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  • Jan Sokol – Part 2: Zeman grasped the chance to mobilise people who were not winners of the political changes
    Philosopher and one-time dissident Jan Sokol is perhaps best-known among
    the Czech public as a failed presidential candidate, having missed out to
    Václav Klaus in the final round of voting in 2003, the last time the
    country’s head of state was chosen by legislators. Professor Sokol has
    known the current, directly elected president since before 1989 – and
    offers sharp criticism of Miloš Zeman in this the second half of a
    two-part interview. But first we discuss the period when, after the fall of
    communism, he was finally allowed to pursue an academic career.
    14 min
  • LGBTI rights: Two-thirds of Czechs now support same-sex marriage, poll shows
    Back in 2006, the Czech Republic became the first post-communist country in
    the European Union to adopt a “registered partnership” law, granting
    same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual ones in such a union. But
    under current Czech law, gays and lesbians cannot marry here. Jsme fér, an
    NGO that helped introduce legislation to change that, says a new poll shows
    widespread – and steadily growing – public support to introduce
    same-sex marriages.
    3 min
  • Olomouc University opens campus in Iraqi Kurdistan
    Palacký University in Olomouc has opened its own campus in Erbil, the
    capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. The university currently offers a course in
    petroleum engineering within its life-long learning programme and hopes to
    extend its activities by up to six regular BA courses in the future. I
    spoke to Martin Kudláček, Palacký University’s Vice-Rector for
    International Relations, and I first asked him how the project was
    initiated:
    4 min
  • The Czech "radioactive" dillema
    Czechia has substantial deposits of uranium. Radioactive ore was mined here
    in the second half of the 20th century. Most of it was sent to the former
    Soviet Union within a dubious deal from which Czechs had little profit.
    Since the mining operations caused heavy environmental damage and brought
    little profit to the country, they were gradually phased-out. But there are
    still uranium deposits that might be exploited in the future.
    15 min
  • Czech philanthropists donate record sum to science
    A private Czech foundation has decided to donate an unprecedented sum of
    money in the history of Czech philanthropy to science. Hana and Dalimil
    Dvořák, both leading chemists, have pledged to contribute 200 million
    crowns over the next two decades to dozens of chemistry and science
    students. The money comes from patent royalties from antiviral drugs used
    to treat HIV.
    4 min
  • Czech PM joins world leaders at Fifth World Holocaust Forum
    Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš joined world leaders from 49 countries
    at the Fifth World Holocaust Forum in Israel, commemorating the 75th
    anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. During
    the visit the prime minister held a series of bilateral negotiations and
    met with Czech
    Holocaust survivors.
    4 min
  • Black or white? Czechs learn the art of tea-making from scratch
    The picturesque Georgian village of Kvenobani, nestling in the foothills of
    the Caucasus Mountains, is a long way to go to discover the secret of tea-
    making. But the experience is authentic and those adventurous enough to
    head there can make up their minds between spending a whole month to care
    for their “own” tea-garden, to grow and process their own tea from
    scratch or attend a four-day workshop in which Czech tea enthusiast Petr
    Sič will teach them the art of tea making.
    12 min
  • EU, Russia row over WWII, with Poles and Czechs on front lines
    European Commission vice president Věra Jourová, whose portfolio includes
    promoting EU values, transparency and the rule-of-law, called out Russia
    last week for “distorting” the history of World War II. Specifically,
    the former Czech minister objected to attempts “to paint victims, like
    Poland, as perpetrators”. We look into the ongoing war of words between
    Moscow and former Soviet satellites, not least the Czech Republic, over
    historical facts.
    11 min
  • Never Forgotten: Czech Embassy in UK honours WWII soldiers
    In connection with this year’s 75th anniversary of the end of World War
    II, the Czech Embassy in London has just launched a special project
    entitled Never Forgotten. During this year Ambassador Libor Sečka plans to
    lay flowers at every known grave and memorial of Czechoslovak soldiers who
    died in the UK in the war years, as well as gathering information on the
    current state of those sites. I discussed the project with Mr. Sečka on
    the phone from London.
    4 min
  • Czechs to send relics of St. Clari – patron saint of spas and ‘hot healing’ – to Dubai expo
    Teplice, the oldest spa town in central Europe, this autumn plans to
    send the relics of a clergyman martyred in the 4th century to Dubai. The
    skull of St. Clari – the patron saint of spas and so-called ‘hot
    healing’ – will feature prominently at the Czech national pavilion at
    Expo 2020. While Teplice is a popular destination also for visitors
    worldwide, the hope is St. Clari could also make the town a site of
    pilgrimage.
    4 min

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