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  • Czech culture in the time of coronavirus: cathedral offers virtual reality tour, Prague Spring to air live
    Obliged to close their doors to the public during the coronavirus pandemic,
    a wide range of Czech cultural, historical and religious institutions have
    begun offering an extended range of virtual tours and online programmes.
    Among the latest to do so is the magnificent St Wenceslas Cathedral in
    Olomouc – which is developing a 3D virtual reality tour with
    English-language commentary – while the annual Prague Spring
    international music festival, whose programme, of course, needs no
    translation, will broadcast live.
    4 min
  • Industry leader Radek Špicar: The Czech economy will survive, but it will be a different kind of economy
    The Czech government needs to invest hundreds of billions of crowns to
    shore up the economy, with the crucial auto industry particularly
    vulnerable. Measures being taken now will alleviate the unemployment that
    will inevitably follow the coronavirus crisis. And the weak crown is of no
    benefit to exporters if they aren’t producing anything. So says the vice
    president of the Czech Confederation of Industry, Radek Špicar, who I
    spoke to late last week.
    13 min
  • Jan Smudek - the real Laszlo from Casablanca
    In one of Hollywood’s most acclaimed films, Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart
    finds himself torn between choosing to be with the woman he loves, or
    helping her escape with her Czech husband Victor Laszlo. The latter’s
    story may have been inspired by a real man - Czechoslovak resistance
    fighter Jan Smudek, whose story is no less adventurous than in the famous
    picture.
    14 min
  • Czech farmers markets, fearing collapse of family-run businesses, petition to reopen
    Farmers markets began popping up on Czech town squares a decade ago, much
    to the delight of locals in search of seasonal produce, freshly baked
    goods, free-range eggs, craft beer – you name it. Along with other
    ‘non-essential’ businesses, they were ordered to close on March 10 due
    to the coronavirus pandemic. The Farmers’ Market Association says its
    plea to reopen under strict hygienic conditions has been met with a stony
    silence, while bankruptcy looms for small, family-run businesses.
    4 min
  • Non-existent festival to support struggling culture venues
    Prague City Council, in cooperation with ticket portal GoOut, have launched
    a new initiative to support theatres, concert halls, clubs and other venues
    closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. As of April 1, people can buy a
    symbolic ticket for a non-existent show to help save their favourite
    culture venues.
    4 min
  • The health risks of being in quarantine with an abuser
    As the authorities take restrictive measures to try to get the coronavirus
    epidemic under control, NGOs are warning that behind the scenes of the
    evolving health crisis thousands of people could be experiencing their own
    private hell: the victims of domestic violence who are now trapped at home
    with an abuser 24 hours a day.
    4 min

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