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Czech-Republic

Entertainment 6 years ago

Czech banjos, mandolins win over US bluegrass stars

Star banjo player Ned Luberecki, who was named the 2018 Banjo Player of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA), is one of several renowned artists of the country and western style music to play banjos and mandolins made by Rosta Capek.

Entertainment 6 years ago

Czech film festival to honor Oscar-winner Julianne Moore

American Oscar-winning actress Julianne Moore will be honored at the Karlovy Vary film festival in the Czech Republic at the end of the month.

Health 6 years ago

Czech teacher survives 34 years with heart transplant

A Czech teacher survived more than 34 years with a heart transplant, making him one of the longest living transplant patients.

News 7 years ago

Laid-back hostel in Prague among best for solo travelers

A hostel in Prague run by two Canadians that offers home-cooked dinners tops a new list of the best hostels in the world 2019.

Environment 7 years ago

Prague zoo hopes rare lion insemination sows seed for survival

After two suitors failed to get a rare Asiatic lioness pregnant, Prague zoo now hopes that artificial insemination will finally plant the seed for her species' survival.

Art & Culture 7 years ago

Czech premier proposes restoring writer Kundera's nationality

Kundera, whose novel "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" was turned into a 1987 film starring Daniel Day-Lewis, became a naturalized French citizen after emigrating when he was prevented from publishing in his native country.

Books 7 years ago

Hobbit's five armies clash in Czech forest

Hundreds of fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit reenacted the Battle of the Five Armies in a Czech forest.

Destinations 8 years ago

Cars, castles and communism: things to know about the Czech Republic

The Czech Republic emerged from four decades behind the Iron Curtain to become a member of the European Union and one of Europe's tourist hotspots.

News 8 years ago

Two dead, seven injured in Prague hotel fire

Two people died and seven were injured in a fire that hit a hotel in central Prague on Saturday, rescuers said.

World 8 years ago

Court finds Czech 'femme fatale' guilty in spy scandal

A Czech court on Wednesday found the former mistress of the country's ex-prime minister guilty of illegally deploying military intelligence officers to spy on his then wife, in a scandal that saw Petr Necas resign in 2013.

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