Culture this week: Take a large-scale look at how Prague lives
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Plus: Watch a mime performance or an Oscar-nominated movie, listen to English classical music or a funk mix, and much more.
The Daily Dozen: 12 things to know about Czechia today
Manifesto Market opens in Berlin, extreme sled-dog race kicks off, oldest Czech Olympian dies, and more buzzworthy headlines for Jan. 27, 2023.
Czechia honors International Holocaust Remembrance Day with illuminations and dance
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Today marks the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, where tens of thousands died during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia.
The St. Jan Nepomucký statue on Prague's Charles Bridge turns 340 years old
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An error in a chronicle led to the statue being erected 10 years early, on what was thought to be the 300th anniversary of Nepomucký's death.
This weekend in Prague: Masopust in the village or Mozart at the opera
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Plus: Comedians welcome the end of the world, Czech classics screen at Ponrepro, and an English-friendly short film.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Barrandov’s first film began shooting 90 years ago
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The history of the famous film studio began with an obscure crime mystery called 'Murder on Ostrovní Street' in 1933.
Prague’s plans to demolish railway bridge compared to destroying Eiffel Tower
A petition to save the railway bridge has over 9,000 signatures and the issue is starting to make an international ripple.
Czech-lensed ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ snags nine Oscar nominations
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The German film about a soldier in World War I will compete for Best Picture and Best International Feature.
Culture this week: Celebrate the Chinese New Year and Czech architecture
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Plus: listen to Czech opera or British indie singer Casey Lowry, watch Titanic, or celebrate Mozart's birthday.
Prague Castle will open its previously inaccessible spaces to the public
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From March, the castle will offer a series of special tours rather than raise the current basic entry for its traditionally visited spaces.
Flannel-shirt run and large concert planned in support of Pavel this weekend
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Over 30 acts will take the stage at Prague's Lucerna in a five-hour concert on Sunday, while a 'flannel run' in Letná takes place the same day.
This weekend in Prague: Pig out at pork feasts in the lead up to Masopust celebrations
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Plus: Scandinavian films invade Prague cinemas, art rockers Palaye Royale play Výstaviště, banned films screen at Porepo, and more.
The Daily Dozen: 12 things to know about Czechia today
New metro signs coming to Prague, cyber attacks on Czech institutions, and more buzzworthy headlines for Jan. 19, 2023.
National Gallery Prague to exhibit Czech masters Mánes and Brandl in 2023
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Other NGP exhibition planned for this year will display 19th century watercolors, and significant works from 1939 to the present day.
Exhibit and special banknote to mark 30 years of Czechoslovak currency split
The Czech National Bank is issuing a commemorative CZK 1,000 banknote to mark the 1993 division of Czechoslovakia and its crown.
The Daily Dozen: 12 things to know about Czechia today
Czech children don't exercise enough, snow on the way, and more buzzworthy headlines for Jan. 17, 2023.
Oscar-winning singer Markéta Irglová competing to represent Czechia in Eurovision
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The audience will vote which of the five Czech Television nominees will go to Liverpool in May.
