http://radio.cz/en/article/147982 en Sat, 19 May 2012 02:01:00 +0200 Sat, 19 May 2012 02:01:00 +0200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Radio Prague CMS 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/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 http://radio.cz/en/article/147653 In the Czech Republic, where the state controlled everything under Communism, volunteering does not enjoy a long tradition. But some 20 years after the demise of the former regime, more and more young volunteers are actively changing the face of their country. One of them is Petra Milsimerová, who runs a project called Little Clown. Sat, 05 May 2012 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:bce3c938-fece-5e1d-9046-64a2306e6b7f http://radio.cz/en/article/147292 It was some six years ago that Lucia Jamrichová started making crochet net bags – they became a huge success and soon, her brand Luciela Taschen was featured in magazines and newspapers. Now, Lucia has decided to take her passion for designing hand bags one step further. Her new designs are made from quality leather – and can be touched, smelled and purchased at her showroom on Letná’s Veverkova street. That is where I recently met her to talk about bags, her love for crafts and fashion and what it feels like to be sitting in front of one’s newly opened showroom. Sat, 21 Apr 2012 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:0b24257b-a3df-57e7-9d75-74250ea9ac66 http://radio.cz/en/article/146875 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 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, 07 Apr 2012 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:58978442-2b4c-5e23-8fb7-240d6ec0ae05 http://radio.cz/en/article/146575 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, 24 Mar 2012 02:01:00 +0100 urn:uuid:2c65b7ae-4d6b-5dac-b9f4-9a2ecf2445d5 http://radio.cz/en/article/145845 In the previous episode of Czech Life, we brought you the first part of the life story of Ivy Kovandová – one of the so-called war brides, English women who got married to Czech soldiers or pilots during World War II and then followed their husbands back to their native Czechoslovakia. Today, it is time for the second part of Ivy’s story – which starts with her arrival in her husband Oldřich Kovanda’s home country. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:01:00 +0100 urn:uuid:c772f069-3fe8-55aa-8c42-8a61beac49fa http://radio.cz/en/article/145314 Ivy Kovandová is one of the few remaining so-called war brides in the Czech Republic. ‘War brides’ are Englishwomen who married Czechoslovak pilots or soldiers stationed in the UK during WWII – an estimated 10,000 soldiers and about 2,500 pilots from Czechoslovakia fought alongside the allies, and many of them married local women. Some of those women accompanied their husbands back to their native land after the war. But most left Czechoslovakia due to the strain that the arrival of the communist regime placed on their lives, or simply because they felt lost and homesick. Ivy Kovandová, however, still lives in her cozy apartment in Prague’s Vršovice neighborhood and says she has never even considered leaving. Just a few weeks ago, she celebrated her 90th birthday. I recently visited Ivy at her home, where she told me all about her adventurous life over cake and coffee. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:01:00 +0100 urn:uuid:41393f86-dd94-5cfa-bd6e-d839d55f5a83 http://radio.cz/en/article/144596 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, 07 Jan 2012 02:01:00 +0100 urn:uuid:90f0936e-b950-59f1-a900-477f1223d7e9 http://radio.cz/en/article/143711 Tram and car traffic is heavy on Prague’s Dukelských Hrdinů St. – not a very inviting location to open a business in the middle of the financial crisis. Yet the 45-year-old cook gone entrepreneur Petr Kosiner has set up his store Lázníčkový knedlík here. It is the only brick-and-mortar shop in Prague to sell homemade dumplings. Since it opened seven months ago, the store and the humble goods it sells have turned out to be so popular that already its owner has a hard time keeping up with the huge demand. Both restaurant professionals and regular people shop here, he says. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:01:00 +0100 urn:uuid:d14c36cc-1fc0-55dc-9ec6-9ecedc6ea435 http://radio.cz/en/article/142966 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, 05 Nov 2011 02:01:00 +0100 urn:uuid:0aaba60e-416e-588e-8b74-1bb3f54efbfe http://radio.cz/en/article/142283 Dr. Pavel Boček is a Czech child oncologist who works at Motol hospital’s children oncology ward, sees patients in his own practice and has founded a charity for children with cancer. He also spent some time working in the United States, where he says he learned a lot about communicating with patients. For this edition of Czech Life, I spoke to Dr. Boček about his work, the field of child oncology and what first made him decide to go into that specific area of medicine. Sat, 08 Oct 2011 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:50b4189f-7284-50d2-b9ef-0f3c054b1558 