov 2012 02:01:00 +0100 urn:uuid:61af3254-a766-5daf-b255-42350f6cb211 http://radio.cz/en/article/152574 Surveys, including one by Focus, Marketing & Social Research in 2010, have long confirmed that a majority of Czechs, more than 50 percent own a household pet, with dogs being among the most popular. More than a million canines are registered – some 80,000 in Prague alone. Buoyed by such numbers, young Czech entrepreneur Linda Procházková, a dog owner herself, launched her own shop and salon in Prague last year called Dogtown, focussing on Prague canines. Sun, 18 Nov 2012 02:01:00 +0100 urn:uuid:5fa98a17-df8f-5617-aa52-5f006916fbd3 http://radio.cz/en/article/152214 Have you written a book, and can’t find a publisher? Did you invent a gadget that everyone would surely like, but you’re having problems finding an investor in today’s crisis-stricken economy? Many artists, writers, inventors or just people with good ideas all around the world are discovering a new way to finance their start-up projects –it’s called crowd funding. Essentially, crowd funding is nothing more than asking people who know you and possibly people who they know to invest in your idea by using the most modern online tools and social networks. Sat, 03 Nov 2012 02:01:00 +0100 urn:uuid:15ed4fbf-4577-542a-ba76-5d4b96e033a5 http://radio.cz/en/article/151847 In the past 20 years, the number of foreigners living in the Czech Republic has increased dramatically as a consequence of the opening of the Iron Curtain. Still, the country is far from being as diverse as most other European nations, for example France or Germany, and the vast majority of the Czech population remains Caucasian. During communism, the few black people who lived here stuck out like a sore thumb. Nowadays, their number has of course increased, but the size of the black community is still quite small. Sat, 20 Oct 2012 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:7fa53131-4c7b-50e4-a1a0-66722c475e29 http://radio.cz/en/article/151497 In this week’s Czech Life my guest is Czech milliner Jolana Kotábová, an expert hat designer who – after many years of experience in the field – opened her own studio in Prague in 2011. Located in a beautiful stone house with vaulted ceilings in Prague’s Nerudova Street, her studio focuses on original women’s hats combining both traditional elements and modern. Anyone interested in felt, straw or braided-straw designs with flair should take the time to visit. Sat, 06 Oct 2012 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:a2ee1974-abe2-518e-b8c5-0c068270c6e0 http://radio.cz/en/article/151149 When is the last time you wrote to a pen pal? Fifteen or twenty years ago, getting letters from peers from the other side of the globe seemed so exciting and almost magical. But in today’s overly connected internet-driven world, children have so much information and knowledge at their fingertips that sending letters to other countries to make friends may seem a bit pointless. Sat, 22 Sep 2012 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:d6a8a2ef-040b-5dc5-a146-1abaf40aa97b http://radio.cz/en/article/150788 According to an old Czech saying, ‘každý správný chlap’ (every real man) should at some point build a house, father a son, and plant a tree. Viktor Filipi, our guest in this edition of Czech Life, isn’t quite there yet in the first two departments but the last category he knows a lot about. The 24-year-old – a student in his final year in the Masters programme in Landscape Architecture at Mendel University – began working on his family’s garden more than ten years ago; just recently it was voted by readers of idnes in a competition as “the most beautiful”. Sat, 08 Sep 2012 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:746528b8-3b94-5d20-b363-d67314d69bbd http://radio.cz/en/article/150437 The past few years have seen a rapid increase in the number of cyclists in Prague. As Praguers become more concerned with healthy living and the environment, more and more of them choose to cycle both for recreation and daily travel. Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:56b50e23-7201-5574-b9c6-c2353a2b6697 http://radio.cz/en/article/149724 Over the last twenty years many Czechs have drastically changed their lifestyles, eating healthier foods and taking up new sports. Every weekend, cyclists and rollerblade-users hit local parks in Prague from Vítkov Hill to Stromovka. Fitness clubs which emerged over the same period are also going strong, drawing regular-goers to work-out in the gym, cycle indoors, or attend aerobics classes. Martin Nehasil is the programme director at Solarium Fitness BBC – a popular fitness chain in the Czech capital. When I met with him at the club’s flagship gym on Vinohradská Street, he explained there are constant innovations in the approach to fitness, ideal for anyone looking to improve their health. Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:c7bf7dcb-7e32-5313-9936-18a801824ad0 http://radio.cz/en/article/149395 When it comes to game designers you would be hard-pressed to find one more successful in recent years than the Czech Republic’s Vlaada Chvátil. Six years ago, the Brno-based designer made his mark with a civ-building board game called Through the Ages and since he has produced a slew of successes including titles like Space Alert (where players have to cooperate aboard a space vessel in trouble) and his newest game (released by the US company Wizkids) called Mage Knight. It’s a niche hobby but within it the designer has earned international recognition and success. Sat, 14 Jul 2012 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:1e74a9a6-f27f-54d8-bbce-091e3cabb3d8 http://radio.cz/en/article/149042 The previous episode of Czech Life featured the first part of Lillian Schořová’s life story. The 92-year-old Englishwoman is one of the hundreds of English war brides who went home with their Czechoslovak husbands after the war. Lillian came to Czechoslovakia with Josef, a tankist from the armored brigade who was stationed in the United Kingdom, in 1945. In this episode, she talks about her life after the war, her difficulties learning Czech, her unusual career and how she feels today, looking back on all the ups and downs of her adventurous life. Sat, 30 Jun 2012 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:35979cc9-5758-5f15-b2be-eb3efe0309a6 http://radio.cz/en/article/148614 Only a handful of the hundreds of British women who moved to this part of the world with their Czechoslovak husbands after World War II remain in the Czech Republic. Many have died, while some returned home to the U.K. decades ago. One of the few British war brides still living here is Lillian Schořová, whose home is in North Bohemia. Radio Prague’s Sarah Borufka visited her there for this episode of Czech Life. Sat, 16 Jun 2012 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:2cbe00d2-88d8-5e38-8b30-edc7f9d898cc http://radio.cz/en/article/148353 The Czech Republic has repeatedly ranked among the worst countries in Europe when it comes to obesity – placing in the “top five” in past Eurostat statistics. According to specialists, many adults in the country need to pay a good deal more attention to what they eat to avoid serious health problems. In this week’s Czech Life I spoke to nutritionist and wellness professional Monika Divišová, who runs a wellness centre in Prague. The first thing I asked her was why – when it comes to weight - many Czechs are so poorly off. Sat, 02 Jun 2012 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:ed92ab91-10db-535c-810d-5d6205f9ef4c http://radio.cz/en/article/147982 In the past 20 years, Prague has attracted a number of foreign professionals, and many of them settle here permanently. With the Czech capital growing more international, relationships between locals and foreigners have also become more common. In this edition of Czech Life, we speak to some of those intercultural couples about their experiences and their everyday relationship life. Sat, 19 May 2012 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:6049b51c-5843-595a-a924-8de84047340d