News from Radio Prague - 07/13/2011
The Villa Becher – a beautifully restored estate in Karlovy Vary’s Westend neighborhood
Uphill from Karlovy Vary’s famous colonnade with its lavish, pastel-colored buildings, a little off the beaten track in the city’s Westend neighborhood, visitors to the West Bohemian spa town can find a great example of stunning early 20th century architecture: the Becher Villa. Built by Gustav Becher, a member of the famous Becher family, probably best known for founding the Becherovka ...
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News from Radio Prague - 05/27/2011
Leeda – a unique Czech fashion label going strong for seven years
Not far from the National Theatre, tucked away on Bartolomějská street, the small flagship store of the label Leeda boasts some of the most original, colorful and hip clothing in the Czech capital. Run by two young designers, Lucie Kutálková and Lucie Trnková, Leeda has been putting out its limited edition collections for nearly seven years. The two designers both studied at the Academy of Arts ...
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News from Evening Standard - 03/29/2011
V&A architect: It doesn't get better than this
London architect Amanda Levete said today she was thrilled to have beaten international competition to redevelop 'the home of art and architecture' in Britain.
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News from Radio Prague - 01/06/2011
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News from The Prague Post - 01/06/2011
Thursday News Briefing
Kaplický's design for the National Library won an international architecture contest, but the project has generated much controversy. LIBRARY The controversial "blob" design for a new Czech National Library (NK) made by the late Jan Kaplický has been abandoned because there isn't enough financing to build it, Tomáš Boehm, the head of NK, told the Czech News Agency (ČTK) Jan. 5. He said although ...
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News from Radio Prague - 01/05/2011
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News from Prague Daily Monitor - 12/20/2010
Boehm to head National Library
Prague, Dec 17 (CTK) - Tomas Boehm, former CEO of the Czech branch of the Ringier media enterprise, will be the new director of the Czech National Library (NK), in accordance with the recommendation of a commission of experts which Culture Minister Jiri Besser will respect, his spokesman told CTK Friday.
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News from Radio Prague - 12/17/2010
Czech heritage preservation officials launch new website to assess the changing face of Prague
Czech heritage preservation officials have launched a new website in the hope of sparking a broad debate on the changing face of Prague. The project’s initiator, art historian Richard Biegel, says that it is time to learn from the city’s mistakes in the past twenty years:
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News from Boston Globe - 11/26/2010
Czech Jew who fought with UK during WWII dies
Jan Wiener, a Czech Jew who fought in the British air force during World War II after fleeing Nazis in Germany and Czechoslovakia, has died. He was 90 years old.
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News from Prague Daily Monitor - 11/05/2010
Klaus dismisses fuss around ODS-ČSSD coalition talks
Prague, Nov 4 (CTK) - Czech President Vaclav Klaus said yesterday he does not comprehend the fuss accompanying the negotiations of the Civic Democrats (ODS) and Social Democrats (CSSD) about a coalition rule in Prague while similar alliances have been created in other large towns.
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News from Antiques and the Arts - 11/02/2010
‘Alessi: Ethical & Radical,’ Opens At Philadelphia Museum Nov. 21
:Alessi, the renowned manufacturer of design household objects, is admired for its long history of collaboration with leading architects and designers, marrying utilitarian form with artistic innovation and bringing creativity into the lives of countless people around the world.
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News from The Prague Post - 10/28/2010
Local Briefs
Havel wins Kafka prize for literary work Former President Václav Havel has been awarded the prestigious Kafka prize for his literary work, ČTK reported. The 74-year-old said he was pleased to have received a prize bearing Kafka's name for his work as a playwright, author and essayist.
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News from The Prague Post - 10/27/2010
Local Briefs
ČR has potential as religious tourist destination The Czech Republic has the potential to become a destination for hundreds of thousands of religious tourists, CzechTourism has said.
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News from The Prague Post - 10/26/2010
Local Briefs
Security firm sues newspaper over spying claims Private security firm ABL, formerly owned by Transport Minister and Public Affairs Party (VV) financier Vít Barta, is suing the daily Mladá fronta Dnes for a series of recent articles accusing the firm of spying on an ODS official.
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News from The Prague Post - 10/25/2010
Local Briefs
TOP 09 holds talks on Prague City Assembly Negotiations between TOP 09, the party that secured the majority of votes in the Czech capital, and both the Social Democrats (ČSSD) and the Civic Democrats (ODS) are to continue Oct. 22. The first round of negotiations will be held between TOP 09 and the Social Democrats at noon.
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News from The Prague Post - 10/21/2010
Local Briefs
ČSSD the big winners of elections - Klaus In an interview for the Oct. 20 edition of the daily Mladá fronta Dnes , President Václav Klaus said that overall, the Social Democrats (ČSSD) are the big winners of the recent local and Senate elections, simply because they secured the most votes.
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News from Prague Daily Monitor - 10/18/2010
Documentary on architect Kaplický wins at Warsaw festival
Warsaw, Oct 17 (CTK) - The Eye Above Prague Czech documentary by Olga Spatova on architect Jan Kaplicky (1937-2009) and the struggle for his building of the National Library in Prague won the documentary film section at the 26th International Film Festival in Warsaw on Saturday, the jury has announced.
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News from The Huffington Post - 10/15/2010
Alla Kazovsky: Design Directs Everything
"Design Directs Everything" is the mantra of the first of its kind in the United States Architecture & Design Film Festival which opened in New...
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News from Radio Prague - 10/05/2010
Pavel Bobek – veteran voice of Czech country pop
In this edition of Music Express we meet a veteran of the Czech pop and country scenes, Pavel Bobek. He was a member of the renowned Semafor theatre group for two and a half decades, had numerous hits with Czech versions of US country hits, and even got to perform with his life-long idol Johnny Cash.
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News from The Prague Post - 09/30/2010
ODS may support National Library
Kaplický's library design drew harsh criticism from the ODS in the past years, but the party may now be ready to swallow the "sputum."
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