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  • “Like waking up into a sci-fi movie” - Moravian districts quarantined from the world thanks to coronavirus
    Due to being one of the epicentres of the coronavirus outbreak in the Czech
    Republic, 21 districts in the Moravian region around Olomouc have been
    closed off to the outside world for at least two weeks. Many only found out
    about it when confronted by police checkpoints on their way to work.
    However, those who spoke to Czech Radio say the locals are handling the
    situation well.
    4 min
  • In Memoriam: Czech swing and jazz queen Eva Pilarová
    Eva Pilarová, one of the most acclaimed Czech singers of the second half
    of the twentieth century, has died at the age of 80. Famous for her swing
    and jazz songs, as well as her humble nature and endless positivity,
    Pilarová won four Golden Nightingale awards and continued releasing albums
    late into her life.
    5 min
  • Coronavirus: Czech TV to air ‘virtual classroom’ shows until schools reopen
    To help slow the spread of the new coronavirus, the Ministry of Health last
    week ordered all primary and secondary schools to close indefinitely. Some
    schools and teachers are better prepared and more technically equipped than
    others to transition to remote learning. To help ensure students don’t
    fall behind in core subjects – and give structure to their days – Czech
    Television has begun airing special educational programmes that replicate
    the feel of a classroom.
    4 min
  • Gender pay gap still a big problem in the Czech Republic
    What is the position of Czech women on the labour market? How big a slice
    of the female population is employed and what is their share in the
    technology industry? Those are some of the factors taken into account in
    compiling the Women in Work Index which compares conditions for women on
    the labour market across the OECD. The Czech Republic has done well in the
    latest report, jumping from 23 to 19th place on the ladder, largely due to
    the country’s record low unemployment. However one indicator is keeping
    the country back – the gender pay gap, which presents a persisting
    problem.
    17 min
  • Sokolovo – Czechoslovak soldiers’ first baptism of fire in the East during WW2
    In early March 1943, the first action of the Czechoslovak foreign
    contingent on the Eastern Front during the Second World War took place
    around the Ukrainian village of Sokolovo. Still today, one can see
    depictions of the action in memorials and names, such as in the West
    Bohemian town of Sokolov, Prague’s Sokolovská street or in the mosaics
    in Florenc metro station. Most of these memorials are the result of
    Communist propaganda after the war. However, this does not take away from
    the courage of the men and women who fought in the battle. Many of them
    recalled their experiences in interviews with Czech Radio.
    14 min
  • 13 March 1950: When propaganda, a pub brawl put defending world hockey champs Czechoslovakia ‘on ice’
    Czechoslovakia had arguably the best national ice hockey team in the world
    for years after the Second World War – despite the Communists side-lining
    a slew of “politically unreliable” star players on the road to building
    socialism. We look back at the roots of a historic pub brawl and police
    raid 70 years ago, after frustrated hockey players blew the whistle on
    official lies.
    5 min
  • Replica of rare wooden church ready to be installed
    Carpenters are completing a replica of a rare 16th century wooden church
    from the village of Guty in Silesia, which was ravaged by fire more than
    two years ago. The church was intentionally set ablaze by three youths, who
    are now serving time in prison. The replica of the church will be
    disassembled and erected in Guty as soon as it receives safety approval
    from fire officers.
    4 min
  • Vít Benešovský– The YouTuber who teaches foreigners Czech
    With a strong economy and cities that few can rival in their beauty, the
    Czech Republic has become an increasingly popular country for foreigners
    from across the world. This has naturally led to a demand in Czech language
    courses. One of those who are leading the pack in online Czech teaching is
    YouTuber Vít Benešovský.
    4 min

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