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  • Czech filming subsidies bring in record profit from foreign productions
    Thanks to incentives, film projects realised in the Czech Republic brought
    in around USD 390 million to the economy last year, a record number that is
    double the amount raised in 2018, according to the Czech Film Fund. Aside
    from a return of part of their investment, producers also benefit from
    world-class film crews, a large array of well-preserved architecture and
    marked weather seasons.
    4 min
  • “Einstein in Bohemia” – Part II: how alienation in ‘half-barbaric’ Prague led him to a new theory of gravity, eventual love of a free Czechoslovakia
    When Albert Einstein moved from Zurich to Prague in early April 1911 to
    take up his first full professorship teaching theoretical physics, he was
    not yet world-famous, though heralded in scientific circles as likely
    “the next Copernicus”. The position at the German University in Prague
    was a significant step up for Einstein, then 32, in terms of status and
    salary. Yet he found life in Bohemia more alienating than enchanting:
    German-speakers like himself were an entrenched minority in the Hapsburg
    Slav capital, and Einstein’s young family had no established ties in
    Prague. This relative isolation, however, proved enormously fruitful, as we
    learn in this second part our discussion with Princeton University history
    professor Michael Gordin, author of the newly published book Einstein in
    Bohemia.
    19 min
  • “Einstein in Bohemia” – part 1: how a Prague sojourn sparked his theory of general relativity, journey of self-discovery
    Albert Einstein’s tenure as a professor of theoretical physics in Prague
    is often noted in passing – as an “interlude” or a “sojourn” of
    no great significance, even though it was in the Czech capital where his
    most extraordinary work, the theory of general relativity, truly began to
    emerge. With his new book Einstein in Bohemia, Princeton University history
    professor Michael D Gordin makes a compelling case that not only did
    Einstein’s time in Prague shape the science, literature, and even
    politics of the city for decades to come, the same is true in reverse: the
    acquaintances Einstein made in Bohemia and ideas he was first exposed to
    there continued to occupy him.
    13 min
  • Valentine’s Day 1945 - When the Americans bombed Prague
    Exactly 75 years ago, on Valentine’s Day 1945 two confused bomber groups
    of the USAF accidentally bombed Prague. The raid killed hundreds of Czechs
    and left over a thousand wounded, while also damaging a number of the
    capital’s historic buildings. It was subsequently used in Nazi and
    Communist propaganda and remains a painful memory to this day.
    5 min
  • Radio Prague International celebrates World Radio Day with partner international broadcasters
    In 2011, UNESCO proclaimed February 13 as World Radio Day. It is a
    celebration of radio as a powerful medium and its role in serving diverse
    communities of listeners worldwide and promoting their interests. To mark
    the occasion several partner radio stations held a debate on diversity and
    how it is reflected in their work. The debate was hosted by Radio Canada
    International and involved journalists from Swiss.info, Radio Poland,
    Radio Romania International and Radio Prague International.
    20 min

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