http://radio.cz/en/article/141556 At a conference in the US, the 33-year-old Czech programmer Jakub Vrána made quite an impression on developers from the well-known social networking site Facebook and became the first Czech to be hired by the company. Now, he is preparing to move across the ocean and set up a new life in California, near San Francisco, where Facebook's headquarters are located. Ahead of his departure from the Czech Republic, he speaks about what he is looking forward to and what he will miss, what the interviewing process was like and which of his projects he thinks caught the Facebook team’s attention. Sat, 10 Sep 2011 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:5cfb991d-a21b-523a-bf28-251518067a93 http://radio.cz/en/article/140839 The internet has revolutionized the way we work and for many people has made it possible to work from anywhere with an internet connection. But while working at home may sound like a dream to those who have to go to an office every day, many freelancers find their apartments a less than ideal environment to really get their job done. Thanks to this, co-working centers, which provide a shared working environment to their members, have mushroomed in urban areas around the world. Currently, Prague has four such centers. For others, renting an office with a group of like-minded people is an ideal solution to the dilemma of working from home. Sat, 13 Aug 2011 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:1957c65f-8758-51e8-9796-748627ca13d1 http://radio.cz/en/article/140086 A legacy of the communists’ fascination with the pre-fabricated building method, paneláky or tower block buildings to this day can be found across the Czech Republic, often in prominent and elevated places, towering over cities and towns. After all, they were considered the height of architectural and technological progress during communism. Sat, 16 Jul 2011 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:6e724d3e-ae1f-59da-bbdc-090c9723c05c http://radio.cz/en/article/139415 When you think of Czech cuisine, the first thing that comes to mind is pork, sausages and other meat dishes, such as the beef roast svíčková, which some would say is the country’s national dish. Certainly, the country is not known for its vegetarian and vegan fare. So how difficult is it to live on a meatless diet in the Czech Republic, and how is the country’s attitude to food in general changing? In this edition of Czech Life, we look at alternative forms of nutrition. Sat, 18 Jun 2011 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:ed0f82d3-df9c-59d5-b584-19d8aee281de http://radio.cz/en/article/138691 Sex has been an emerging market in the Czech Republic for 20 years, with its every marketable facet constantly developing since 1989. The first wave was naturally prostitution and pornography, shortly after, sex shops. At the turn of the new century came the phenomenon of internet exhibitionism, with some webpages becoming the most popular erotic sites on the Czech web. And now, in these last years, has come another lifestyle change that more and more businesses are catering to: group sex is getting into in full swing. Sat, 21 May 2011 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:30c3da45-4ef6-5c8f-b91c-dcdcd645328e http://radio.cz/en/article/137889 In the Czech Republic, where the state controlled everything under Communism, volunteering does not enjoy a long tradition. But some 20 years after the demise of the former regime, more and more young volunteers are actively changing the face of their country. One of them is Petra Milsimerová, who runs a project called Little Clown. Sat, 23 Apr 2011 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:85c75120-7bc9-5b26-bb59-5ea572e9a266 http://radio.cz/en/article/137149 Every year, the colorful One World film festival – which just took place in Prague – turns the spotlight on human rights, screening scores of often fascinating documentaries from all corners of the globe. It also directly addresses young people, lending eye-opening DVDs to around half the schools in the Czech Republic, and holding special screenings for pupils. Sat, 26 Mar 2011 02:01:00 +0100 urn:uuid:df0594e6-c000-5fb9-b445-5e7a37aa969a http://radio.cz/en/article/136397 What do teenagers do in their spare time? Cha-cha, fox-trot and waltz might not be the first things to come to mind, but here in the Czech Republic, lessons in ballroom dancing are still an important rite of passage for most adolescents. Sat, 26 Feb 2011 02:01:00 +0100 urn:uuid:31a42a03-06ab-5eb8-a55e-cf9ac313f4a2 http://radio.cz/en/article/130757 Long gone are the days that Czechs had very few options when it came to furnishing their homes. In the grey old days of planned economy, most flats would look very similar. With the end of communism, many Western chain stores flooded the market and there are much more items to choose from now. So how has the way Czechs furnish their homes changed? In this edition of Czech Life, we take a look inside peoples’ homes. Sun, 15 Aug 2010 02:01:00 +0200 urn:uuid:e2293362-2fbe-5d23-bae9-a2fd5d0210b6